NOTICE BOARD

Currently at the National Media Museum in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England is a photographic exhibition by Don McCullin, entitled: in England.

"Photography for me is not looking, it's feeling. If you don't feel what you're looking at, then you're never going to get others to feel anything when they look at your pictures." Don McCullin.

Gallery Two from 8 May to 27 September 2009. Log onto www.nationalmediamuseum.org.uk/donmccullin for further details. I have long being an admirer of his work and it was good to have this opportunity to visit and view this body of work. Which even though it is far removed from his more well-known war photography, it still packs a powerful emotional punch, also slightly dark and a little disturbing, but never the less excellent monochrome documentary photography from this legendary photographer.

Also on display (in Gallery One) is a excellent photographic exhibition by various photographers (including the American photographer Brent Stirton) which is entitled: Animalism.

It is well worth paying this excellent museum a visit to view these two exhibitions, and all the other interesting displays. It is free entry to this museum and these two exhibitions. They also have a very good shop with a good selection of books and publications on photography, the cinema and the media. Also located within the museum is a very good cafe.

Nearby is Impressions and Bradford Gallery 1 with a changing programme of photography related exhibitions.

I visited these two museums and galleries on 13/05/09.

Trevor David Betts BA (Hons.)