395 - Michael Ruetz

Michael Ruetz 1940 Berlin – 2024 Berlin – Student Movement of the 1960s – 12 vintage prints on photographic paper. Sizes range from 15.4 x 23.2 cm to 23.5 x 17.6 cm. Some are stamped on the reverse, with location, title, and date: Michael Ruetz / Berlin / 1968. The prints are loose. Margins are intact, with occasional smudges and scattered scratches and creases. Ruetz became known in the late 1960s for his photographs of the West German student movement. As a photographic chronicler, he documented the Berlin Extra-Parliamentary Opposition (APO) from 1966 to 1969. His photographs from this period were published in print media such as *Time*, *Life*, *Der Spiegel*, and *Die Zeit*. Later, the photographs were published in book form under the title “You Just Have to Look This Guy in the Face. APO Berlin 1966–1969.”