The exhibition that I liked most and felt was more beneficial to me on our trip to Manchester was the Don McCullin, Shaped By War exhibition at The Imperial War Museum.
Whilst I don't see myself doing what Don McCullin did in my career he is probably my favorite photographer. I found this exhibition particularly interesting because as well as showing some of his best images it gave the viewer a great, in-depth look on his life and career. I thought it was fantastic how there was an original print of his image of a shell shocked soldier in Hue, Vietnam (Below), with all the notes he had made on how he would edit in the darkroom etc. Another highlight of the exhibition for me was the rather large print of the mentioned image. This for me is one of my favorite images of all time but to see it on such a large scale was brilliant. Another thing I found good about this exhibition was rarely seen colour images by Don McCullin. Whilst his colour work is good I don't think it is quite as effective as his black and white work.
Whilst I don't see myself doing what Don McCullin did in my career he is probably my favorite photographer. I found this exhibition particularly interesting because as well as showing some of his best images it gave the viewer a great, in-depth look on his life and career. I thought it was fantastic how there was an original print of his image of a shell shocked soldier in Hue, Vietnam (Below), with all the notes he had made on how he would edit in the darkroom etc. Another highlight of the exhibition for me was the rather large print of the mentioned image. This for me is one of my favorite images of all time but to see it on such a large scale was brilliant. Another thing I found good about this exhibition was rarely seen colour images by Don McCullin. Whilst his colour work is good I don't think it is quite as effective as his black and white work.
Overall I thought this exhibition was brilliant and made sure I bought the book to go with it.
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