The American photographer and artist Will McBride (1931–2015) repeatedly attracted attention with his pictures. Although he spent creative phases in Munich, Frankfurt and Tuscany, Berlin remained his city. "Berlin sensitized me and changed my perspective," he explained in retrospect. "I had the freedom to see as I wanted."
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Bröhan-Museum
In 1955, McBride came to Berlin as a discharged G.I., quickly made friends and discovered his central theme: youth, youth culture, new beginnings and joie de vivre. As part of a clique, he was right in the middle of it all, photographing from a participating perspective and thus developing a personal, existentialist visual language.
Ten years after his death, the Bröhan Museum is dedicating an exhibition to the influential photographer - a tribute to his style-defining work, which would hardly be conceivable without post-war Berlin.
(IN GERMAN)
