Branislav Štěpánek
Branislav Štěpánek (b. 1974, Bratislava) is a Slovak photographer, curator, and writer. He studied at the Institute of Creative Photography at the Silesian University in Opava. He works in photography, photography theory, curating, and publishing. He previously served as curator of the Mesiac fotografie (Month of Photography) festival in Bratislava and as editor-in-chief of the magazine Fotonoviny. In his artistic practice he is known for exploring unconventional approaches to the creative process, drawing on ideas from the photographic tradition while playing with its visual clichés.