Shaped by War: Photographs by Don McCullin

Shaped by War: Photographs by Don McCullin | Photography review

The great war photographer Don McCullin talks to Sean O’Hagan ahead of the major retrospective of his work in Manchester

via the Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2010/feb/07/don-mccullin-shaped-war-review

“The day I came across that boy was a killer day for me. There were 800 dying children in that schoolhouse. The boy is near death. He is trying to support himself. And to see this kind of pathetic photographer appear with a Nikon around his neck…”

He falls silent again for a moment. “Some times it felt like I was carrying pieces of human flesh back home with me, not negatives. It’s as if you are carrying the suffering of the people you have photographed.”