Stephanie Pommez is a photographer and filmmaker based in New York. Her documentary has been broadcast on channels such as National Geographic, Arte, TV Cultura and TV5. She is drawn to how people live, relate to each other and give shape to their beliefs. She has spent time with mariachi musicians in New York, sifus (masters) in Hong Kong and priests in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Her book The Enchanted Ones was published by Kehrer Verlag in 2025. It has 128 pages. It grew from several years of documenting traditional midwives in the Brazilian Amazon. She traveled through several states, over long periods, to tell the story of the riverside communities, especially the women. The midwives keep traditional medicine and local culture alive, and they share the myths and legends of the region.
