Don McCullin
Catholic youths escaping from CS gas, Derry

Catholic youths escaping from CS gas, Derry

© Don McCullin

Catholic youths escaping from CS gas, Derry
Catholic youths escaping from CS gas, Derry
ArtistBritish, born 1935
CultureBritish
Titles
  • Catholic youths escaping from CS gas, Derry
Date1971
PlaceDerry, Northern Ireland
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 1/8 × 13 3/4 in. (23.2 × 34.9 cm)
Sheet: 12 11/16 × 15 7/16 in. (32.2 × 39.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by "One Great Night in November, 2007" in honor of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., and by Marion Mundy
Object number2007.1437
Non exposé

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Department
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Description


The English photojournalist Don McCullin photographed scenes of war around the globe and, in 1971, documented a conflict on the home-front—the struggle over Northern Ireland’s status as part of Protestant United Kingdom or Catholic Ireland. On assignment for The Sunday Times Magazine, he traveled to Derry, a hub of violence during “the Troubles,” as the period was called. McCullin’s grainy image silhouettes youths fleeing British tear gas against a backdrop of chaos and confusion. Recalling this day, McCullin said, “It was inconceivable at the time that the carnage would continue unabated for another 25 years.”



ProvenanceMarilyn Bridges, Warwick, New York; purchased by MFAH, 2007.
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