Born in Heidelberg, Germany, in 1975, Ruediger Glatz developed an interest in photography as a form of artistic expression in 2000, after having previously been an active graffiti writer. Setting out from this most traditional form of documentation, he proceeded to develop his own personal idea of photography as a conceptual portrait, photographing almost exclusively in black and white and using extended and mutiple exposure to emphasise his vision through the flow of time.

Since 2009 he has been working a project entitled The New Black, conceived as a portrait of the world of fashion. In that context, since 2012 his lens has recorded all the performance projects devised and developed by curator and fashion historian Olivier Saillard with the performer Tilda Swinton: The Impossible Wardrobe, Eternity Dress (2013), Cloakroom (2014), Sur-Exposition with Charlotte Rampling (2016) and Embodying Pasolini (2021–2).

His most important exhibitions include: his one-man shows: Sehr Gute Hunde, Forum Kunst Rottweil (2010), Wonderful World, Kunst/Halle Heidelberg (2011), Confrontation - Dark Thoughts and Moments of Light, Golden Hands Gallery Hamburg (2015), Characters, Palazzo Gianfigliazzi Florence (2017) and Addicted2Click, Barlach Halle K Hamburg (2021). He has also taken part in the following collective exhibitions: The Walls Belong To Us, Powerhouse Arena New York (2007), Young Blood, Forum Kunst Rottweil (2008), Tomorrow Ain’t Promised, Heidelberger Kunstverein (2009), Insights3, Kunst/Halle Heidelberg (2012), Cafe De Flores, Galerie Anne & Just Jaeckin Paris (2016) and Les Images Perdues, Arles (2020).

He has been living and working in Hamburg since 2014.