Contact:
+49 151 290 695 89
+420 727 860 112
janek@stempel.cz
@janek_stempel

About:
Janek Stempel, born in Prague in 2003, is a documentary photographer based in Frankfurt, Germany & Prague, Czechia and has close connections in Trnava, Slovakia.
He has a strong interest in Eastern Europe and its political landscape, especially how russia affects European countries and the everyday lives of people from the region.

Studies: 

• Visual Journalism and Documentary Photography: 09/2023 – now
  

Experience and Internships: 

• Photographer at the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung: 01/2026 – now
  
• Photographer at the Magazine Respekt: 09/2025 – 10/2025
  
• Admin of the Instagram account @visualjournalism.de: 03/2025 – 03/2026
• Member of the Fotobus Society; co-organized the 2025 outdoor exhibition in Hannover and at the Rencontres d’Arles
  

Awards:

• Winner: Czech Press Photo 2025 – Canon Junior Awards
  
  

Clients and publications:

• Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
  
• Czech weekly magazine Respekt
  
• Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung
• visualjournalism.de
• aarnt bioworks
  
  

Impressum