SELECTED WORKS

Indefinite Stay

The Last Season

Footballer Mario Götze

The Forgotten Villages

Ex-Nazi Axel Reitz

Hildegard S. – Anonymous portrait

Beer Brewer Ema Reisenauerová

German Ambassador A. Künne

German Vice-Chancellor L. Klingbeil

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U.S. gov. official Fred Fleitz

Swimming Pool Closings in Germany

Grass In Old Walls

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.

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

Studies:

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

Experience:

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:

Respekt CZ
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung: FAZ, FAS, RMZ
Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung
visualjournalism.de
aarnt bioworks

Foto: Emil Eichinger

TEARSHEETS

Mario Götze for FAZ

Lars Klingbeil for FAZ

Czech Sudetenland for FAZ

Swimming Pool Closings for FAZ

Ema Reisenauerová for Respekt

Zuzana Musilová for Respekt

Immortal Workers for Respekt

Hut Keeper V. Beránek for Respekt

Other: