realizing that sex education should begin earlier than the teens, mcbride worked on this publication with psychologist helga fleichhauer-hardt for children and their parents. The publication was followed in 1975 by another sex education book titled ‘zeig mal’ /’ show me‘. the book was an answer to the questions, a facts-of-life book purported to offer readers ‘ the first fully modern, completely informative, and pictorially honest encyclopedia on sex…it is modern because it looks upon sex and the human body as natural and beautiful.‘ Mcbride has done ‘lexicon der sexualität’ / ‘the sex book’ in 1970, created in collaboration with martin goldstein, a psychoanalyst, who gave lectures in high schools and collected questions about sex. kennedy, willy brandt, konrad adenauer in front of the brandenburg gate, 1963 with this directness of a ‘personal documentary’ style, will mcbride was an early forerunner of artists such as nan goldin and wolfgang tillmans. it is in particular this radical subjectivity that led to the unique authenticity of his pictures – this is the closest a photographer can get to an object, the deepest he can immerse himself in a situation.
His last exhibition, which run in the photogallery c/o of the amerikahaus until january 18th, was entitled ‘ich war verliebt in diese stadt’ / ‘I was in love with this city’ and showed the life that is between the post-WWII berlin city ruins that still moves forward despite the disabling nature of war. as an outsider and young beatnik he slowly became part of the city and its inhabitants, observing their activities with his leica at close range – non-conformist and without conventions. Tana and victor, 1965 for the german magazine TWEN his photo essays appeared regularly in various german magazines and became an important a chronicle of the kennedy and adenauer years. with the sexual revolution was in full swing, mcbride’s work includes sex, nudity, drugs and politics and has experienced censorship. he was as well a painter and sculptor. Will mcbride rose to fame in the 1950s and ’60s as a pre-eminent documentary photographer. American photographer will mcbride (84) died yesterday, january 29, at a hospital in berlin.
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