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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. With his Leica at close range, McBride documented situations and people with distinct subjectivity that led to the unique authenticity of his pictures. 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.

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