The story
Founded by Gerhard Steidl in 1968.1
Private company
Steidl
Logo: Steidl, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3
German publishing company
Steidl is a German-language publisher based in Göttingen, Germany. Founded in 1968 by Gerhard Steidl, it publishes photobooks.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
1968Founded1
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Steidl is a German-language publisher based in Göttingen, Germany. Founded in 1968 by Gerhard Steidl, it publishes photobooks.2
Leadership
Who has led Steidl, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.
- FounderGerhard Steidl1
Controversies and legal
Legal issues
In 2014, photographer Lawrence Schwartzwald sent 49 signed prints to Steidl for consideration in a proposed book project about New Yorkers reading. The following year, Steidl informed Schwartzwald that the project would not go forward and promised to return the prints, but they were never returned. Schwartzwald sued in a German court, which in 2016 ruled in his favor and ordered Steidl to compensate him €65,000 for the missing works.
Despite the dispute, Steidl later published Schwartzwald’s book The Art of Reading in 2018.
From Wikipedia’s article on Steidl, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4
Timeline
- 1968Founded Founded1
Links
- Websitesteidl.de1
- X (Twitter)x.com/SteidlVerlag1
- Facebookwww.facebook.com/SteidlInternational1
- Instagramwww.instagram.com/steidlverlag1
- WikipediaSteidl
- More imagesWikimedia Commons
- WikidataQ324876
Sources
The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.
- 1WikidataSteidl on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaSteidl on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsSteidl logo by Steidl, Public domain
- 4WikipediaSteidl on Wikipedia (revision used)