His nudes were considered shocking at the times, but that did not discourage him at all. McBride has anticipated it with the photograph of his pregnant wife which was published in German youth magazine Twen and was considered scandalous. The radical ideas of sexual liberation were sweeping through Europe in the late sixties.
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Will McBride - Christoph killed by TV - image via pinterest The Seventies and Sexual Revolution The rebellious and misunderstood on photos of Will McBride This personal documentary style practically made Will McBride as a forerunner of artists such as Nan Goldin or Wolfgang Tillmans.
With his Leica at close range, McBride documented situations and people with distinct subjectivity that led to the unique authenticity of his pictures. Berlin at the end of the fifties was an inspiring place and as an outsider and young beatnik, he slowly became part of the city and its inhabitants. While in his early photographs there is a sense of wonder and astonishment about this city and the surreal after-effects of the war, in the years that follow his distance makes way for a keen sense of closeness, generating emotional portraits and news reports that are full of vitality. Will McBride Berlin - Wannsee, 1959 - image via pinterest (Left) / Untitled - image via pinterest (Right) The Affiliation of Will McBride With The Outsiders Master at capturing sexuality and the tenderness of adolescence As a chronicler of youth, the focus of Will McBride’s work is much more on the newly-gained spaces offering freedom and lifestyle, new beginnings and experiments. With unprecedented curiosity and a fresh perspective, the photographer captured not only the youth culture but the scenography of the city in ruins and the construction of the Berlin Wall as well. Despite ideological conflicts and general poverty, the economic growth of Western Germany offered undisturbed development of youth culture, and the photographer was perhaps the first who documented it. Will McBride - Strasenbahn in der Tauentzenstrase, 1956 - image via co-berlin The German Love affairĪfter settling in Berlin in 1955, Will McBride completely fell for the city and decided to carefully record the cities gradual resurrection. The astounding fragments of post-war Berlin Erich Salomon Prize which is bestowed by the German Photographic Association (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie).
In 2004 the photographer received the Dr. After 3 years of service with the Army (1953-1955), McBride settled in Germany to pursue his photographic work.
He spent his youth in Chicago, attending Gross Point High School and subsequently the University of Vermont (where he privately studied with Norman Rockwell), Art Institute of Chicago, National Academy of Design, graduating from Syracuse University in 1953. Kennedy, Willy Brandt, Konrad Adenauer vorm Brandenburger Tor, Berlin, 1963 - image via lempertz Photography As a Media of Choice In general, he was governed by the idea of one’s unlimited freedom regardless of any canons, especially in regards to artistic expression and creativity. Due to his affiliation to the nude portrayal, McBride was even exposed to censorship. In a documentary style, the photographer captured astounding moments fulfilled with a dose of positivity and vigor. The constant fascination with the youth as the driving force of human progress in the work of Will McBride marked him as one of the best chroniclers of social and political changes of then times.