Štěpánka Stein (1976)
Photographer, teacher
- graduate of the Studio of Photography at UMPRUM, she also studied sociology
- focuses on documentary, portrait, advertising and fashion photography
- works in an authorial duo with Salim Issa
- she is the author of a campaign for ROPID; with Salim Issa they photographed for the National Theatre, mapped the transformation of Prague's Karlín district and created, for example, the Little Hanoi cycle from the Vietnamese marketplace Sapa or the fashion series Beauty Fashion
- for her work she has received a number of awards (Czech Press Photo, Czech Grand Design, the Best Portfolios publication by the German publisher Taschen) - she regularly participates in domestic and foreign photography festivals and exhibitions
- as a teacher she works at UMPRUM, the Silesian University in Opava and Tomáš Baťa University in Zlín
Chapters
0:01 The camera is a ticket
2:57 Consider where you want to study
4:21 Talent or hard work?
4:56 Why do I teach?
5:36 The photographer is responsible for the result
6:45 Photography versus AI
7:46 A fragile and brave generation
How to recognise talent, how to support and develop it? How to guide students meaningfully? When does a pupil become an artist?
Questions concerning passion, obsession, motivation, inspiration and feedback are answered by prominent figures of the Czech art scene who, in their role as mentors in MenART, help talented students and their teachers find their own path.
Thus the MenART Impulse project was born – a ten-minute story with the ambition to move forward all those who are interested in art, work with art or study it. Desire is contagious!
Watch other episodes on ourYouTube channel.
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