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
un·vor·her·seh·bar | 2020
[koˈʁoːnaˌviːʁʊs] Stierstadt. A diary about fear, love and loss.
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"Wetland" | 2021
Frozen pond with ice cracks at a recreational area in the municipality of Stara Lysa, Czech Republic.
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Wim Wenders
Film director Wim Wenders in the train from Berlin to Prague heading to the international "Febio-Festival".
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un·vor·her·seh·bar | 2020
[koˈʁoːnaˌviːʁʊs] Stierstadt. A diary about fear, love and loss.
More images here un·vor·her·seh·bar
Finding Elvis 1992 | 2017
Finding Elvis: Tracking Down A Bosnian Boy 25 Years After The War
Seoul, South Korea
Woman cleaning windows at the observation deck of N Seoul Tower above the South Korean capital Seoul.
South Korea book "A Beautiful Strange Dream" | Portraits
Vaclav Havel
Former Czech President Vaclav Havel during a ceremony at the Prague Goethe Institute receiving the "Dolf Sternberg" price on the 23rd of October 2007. Havel died on the 18th of December 2011 in the age of 75 years.
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"Wetland" | Drone
Drone images about a recreational area in the municipality of Stara Lysa, Czech Republic.
“Voyager” | Music by André_Kellerberg
Lenka Reinerova
Lenka Reinerova, in 2004 the oldest living German-language writer in Prague, died June 27, 2008, in Prague, in her apartment, at the age of 92.
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Prague Pandemonium | Tourism
Having lived in Prague for a quarter of a century now I wanted to visualise the phenomenon of mass tourism.
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Busan, 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.
South Korea book "A Beautiful Strange Dream"
Gwangyang, South Korea
Students working as election helpers in the middle of the main road of Gwangyang in South Korea.
More about the image at Verve Photo
Pocheon, South Korea
Father photographing his family at "Herb Island" an amusement park located in Pocheon not far away from the Korean capital Seoul.
South Korea book "A Beautiful Strange Dream"
Jindo Island, South Korea
Jindo's "Mysterious Sea Route", also called "Moses Miracle in Korea".
The story related to the image "Jindo Sea Parting: Science Behind the 'Magic'"
Auschwitz (Oswiecim), Poland
A survivor of the Auschwitz (Birkenau) Nazi concentration camp is walking the railway track after the ceremony to remember the 50th anniversary of the liberation in 1995.
Auschwitz 1995-2015.
Auschwitz (Oswiecim), Poland
Eva Mozes Kor, a survivor of the Auschwitz Nazi concentration camp, attending the ceremony to mark the 60th anniversary of its liberation on the 27th of January 2005. She is holding a photograph of herself and her twin sister Miriam taken by the Soviets after the liberation of the camp.
Eva Mozes Kor talking about Auschwitz.
Auschwitz (Oswiecim), Poland
The crematory and gas chamber at the Auschwitz Nazi concentration camp.
Auschwitz Then And Now 1945/2015
Auschwitz (Oswiecim), Poland
A photo album with portraits of prisoners after their arrival in Auschwitz made by Wilhelm Brasse who was forced to photograph for the Nazis.
Auschwitz 1995-2015.
Auschwitz (Oswiecim), Poland
"We have to do our job professional and we have to keep an emotional distance to our work and this place. I could not switch of these emotions in the beginning at all. I am working with the art of the prisoners what was a symbol of hope for them." Agnieszka Sieradzka, employee at the Auschwitz memorial.
The story via Panos Pictures
Auschwitz (Oswiecim), Poland
Survivors of the Auschwitz Nazi concentration camp attending the ceremony to mark the 60th anniversary of its liberation on the 27th of January 2005.
Auschwitz 1995-2015
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.
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The Pole of Cold
Stalls with standing deep-frozen fish on the Yakutsk outdoor fish market. A saleswoman created a armrest for her chair out of a block of deep-frozen fish.
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Yakutsk
Child with an ice cream in front of Yakutsk bus moving away from the fumes of the car.
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Yakutsk
Street portrait of a Yakutsk inhabitant protected with the traditional fur cap and warm clothing against the extrem cold.
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The Pole of Cold
Street scene in the city of Khandyga located at the Kolyma highway in Yakutia about 10 hours driving time from Yakutsk.
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The Pole of Cold - Tomtor village
"The Pole of Cold" - Tomtor village seen from a nearby mountain. The area is extremely cold during the winter. Two towns by the highway, Tomtor and Oymyakon, both claim the coldest inhabited place on earth (often referred to as -71.2 Celsius ) outside of Antarctica.
"Journey to the Pole of Cold" @PANOSPICTURES
A Wall Runs Through It - Lunik IX
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
A Wall Runs Through It - Lunik IX
The family of Milena (mother of four daughters and a son) moved into a compensatory flat at Lunik IX after the other building ("Hrebenova 34-36") was demolished by the city of Kosice in August 2014.
A Wall Runs Through It - Lunik IX
Sister Anna and a little girl walking the muddy way to the new growing shanty village close to Lunik IX.
A Wall Runs Through It - Lunik IX
Lunik IX has officially 6542 registered (12/2015) inhabitants, almost all of them are of Roma ethnicity and about 2,563 inhabitants are children and teenagers.
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
A Wall Runs Through It - Moldava and Bodvou
A inhabitant of the Roma settlement in Moldava nad Bodvou is getting an outside haircut on the main road of the settlement "Budulovska Street" located about 30 km from Kosice.
A Wall Runs Through It - Ostrovany
Emelia's one month old daughter Aneta sleeping in their new built house located at the Roma settlement Ostrovany.
"A Wall Runs Through It" is a long term documentary project about 5 different Roma communities
A Wall Runs Through It - Ostrovany
Portrait of family Kaleja in their home at the Roma settlement in Ostrovany. The family is living in a house built out of soil, straw and wood.
A Wall Runs Through It - Ostrovany
Teenager Dusan is playing with his dog Bielku beside the wall on the side of the Roma settlement in Ostrovany. The wall was erected in 2009 to divide private properties from the neighbouring Roma settlement.
A Photographer Goes Behind the “Roma Walls”
A Wall Runs Through It - Ostrovany
A resident of the Roma settlement in Ostrovany with his son.
How a Broken Economic System Keeps Roma Children in Special Schools
Daniela Kroscenova (27) with her daughter Esther Kroscenova (6) walking in the hall way of ZS Chrustova elementary school to an enrollment examination.
The whole issue @ Open Society Foundations
Prague, view to the Old Town Square Tower
A woman is looking from the Jesuit College Clementinum Tower towards the Old Town Square Tower and Tyn Church, both located at Old Town Square.
A Metamorphosis in Prague
Pilsner Urquell brewery
Rudolf Slehofer - Tourism and Heritage Manager of the Pilsner Urquell brewery with a fresh draught beer in the cellars under the brewery in Pilsen.
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Prague
The Prague cityscape with Charles Bridge in front.
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