Robert lebeck Photos © Robert Lebeck 1968. Published by Steidl: http://www.steidl.de
22 Richard Nixon’s Primary election campaign. February, 1968 “The year of the student protests took place without me,” Lebeck later recalled in his autobiography. “When the barricades were burning in Paris, I was working in Florida on a series about two murdered co-eds; when students began protesting in front of the Springer Building, I was photographing the christening of [actress and singer] Hildegard Knef’s baby; and when Russian troops marched into Prague, I was accompanying the pope’s visit to Bogotá.” However, a major new book – Robert Lebeck 1968, published by Steidl and accompanying a new exhibition of his work – shows the lasting influence of Lebeck, who died in 2014, during that era-defining year,
Children’s military academy, USA. March 1968.
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