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MCCULLIN AT TATE BRITAIN:
CAPTURING THE VICTIMS AND AGENTS

OF UNREASONABLE BEHAVIOR

By Adrian Peyrot

‘I w an t pe ople to look at my
pho to graphs. I don’ t w an t them to be
reje cte d be c ause pe ople c an’ t look a t
them. O ften the y are atrocity pic ture s.
O f c our se the y are. But I w an t to create
a v oic e for the pe ople in those
pic tures. I w an t the v oic e to seduc e
pe ople in to actually ha nging on a bit
longer when the y look a t them, so the y
go aw ay no t with an in ti midati ng
memory but with a c onsc ious
obligati on.’

A sh ell-s h ocked U.S. soldier awaits transport ation away from the fron t
lin es in S out h Vie tnam du rin g the Te t offen sive in 1968.

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