Stella Meyer, Sarah Schneider

Stella Meyer (born 1997 in Salzburg, Austria) and Sarah Schneider (born 1996 in Vorarlberg, Austria) together form a collective of women photographers focusing on socio-political issues, with the aim of making the invisible visible. Their work has been published in renowned media and nominated for awards. As a collective they grow beyond their individual limits and can think bigger and dream even bigger.

Contact

www.schneidersarah.com // www.meyerstella.com
schneider.sarah@outlook.com // meyer.stella@outlook.com
@sarahmodista // @_stellameyer

Stories by Sarah and Stella

Comment and debate

Forever in your bytes.

A conversation with ChatGPT about morality, diversity and parallels with Spike Jonze’s film ‘Her’

Water

Water privatisation in Chile: a village fights for its water.

In hardly any other country is this resource so completely in private hands. In Patagonia, one community is fighting back against the consequences.

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After dark

‘Das Günther’: a band that invents its songs live

Three musicians, zero planning: how pure spontaneity creates something new every night.

Wearing oversized neon-green glasses, Alex, the voice of ‘Das Günther’, sits in front of us and looks into the camera.

Water

Burkinis at the swimming pool: the weight of other people’s stares

Just going for a swim – and being watched the whole time. Our author tells of prejudice at the poolside.

Water

‘It’s like dancing in the water’

Flexibility, timing and blind trust: how a demanding sport shapes young athletes.

Two synchronised swimmers from SGS Hannover stand vertically upside down in a pool, with only their legs visible above the water.

Silence

‘I don’t look for silence – and yet it’s everywhere’

A young photographer drifts through the city and discovers quiet places that hardly anyone sees.

A car park on the former Expo site in Hannover. A single car is parked in this deserted car park next to one of the many pavilions. The pavilion’s façade is covered in red tiles, and a tree stands in the background.

Power and control

Friedrich Merz: between BlackRock and the Chancellery

The CDU leader presents himself as a man of the people – despite a multimillion past in the world of finance. Why do so many listen to him?

A man, the CDU politician Friedrich Merz, stands with his back to the camera in front of two bright spotlights. A microphone hangs above him, and a few people can be made out in the background.

Award winners

The dying river.

Jonas Kako documents the water crisis along the Colorado River.

Sediment deposits on truck tyres on the shore of Lake Powell, photographed by Jonas Kako.

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