About me

Portrait Reto Steffen

I'm passionate about making sure that the voices of underrepresented people is heard. From Switzerland, where I live, to the most remote corners of the world. I work on commission with organizations that care about people, the environment, and human development.

Who I am

I'm Reto Steffen. I live in Switzerland and work all over the world. I work as a web consultant, web developer, filmmaker, and photographer.

My travels and filming in Cambodia, Nepal, and Laos made me realize the importance of photography and film in sharing stories with a bigger audience. Usually, I now describe myself as a storyteller working with video, photography, and code.
I speak fluent German, French, English and understand a bit of Italian, Spanish, Russian.

My field experience as a photographer and filmmaker

  • Switzerland
  • Nepal
  • India
  • Cambodia
  • Laos
  • The Philippines
  • South Africa
  • Ethiopia

The Why and the How

It is a global world, yet we know so little about the people living in it.

For example, how do the farmers in Laos live and cultivate the coffee that we drink every day, or how does gardening help bring migrants and locals closer together in Switzerland?

I love exploring social and development issues by working together with NGOs and academics to put a face on complex issues and help bring them closer to an audience. Talk to me about your work, and let me help you communicate it beautifully and effectively.

I work as a photographer and filmmaker in the field to advocate for your organization and make those into multimedia stories, exhibitions, and engaging social media content.

Explore my website

Explore the website to see my recent assignments or my film and photography work. Check this page if you are looking to know more about me as a french fiction writer.

Some of my work on the internet

I did a Multimedia story for Fastenopfer about the Rural Women's from South Africa with my pictures, audio, and video. It's now online in German, French and Italian.

The Center for Development and Environment from the University of Bern used one of my pictures from Laos in their 2017 Annual report (pages 6-7).

A story about my trip to South Africa and meeting the women of the Rural Women's Assembly has been published on a new platform, "Creatives for Conservation" as "Seeds of Hope: Rural Women's Assembly".

Another story about the Rural Women's Assembly and the importance of seed independence was published in the "Human Affairs" magazine as "The Rural Women's Association - Seed independence for South African farmers".