Name | Donald McCullin |
Born | October 9, 1935 (age 88), St Pancras, London, England |
Occupation | Photojournalist |
Years Active | 1959–present |
Spouses | Christine Dent (m. 1959; div. 1982), Marilyn Bridges (m. 1995; div. 2000), Catherine Fairweather (m. 2002) |
Children | 5 |
Notable Work | Specialized in war photography and images of urban strife, depicted the unemployed, downtrodden, and impoverished |
Early Life | Grew up in Finsbury Park, evacuated to a farm in Somerset during the Blitz, displayed talent for drawing, left school at 15 for a catering job on the railways |
Photojournalism | Posted to the Suez Canal during the 1956 Suez Crisis during National Service, served as a photographer’s assistant, bought first camera (a Rolleicord) in Nairobi |