401 - Michael Ruetz

Michael Ruetz 1940 Berlin – 2024 Berlin – 1968 Student Movement – 2 silver gelatin prints on matte Agfafoto paper. 39.2 x 28.2 cm and 39.3 x 29.5 cm. Each stamped on the reverse: Copyright Michael Ruetz. One also inscribed: Left students / Berlin 1968. The prints are loose. Crease marks. Minimal soiling. 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.”