Born in Gießen in 1980, Stahl is an autodidact, and assisted on photo shoots with Steve Hiett and Paolo Roversi. She has been working freelance in the field of portraiture since 2001. As a photographic artist, she likes to experiment with her prints, which she paints, folds or processes using other creative techniques. In 2023, she was the second artist to attend INSTANTS, a residency programme established by Leica and Château Palmer. Her pictures have been exhibited in Paris, Berlin and Arles, among other places. She lives and works in Germany and France.