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CULLIN© DON
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CULLINMcCullin’smostrecentphotographsfor
hisongoingprojectcalledSouthern
Frontiersconnectsthetwokeystrandsof
hiswork:conflictandlandscapes.McCullin
hasbeendocumentingthephysical
remainsoftheRomanEmpirein thenorth
AfricanandLevantinelandscapes,
includingtheancientsiteofPalmyra.He
returnedtoSyrialastyeartodocumentthe
deliberatedestructionanddemolitions
undertakenbytheso-calledIslamicState.
Theexhibitionendswiththesepowerful
worksincludingThetheatreonthe
RomancityofPalmyra,partlydestroyed
byIslamicStatefighters2017.
TheDonMcCullinexhibitionrunsat the
TateBritain,Level2 Galleries,until6 May
2019.If youonlyvisitonephotography
exhibitionthisyear,makeit thisone.
For further details visit: http://www.tate.org.uk
Left:TheBattlefortheCityof Hue,SouthVietnam,US Marine
InsideCivilianHouse,1968.Above:TheGuvnorsin theirSunday
Suits, Finsbury Park,London, 1958.Right:Londonderry, 1971.