The Steidl Hotel

Nov 13 2023 6

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Where does creativity come from? How does one find their visual language? Where does one draw inspiration from? I want to learn about lives of creative people. To find some answers I meet up with some of our artists to have conversations about their lives, their working processes and about what keeps them doing what they do.

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... with photographer Juergen Teller

Nov 13 2023 22 mins

Juergen Teller arrived in Göttingen a couple of days ago together with his wife Docile Drizyte and their newborn daughter Iggy to work on his upcoming books. Between two proofing runs, Juergen Teller had time to record a new episode of »The Steidl Hotel«. Steidl told us that we had exactly 30 minutes to finish the episode and that we had to talk very quickly. This time we are re

... with graphic artist Theseus Chan

Sep 11 2023 31 mins

Theseus Chan is sitting in his studio in Singapore. Since his last project STEIDL–WERK No. 31: GHOST IN THE MACHINE is finished and he has already left Göttingen, we have to record our conversation remotely via the internet. He tells me that he found a website with a live camera recording Göttingen's city center and that he just checked our weather conditions here

Photographer Mitch Epstein on the making of his books “Property Rights“ and “In India“

Jul 14 2021 50 mins

Between color correction sessions for his forthcoming book “Property Rights” Mitch Epstein took the time for a podcast about his sweeping exploration of land rights in America.

The Meeting with Photographer Nadav Kander

Jan 09 2020 53 mins

It’s a Tuesday afternoon and Nadav Kander looks a little tired. He says the past two nights he was called down to press every two hours to sign off sheets for his upcoming book The Meeting. Despite of being quite exhausted, he likes the state that he’s currently in – like being half-conscious. We spoke about his beginnings, influences, working processes and of course the book