This book presents the diverse photo series Robert Lebeck made in 1968, which form an alternative view of the year when social conflict and personal rebellion against authoritarian traditions found their passionate and often violent expression. Upheaval, protest, perseverance and failure—themes that are not always explored in retrospective mythicizing views of 1968—are clearly expressed in Lebeck’s photos, taken in locations from New York to Bogotá and Wolfsburg. Whether dealing with “Divorced Women,” Rudi Dutschke in Prague, Robert Kennedy’s funeral or Joseph Beuys at documenta, contemporary history encounters the integrity of photo reportage in Lebeck’s work.