1930–2018 · South Africa · Photographer
David Goldblatt
Quiet, analytical documentary of South African society under and after apartheid.
On the Mines (with Nadine Gordimer), 1973Source: Wikipedia
PHOTOGRAPHER · BORN 1935 · UNITED KINGDOM
Don McCullin
Unflinching war and famine reportage in dark, heavy prints.
- Born
- 1935
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Field
- Photographer
KNOWN FOR
- 1968Shell-shocked US Marine, Hue
- 1980The Palestinians
- 2010Shaped by War
WHY THEY MATTER
Leading British war photographer for the Sunday Times; appointed Knight Bachelor (2017); retrospective at Tate Britain (2019).
THE LIFE
McCullin grew up in north London and photographed local gangs before covering war for the Observer and the Sunday Times. He covered conflicts from Cyprus and Vietnam to Biafra. Later he turned to landscapes of rural England. He was knighted, and Tate Britain held a major retrospective of his work in 2019.
WHAT THEY SHOT WITH
Nikon
Also born in 1930–1959
1930–2014 · Nigeria · Photographer
J. D. 'Okhai Ojeikere
Sculptural black-and-white studies of Nigerian women's hairstyles.
Nigerian hairstyles (series), 1968Source: Wikipedia
1930–2012 · Japan · Photographer
Shomei Tomatsu
Dark, fragmentary images of postwar Japan and American occupation.
Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Document, 1961Source: Wikipedia
born 1931 · Brazil · Photographer
Claudia Andujar
Lyrical, often experimental images of the Yanomami people.
Yanomami: The House, The Forest, The Invisible, 1998Source: Wikipedia
1931–2016 · Hong Kong · Photographer
Fan Ho
Geometric light-and-shadow street scenes of 1950s and 1960s Hong Kong.
Approaching Shadow, 1954Source: Wikipedia
1933–2004 · United States · Photographer
Eddie Adams
News photography of war, politics and celebrity.
Saigon Execution, 1968Source: Wikipedia