Monique Stauder: Fine Art Photography & Editorial Work

PHOTOGRAPHY

My father gifted me his weathered Nikon FM2 when I left home in 1987 to pursue a BA in History at the University of Colorado. As a wide-eyed, warm-hearted country girl from Indiana, I had no idea that my budding passion in photography in Boulder would open doors far beyond the Rocky Mountains. Though I went on to earn a Master’s in History and International Relations in Switzerland in 1992, it was during six months of thesis research in Sri Lanka - immersed in a conflict zone documenting International Humanitarian Action - that I witnessed firsthand the bureaucratic entanglements and inefficiencies undermining global humanitarian efforts.

That disillusionment became a turning point, leading me to photojournalism - a field where I could document history as it unfolded and respond with honesty, instinct and heart. Through my camera, I found a way to bear witness to the world's complexities, resilience and grace. My fierce courage, insatiable curiosity, and boundless compassion became the foundation for my visual storytelling - images that are unfiltered, empathetic, and full of spirit.

During my 17-year career in photojournalism (1993-2010), I crisscrossed the globe, with my work featured in leading international publications. Today, my lens is drawn to the elemental beauty of water, air, and earth—capturing their dance with light while continuing to create evocative environmental portraits that speak to the essence of our shared human experience.

Horizontal Scroller

Click, swipe or use the keyboard arrows to navigate through the horizontal scroller.

We've enabled "hinted captions" in this demo, where you can see the title and the first line of the caption. Click "read more" (or the image itself) to open the full caption. You can select from other caption and UI options in the CMT.

Long overviews will scroll inline and can contain images or videos, as you can see below.

Walt Disney's Steamboat Willie (1928) is a black-and-white animated short film that is considered a landmark in animation history. The film stars Mickey Mouse in his first sound appearance and helped to usher in the era of synchronized sound cartoons. Steamboat Willie remains an iconic piece of popular culture today.

Hasui Kawase(May 18, 1883 – November 7, 1957) was a prominent Japanese painter of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and one of the chief printmakers in the shin-hanga ("new prints") movement.

Kawase worked almost exclusively on landscape and townscape prints based on sketches he made in Tokyo and during travels around Japan. However, his prints are not merely meishō (famous places) prints that are typical of earlier ukiyo-e masters such as Hiroshige and Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849). Kawase's prints feature locales that are tranquil and obscure in urbanizing Japan.

In 1923 there was a great earthquake in Japan that destroyed most of his artwork.

Alphonse Legros(8 May 1837 – 8 December 1911), painter, etcher and sculptor was born in Dijon.

As he had casually picked up the art of etching by watching a comrade in Paris working at a commercial engraving, so he began the making of medals after a walk in the British Museum, studying the masterpieces of Pisanello, and a visit to the Cabinet des Médailles in Paris. Legros, considered the traditional journey to Italy a very important part of artistic training, and in order that his students should have the benefit of such study he devoted a part of his salary to augment the income available for a travelling studentship. His later works, after he resigned his professorship in 1892, were more in the free and ardent manner of his early days—imaginative landscapes, castles in Spain, and farms in Burgundy, etchings like the series of "The Triumph of Death," and the sculptured fountains for the gardens of the Duke of Portland at Welbeck Abbey.