Berlin, Autumn/Winter 2012  – It’s true that what people like most during fashion weeks are the parties. In this respect Berlin Fashion Week never seems to disappoint its guests. The event runs from next Wednesday (18.01) until Saturday (21.01) with 57 catwalk shows, this not to mention a handful of parallel showrooms and exhibitions in town.

The Gentleman website will publish impressions about what’s going on in town during the next days – so be sure to follow us as we go along!

Last Thursday evening (12.01) the city started to warm up with the opening of the exhibition “Never Gonna Give You Up” of the British fashion photographer Alasdair McLellan at the headquarters of 032C magazine in Mitte.

 Alasdair McLellan: photograph of worker being shown at 032c Workshop Berlin

The exhibition presents a consistent group of portraits of male models and young “lads” that Mr. McLellan found on his walks, most of them on the streets of his hometown of Doncaster, in England.

The photographer, a current contributor for major fashion magazines, put together the best of his own style in this show: clean compositions, the soft use of sunlight, vibrant colours and very nice cropped haircuts. This not to mention the sympathetic quality the images have because of the friendliness coming from his models – many of them working-class types portrayed in their uniforms.

During a talk with The Gentleman website, Alasdair McLellan explained that most of his work is done using analogue cameras and that he avoids as much as he can the use of Photoshop for retouching – which is something quite interesting if we observe the effort some upcoming and established photographers can put on post-production sometimes. The exhibition runs until February 20th at 032c Workshop and it’s worth a visit.

Photos: On top the tent of Berlin Fashion Week in front of Brandenburg Gate by Hermano Silva © 2011; Below, © Alasdair McLellan/Courtesy of 032C Workshop.