Dark Room Photography
History is based on Art-a-Fact: Humans have been carving images on cave walls. Long before they had expression through words...
P.S. I fell in love with the camera in a time before photoshop when a photograph was the equivalent to truth.
I studied Journalism and Visual Communications at Richmond American International University in London, a university whose motto was Unity in Diversity.
In a course entitled Mind, Body & Identity, I learned about a photograph of a little girl, Kim Phuc Phan Thi, running naked from napalm in North Vietnam. I have never forgotten my teacher saying with great resolve that this image was paramount in breaking the war– by opening the people's hearts.
I have since witnessed many times that: Art changes people & people change the world...
These human experiences bring me to my knees and often stay with me- guiding me toward how best to make my mark. Knowing that a shot from a camera can have more reach than a bullet from a gun, affirmed my desire to embrace the camera as a tool for freedom.
& Freedom of expression Is the essence of Everything Worth Living. ox
Don McCullin
From Love's time as a warrior, she developed a respect for Don McCullin.
