In spring 2025, I traveled through Azerbaijan with my brother — from the wind-swept streets of Baku to remote villages tucked behind the mountains. This post captures the spirit of the journey through street portraits and everyday scenes: coppersmiths at work, shared smiles at roadside cafés, men playing traditional games in the streets. Most conversations were non-verbal, but the warmth of the encounters spoke for itself.

In June 2025, FeedSpot recognised Ralf Steinberger’s website as one of the top 25 photography blogs and websites in Germany.

JJ Beeme's SoulScape video 'Desatino' uses Mexico photos taken bv Ralf Steinberger and Gabi Breitenbach. Available on YouTube.

Zeitungsrtikel der Tageszeitung Münchner Merkur über den Menschen- und Reisefotografen Ralf Steinberger.

Ralf Steinberger won the photo competition 'Bavaria Unseen - Shades of Blue and White'. Short-listed photos are exhibited at Wunderlocke.

Art exhibition "Andare alla deriva in terre lontane" with photos by Ralf Steinberger and Gabi Breitenbach and sculptures by Antje Schmuck.

Photography exhibition "About Water" by Ralf Steinberger and other photographers shown during Summer 2022 in Piemonte, Italy.

14 photographers interpret the theme of 'Water' and display their work from 13-24 May. My focus was on combining water with portraiture.

Photo diary of our road trip in March 2022 through the ex-Soviet country Georgia, focusing on abandoned buildings and Soviet architecture.

Photo diary while the brothers Wolf and Ralf travelled through the Baltic countries Latvia and Lithuania in August 2021.

Ralf Steinberger & Gabi Breitenbach showed six light painting photos in the group exhibition 'Painting and photography'. After: Sirio Hotel

Art exhibition "Finds from Italy" with photos by Ralf Steinberger & Gabi Breitenbach and terracotta-wood statues by Antje Schmuck. 5/6 2021

'Where the dead go' is a zine by Ralf Steinberger showing photographs of religious and cultural rites and cults surrounding human death.

COVID qurantine photography. How photographers experienced 2.5 months of quarantine in Spring 2020.

José-Joaquín Beeme's video art project 'My World' uses Ralf Steinberger's street portraits. Available on YouTube.

Ralf's street photography zine on voyeurism, stalking, ethics and the excitement felt while taking street photos of unknown persons.

Ralf Steinberger's solo photo exhibition at the Amtsgericht Wolfratshausen near Munich lasted from January to Sepbember 2020.

Another splendid Venice Carnival year with Corona virus warning, Baroque aristocracy, wild parties, Murano glass, enchanted locations, ...

The proceeds of the sales will help build a carpenter’s workshop to get underprivileged young people in Kenya onto their own feet.

Charlie Hebdo-Gedenkveranstaltung im Hinterhalt mit Karikaturist Michael Heininger und den Kabarettisten Holger Paetz und HG Butzko.