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.
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