Raul STEF

“To me, photography is an art of observation. It’s about finding something interesting in an ordinary place. I’ve found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.” Elliott Erwitt

Raul Ștef (b. 1982 in Cluj-Napoca, Romania) – photographer. His work focuses on topics related to the transformation and recent history in Romania. Graduate of the MA in Documentary Photography at the University of the Arts London, UK and BA in Journalism and Sociology at the Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

Since 2020, Associate lecturer in Photography at the Faculty of Theatre and Film, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca.

Co-author of the book “Survivors. Testimonies from Romania’s Communist Prisons”, Humanitas, 2014.

Raul Ștef has received photography scholarships from the European Cultural Foundation, Altemus, Romanian Cultural Institute, Ratiu Family Charitable Foundation.

His works have been published in the national media and international magazines such as Financial Times Germany, Bild am Sonntag, The Times, AP, Reuters, Getty Images.

He exhibited in solo or group exhibitions in Poland, Romania and the UK.