A Retrospective [antikvár]

Mention llie name Don McCullin to a certain generation of Britons, and many can still vividly recall the experience of opening iheir Sunday Times magazine in June 1968 to be confronted by McCullin's coverage of the horrors of famine in Biafra. Twenty five years on, these images still retain their unequivocal visual and emotional power. From the moment when Don McCullin's photographs were first published in the sixties, their impact was to transcend space and time. Through syndication to other papers and magazines abroad, McCullin's harrowing images of war, global famine and human atrocity, reached an audience which extended beyond Britain and into the heart of Europe. V\liilst many of his works are well known through reproduction, the present exhibition provides the first opportunity for audiences in Central and Eastern Europe to appreciate the distinctive graphic qualities of McCullin's photographs. Ml the works in the exhibition have been specially printed for this exhibition by the photographer himself. We are extremely grateful to Don McCullin for his close interest in and enthusiasm for this tour and the Royal Photographic Society who originally mounted this exhibition at their own gallery in Bath, in 1991. We have particularly valued the involvement of Amanda Ne\dll, Secretary of the Royal Photographic Society and Carole Sartain, Exhibitions Officer in all aspects of the planning and preparation of the tour and Pam Roberts, the exhibition selector, who in addition to curatorial guidance has provided us with a personal account of McCullin's life and work. Brett Rogers Exhibition Officer Visual Aj'ts Department Muriel Wilson Head Visual Arts Department