Don McCullin's war photographs - taken over 30 years under fire in Cyprus, with the Israelis, in Biafra, Vietnam, Cambodia and Lebanon - are a harrowing testimony of man's inhumanity to man. Though they have appeared in the world's leading newspapers and more than one bestselling book, not until now have we heard at first hand the extraordinary story of his life. Vulnerable, rebellious, defensive, shy but passionate about his craft and the English countryside, he gives us the full fury of his resentment at the deprivation of his childhood. He is no less sparing of our emotions when writing about those he sees suffering even more than himself. During Hitler's war he was evacuated but returned to grinding poverty in London to finish his toughening and growing up, stealing coal to keep his father warm when he was dying. The gang warfare of his youth bred in him a suicidal courage that again and again would have earned him medals as a serving soldier. His struggle to come to terms with the sophistication of Fleet Street was as bewildering to him as photographing starving children in the Congo one day and sitting down to a full table with his own family the next.

唐•麦卡林(Don Mccullin)

公认为当今世上最杰出的战地记者。

他的杰出表现在他的犀利影像，他如惊悚小说般不凡的经历，也表现在他的坦诚自剖、不断自我质疑。

麦卡林曾自述：假如我不拍照，我只能成为迷失的灵魂，照片让我认同自己是个人。其作品备受当代艺评家如约翰•伯格、桑塔格等人关注。

麦卡林于一九三五年出生，以一张街头帮派的照片一鸣惊人，首次采访战地即获得当代摄影记者的高奖项。他的战地生涯长达十八年，无数次与死亡擦肩而过，甚至曾被关入乌干达阿敏的死亡监狱，也曾被Nikon相机救了一命。在经历了这一切之后还能从战场全身而退，这件事本身已是一则传奇。

他拍摄的照片几乎涵盖了二十世纪下半叶的主要战役，其中有很多幅都已成为时代符号。晚年定居英国乡间拍摄风景照，致力于呼吁和平。

麦卡林生长在伦敦治安最糟的地方，家庭贫困，挚爱的父亲早逝；他生性不覊，甚至患有阅读障碍，拍照全凭本能。这一切都使他的作品具有宗教般的庄严感，最真诚的同理心。

他的照片被世界各地主要的美术馆列为馆藏。他获得许多殊荣与奖项，包括不列颠帝国勋章（CBE，首位获颁此勋章的摄影师）。着有《毁灭的事业》、《归乡》、《巴勒斯坦人》（与丁伯白合着）、《黑暗之心》、《开阔的天空》、《与鬼魂共枕》、《印度》、《唐．麦卡林》、《唐．麦卡林在非洲》。