Björn Steinz earned Bachelor and Master of Arts Degrees at the Prague Academy of Performing Arts (FAMU). After his studies he began working as a freelance photographer and part time teacher in Czech Republic and Germany - mostly in the area of Documentary Photography, Portraiture and Photojournalism.
From 2009 till 2011 he worked as an Assistant Professor of Photography at Keimyung University in Daegu, South Korea. His photography has been exhibited in Czech Republic, Poland, Germany, South Korea, China and published in printed media such as »Du«, »Die Zeit«, »The Financial Times«, »Geo Special«, »The Independent«, »Der Spiegel«, »Newsweek« and others.
Björn Steinz is living in Prague/Czech Republic and represented by the London based agency »Panos Pictures«.
You can download/print the slideshow portfolio as a pdf file or view more images - all available as searchable HighRes downloads - via my online archive: photos.oka2.com
Contact:
steinz@oka2.com
Phone: (+420) 777 218 029
portfolio as a pdf
Wim Wenders
Film director Wim Wenders in the train from Berlin to Prague heading to the international "Febio-Festival".
See more commissioned portraits
South Korea
Woman cleaning windows at the observation deck of N Seoul Tower above the South Korean capital Seoul.
See more images from the book project about South Korea here "A Beautiful Strange Dream"
Demand Zero, Prague
Demand Zero Day in front of Prague Castle. Four years ago at the same location President Obama announced his commitment to seek a world without nuclear weapons.
More about Global Zero Day
A Wall Runs Through It
The Lunik IX housing estate is home to the largest Roma community in Slovakia. It is located a few kilometers away from the historical city centre, on the outskirts of the eastern Slovakian city of Kosice.
"A Wall Runs Through It" is a long term documentary project about 5 different Roma communities all located around Kosice in eastern Slovakia.
Jan Hus - 600 years on
6 July 2015 marks the 600th anniversary of the martyrdom of Jan Hus in Konstanz on the shores of Lake Constance in southern Germany.
The story via Panos Pictures
Auschwitz
Eva Moses Kor, a survivor of the Auschwitz Nazi concentration camp, attending the ceremony to mark the 60th anniversary of its liberation. She is holding a photograph of herself and her twin sister Miriam taken by the Soviets after the liberation of the camp.
Auschwitz 1995-2015.
Roma in Macedonia
Proud Roma mother holding her child and posing for a portrait at the Roma part of the city of Vinica in Macedonia during the European Immunization Week.
Part of a story for the Open Society Foundations "Recognized & Represented"
The Pole of Cold
Stall with standing and deep-frozen fish on the Yakutsk outdoor fish market.
See more images of the series "Journey to the Pole of Cold"
Prague Spring
Wenceslas Square with the National Museum in the background.
More images from Prague
Ladco with two newborn puppies
Ladco with two newborn puppies in his arms at the Roma settlement in Moldava nad Bodvou.
Seoul, South Korea
A traditional market place in Seoul, the capital of South Korea.
See more images from the book project about South Korea here "A Beautiful Strange Dream"
Roma settlement Moldava nad Bodvou
A soccer field at the Roma settlement in “Budulovskej Street” in Moldava nad Bodvou, eastern Slovakia.
Looking Past the Poverty: Life in Roma Ghettos
Charles Bridge
Early morning visitors on Charles Bridge.
More images from Prague
George Soros in Romania
George Soros, founder and chairman of the Open Society Foundations, visiting Frumusani, a small Roma village on the outskirts of Bucharest, Romania.
See more images from Frumusani
The Ostrovany "Wall/Fence" issue
A wall built to separate a Roma settlement from the rest of the community in Ostrovany.
"A Wall Runs Through It" is a long term documentary project about 5 different Roma communities all located around Kosice in eastern Slovakia.
Seoul Cityscape
Woman in traditional Korean clothes watching the Seoul skyline at "The 63 Building"
See more images from the book project about South Korea here "A Beautiful Strange Dream"
Vea Kaiser
Austrian writer Vea Kaiser in Prague
See more commissioned portraits
The Pole of Cold
The sport complex in Tomtor a village located at the Pole of Cold in Yakutia.
More images from Yakutia
Vilma Cibulkova
Czech actress Vilma Cibulkova during a rehearsel for her new play "Pieta"
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Horse breeder
The Pole of Cold - Horse breeder with a Yakutian horse at a horse breeders farm close to the village of Tomtor.
See more images from the "Pole of Cold"
Graves of Sudeten Germans
Graves of Sudeten Germans on the cemetary of the Czech village Semnevice close to Domazlice.
Graves of Sudeten Germans at the cemetary of the village Semnevice close to the city Domazlice.
Red square
Policeman infront of Red Square in Moscow.
See more images from Moscow
Roma district of Frumusani, Romania
A Roma girl studying in a class at a school funded by the Roma Education Fund.
See more images from Frumusani
South Korea
Father photographing his family at "Herb Island" an amusement park located in Pocheon not far away from the Korean capital Seoul.
See more images from the book project about South Korea here "A Beautiful Strange Dream"
Dog's
A dog is enjoying the performance of a young guitar player in front of the Prague Lennon Wall.
See more images about dog's and "The Dog-Human Relationship" here "Hunde im Weltall"
Revolution in the Ukraine
Blockade of the building supplies store "Epicenter" in Lviv (Lemberg), Ukraine.
More images from Lviv (Lemberg)
Yakutsk
Street portrait of a Yakutsk inhabitant protected with the traditional fur cap and warm clothing against the extrem cold.
See more images of the essay about Yakutsk/FROST
South Korea
A man is feeding seagulls at Haeundae Beach in Busan. Busan is a harbour city and Korea's second largest city after Seoul with a population of around 3.6 million.
See more images from the book project about South Korea here "A Beautiful Strange Dream"
Mario Bihari
Mario Bihari photographing at the biggest Roma settlement in Jarovnice located in eastern Slovakia.
See more images about Mario Bihari or photographed by Mario "Hudba v Obraze"
Tomtor
Steam rising into the air from a burner immediately transforms into ice in a temperature of minus 57 degrees Celcius in Tomtor, one of the coldest inhabited places on earth having recorded some of the lowest temperatures.
See more images from the series "Journey to the Pole of Cold"
Portrait
Portrait project from South Korea
See more portraits from South Korea here "Korean Portraits"
Karlovy Vary
Central cemetery in Drahovice, Karlovy Vary (Karlsbad)
See more stories, portraits or projects from Czech Republic
Yakutia portraits
Portrait of two Yakutian inhabitans I met in Oymyakon and Yakutsk
See more images of the series "Journey to the Pole of Cold"
The unbearable lightness of being
Roma settlement in eastern Slovakia.