McBride's photographs of boys, and especially of his favorite model Uli Hager whom McBride photographed between the ages of 10 and 16, have this "engaged" aesthetic. McBride gets quite intimate with his models. Let there be no doubt about that I don't make love to boys, I make pictures and sculptures of them, a different way of loving.".(1) As he stated himself: " I am very interested in boys. The Sex Book: A Modern Pictorial Encyclopaedia (London: Herder & Herder, 1971).Įrich Salomon Prize, which is bestowed by the German Photographic Association (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie) and is the equivalent of a Nobel Prize for photography.Foto-Tagebuch (Berlin: Frolich & Kaufmann, 1982).Siddhartha (Kehl on Rhine: Swan Verlag, 1982).Zeig mal mehr! (Weinheim: Beltz, 1988), with text by Frank Herrath and Uwe Sieler.Situationen/Projekten/Ein Fotobuch (Aachen: Rimbaud, 1992).Will McBride (Frankfurt/Main: Editions Stemmle, 1992).I, Will McBride (Cologne: Könemann, 1997).Coming of Age (Millerton, NY: Aperture, 1999), with an introductory essay, "Ways of Being Human," by Guy Davenport.Whenever we remember the 1960s, we are thinking, feeling, and seeing through the lens of photographer Will McBride, even if we don’t realise it.This internationally renowned artist’s work is closely connected to the politics, culture, and art of the post-war period in Germany. His powerful images have long been etched into the collective consciousness. McBride portrays the events and emotions between reconstruction and the student revolt of 1968 unlike anyone else. While meandering through Berlin, through everyday life in a city in the process of rediscovering itself, McBride was able to capture the key historical moments – both large and small – of a divided nation. #WILL MCBRIDE SHOW ME! PHOTOS FULL#įull of passion and an adventurous spirit, the images reveal a Germany that appears to simultaneously fulfil and contradict contemporary clichés. With charisma and charm, the world famous artist depicts the zeitgeist and the discovery of a newly won freedom.
McBride’s work offers a remarkable perspective and is one thing above all else: close-up. The feeling that the photographer belongs and the sense that he is a part of the surrounding events pull the viewer deep into the photographs.Īfter studying painting and art history in New York, Will McBride was posted to Germany as an officer in the army. Only promised: a prevailing sense of optimism and big emotions, in which freedom and exuberance were palpable.
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