About Stephanie Froebel

about ME

Hi, my name is Stephanie Froebel and I am a documentary filmmaker and writer seeking to reconnect people with the natural world.

I am a full-time student at Minerva University where I’ve lived in 7 countries across 4 continents. I am studying Applied Humanities and Ecology, focusing on the interfaces between humans and nonhuman counterparts.

Currently, I am directing a documentary film about the connection between monkeys and humans in the Bolivian Amazon. This project represents the culmination of my experience with primates on 4 continents, blending scientific conservation and historical arts.

My Journey

Living in 8 international regions has given me a vast array of experiences, from monkey rehabilitation to historical walking tours, to camera trap analysis, to exhibition design, to film, and more.

Portfolio

To follow along with my travels, join me on YouTube and Instagram.

Berlin.

Kites.

Girlie pop era.

Pretzels.

Hockey.

Autumn leaves for the first time in 4 years!

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The girlie pops are present 🫡

Finding women who are strong, brilliant, supportive, and endlessly funny does not happen everyday. Somehow I got my lucky day (and semester) living with these charming ladies (and honorary roomie @maashroom).

In one s

Pondering and playing.

“In theoretical physics, the problem of time arises from a fundamental difference in perspective between two major theories: general relativity and quantum mechanics. Quantum mechanics views time as an absolute and unive

Let me let you in on a little secret.

I am not as brave as the “world traveler” title seems to give.

I find my one cafe, and I’m settled for the semester. I try my Spanish but stick to ordering the same iced latte because I worry

Remember the days when we would build sandcastles and the only objective was to fill the bucket, mold the sand, build the moat around the moment and protect it?

Remember when we could forget the past, forget the future and float upon the sea?

We

It’s been a while since I shared about my Pakistan adventures, but we are back for the final pieces of the story.

In the north, I, unfortunately, got food poisoning. After battling with some intense tummy issues, I headed back to the capital,

More from Me

Featured

May 16, 2024

Captured and Lost: Reflection on How Images Taint and Manipulate Memory

May 16, 2024

One thought that has been pulsing through my mind is the irreparability of memory lost to images. With the collection of moving and still images, we concentrate our memory on that which we repeatedly observe. What we begin to most remember no longer is the recollection of the event, but the recollection of what these images present to us.

May 16, 2024

Jun 20, 2023

The Facade of Education and Representation: Impressions of the American Natural History Museum

Jun 20, 2023

Jan 20, 2023

The Monkey of Humanity

Jan 20, 2023

Specifically, in drawings throughout the late 18th century, Europeans viewed non-white people as closer to apes, hence uncivilized. Prior to photography, audio recording, and quick transcontinental transportation, local Europeans relied on drawings and journals from European explorers to understand the world beyond their immediate borders. So the question then becomes, how do Western European’s representation of observational drawings relating to apes and indigenous people propagate Europe’s colonial endeavors in Southeast Asia in the late 18th century?

Jan 20, 2023