Konrad Rufus Müller

Konrad Rufus Müller, born 1940 in Berlin, is best known as a portrait photographer of German chancellors – starting with Konrad Adenauer shortly before leaving office – to incumbent Olaf Scholz.
An autodidact Müller taught himself photography in the 1960s having studied painting before.

As a regular guest of Lech, Konrad Rufus was asked to portray the “People from Lech” in 1993.

“Die Leute von Lech” is a black and white photo series depicting Lech locals, including Gerold Schneider’s grandmother Maria, plus a handful of landscapes and stills. These images, taken in 1993 and 1994, were published in a book, in collaboration with Austrian writer Michael Köhlmeier under the same title.

In 2018 Katia and Gerold asked Konrad Rufus to portray the next generation of the “People from Lech”. Those portraits were presented in December 2019. In December 2022 the series of 100 portraits was completed. They are part of a new publication published in 2024.

“Die Leute von Lech”, 1996, Haymon Verlag