Björn Steinz

Björn Steinz was selected for the 2021 European Press Prize shortlist with ‘Sisters of Europe.’

Born in Germany, Björn Steinz has been taking photographs from an early age and began his career at a local newspaper in his hometown of Oberursel, Germany. He has a BA in photography and an MA in photography from the Prague Academy of Performing Arts. His work has been published in Du Magazin, Die Zeit, The Independent, Der Spiegel, Stern, The Open Society Foundations, National Geographic Traveler, among others. He teaches documentary photography and visual culture at the Anglo-American University in Prague, and is represented by Panos Pictures in London.

Morgan Childs

Morgan Childs was selected for the 2021 European Press Prize shortlist with ‘Sisters of Europe.’

Morgan Childs is a US journalist based in Prague. Her work has appeared in the Atlantic, the BBC, GQ, Politico Europe, NPR and Radio Prague, among others. She holds a BA from Barnard College, Columbia University, and earned her MA from the Centre for Critical and Cultural Theory at Univerzita Karlova in Prague. In early 2020, she completed the Certificate in Radio Production from the National Film School at IADT, Ireland. Central Europe has been her adoptive home since 2011.