The Photographer's Interview

1) What is the name of the Photographer?

       Don McCullin

2) How long has he/she been taking photographs?

        50 years

3) What is the genre in which the Photographer works? (If multiple, list all)

       War Photography, English landscape, and urban strife

4) How did the Photographer get his/her start?

          He worked as a photographer's assistant, which is when he discovered that he liked photography. He spent a lot of his time in the darkroom.

5) What is it about Photography that the Photographer finds inspiring?

        He likes to discover new things through his photography.

6) Does the Photographer have a social or political viewpoint they are trying to convey? Identify.

        N/A

7) Does the Photographer discuss successes or failures? Identify.

        He believes that he wasted the last 50 years photographing wars because he doesn't feel like he did any good by showing pictures of people suffering.

8) What Artists/Photographers does the Photographer admire/emulate?

         N/A

9) Does the Photographer discuss any historical aspects of Photography? Identify.

         N/A

10) Does the Photographer make any distinctions between Photography and other forms of visual art?

          N/A

11) What motivates the Photographer to keep taking photos?

          His imagination and discovering new things everyday on earth. 

12) What is it about the Photographer's work that YOU find compelling?

           I find it inspiring that McCullin continued with his photography even when there was so much chaos around him. He didn't let the chaos stop him from taking compelling photographs.