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Open Call:
Issue 17 by Torbjørn Rødland

We are excited to announce Torbjørn Rødland as the guest editor for Issue 17.

Curiosity, criticality, artifice and reverence for the natural world appear throughout Torbjørn Rødland’s work and often in the same image, forging links between twentieth-century art photography and twenty-first-century approaches to image-making. Often prompted by non-photographic imagery that he transforms into real-world photographic subjects, Rødland portrays scenes designed to generate psychological reaction through his depiction of highly sensory qualities.

We invite you to submit work that responds to the theme, “One Day Soon.” Rødland wants to see the medium of photography opening up and pushed forward in response to the rise of generative AI; beyond conceptualism and critical appropriation, towards a grounded but updated mysticism.

We look forward to receiving your submission by the deadline of May 2.

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Tina Campt & Keisha Scarville

Guest Room

Guest Room aims to spark collaboration. Black feminist theorist of visual culture and contemporary art Tina Campt, who is a Professor of Humanities at Princeton University, has decided to join forces with photo-based artist Keisha Scarville. To guide your submissions for this Guest Room, they have developed the following framework: "Poetics of Darkness." As both a technological medium and a ...


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Alfred Marseille

Artist Feature

I find myself increasingly annoyed by the recent developments in Artificial Intelligence, particularly by the way our cultural life is flooded by ghastly images and mindless texts devoid of any originality. On the other hand, this is a remarkable development that I wanted to understand better. So I started “The Most Likely Image”, a project investigating Artificial Intelligence’s creative ...


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Introducing Der Greif’s Artistic Co-Director Caroline von Courten

Articles

Der Greif is excited to introduce Dr. Caroline von Courten as the Artistic Co-Director of the organization. Together with Simon Lovermann, she is taking the lead in directing Der Greif towards new and exciting achievements. In addition to her role at Der Greif, Caroline teaches photography theory and visual culture studies at the Lucerne School of Design, Film, and Art in Switzerland. She holds ...


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Rooted in Relationships: Healing Across the Transatlantic Diaspora and Land Stewardship With Women of Color

Artist Blog by Sydney Foster

As an image maker and creative director, I've been drawn to narratives exploring community, liberation, and the vibrant identities within Southern Black culture and queer communities. Through my lens, I aim to capture moments of joy, resilience, and collective strength, rooted deeply in history and shared experiences. One of the most compelling aspects of my work has been engaging with women of ...


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Sydney Foster

Artist Feature

The photo series "Two-Spirited Soldier" pays homage to Southern LGBTQ+ veterans of the armed forces, with a focus on poet and veteran WJ Lofton. In the visual narrative, Lofton stands as a symbol of resilience and courage, depicted amidst the bold greenery of the battlefield, staking a southern patched quilted flag as a marker of identity and readiness to raise an SOS if needed. Amidst the ...


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Polaroids in Blood

Artist Blog by Atoosa Farahmand

Polaroids in Blood is an ongoing photo project that raises the names of hundreds of people killed during this ongoing revolution in Iran which started September 2022 after Mahsa Zhina Amini's death. Their names, death and blood should not be forgotten. On September 16th 2022, 22-year-old Mahsa Zhina Amini was beaten to death by Iran's morality police for wearing her veil in a way that did not ...


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Unmute یک دست صدا ندارد

Artist Blog by Atoosa Farahmand

In the heart of Iran, whispers a proverb: ’یک دست صدا ندارد,’ where one hand may remain silent, but when joined by another, it finds its voice. This video work stands as a lyrical ode, a beacon calling communities to harmonize their differences, to blend their voices into a chorus that resonates, ensuring their collective echo reverberates far and wide. By reflecting and seeing ourselves in each ...


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Artist Reflection

Artist Blog by Atoosa Farahmand

Our vision with the project Not A Typical Persian Girl is to not only shine a light on the complexity of the situation for women and girls in Iran but also to connect their struggles to those of women all over the world. We both have reflected on our past, and present, and on motherhood, and how the women in our life have affected us in being the people we are today. Our mothers, their mothers ...


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Collaborators Corner: Q&A with Stefanie Moshammer

Articles

In 2022, Stefanie Moshammer was one of the guest curators of Der Greif Issue 15. Moshammer has been in conversation with Der Greif regarding her latest body of work, "Each Poison, A Pillow", published by Éditions Images Vevey in 2023. Her interests lie between different media: photography, moving images, text, installations, textile-sculptural elements, and book publishing. Her work primarily ...


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The Journey of Not A Typical Persian Girl

Artist Blog by Atoosa Farahmand

Atoosa Farahmand and Oscar Haberg, the artist duo behind the project Not A Typical Persian Girl, have been actively working on using different mediums and techniques for showcasing their materials. The exhibition consists of hundreds of photographs, fifteen short videos and a publication. Not A Typical Persian Girl has been exhibited at Gallery Redan, Malmö, August 20 - September 18, Hinterland, ...


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Guest Room: Boaz Levin & Sophia Greiff

Guest Room aims to spark collaboration. Boaz Levin and Sophia Greiff, esteemed curators and co-heads of programming at C/O Berlin, have partnered to craft the next theme for your submissions: “The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls”.

"The sea is the subject of myths and utopias, a place of longing, sublimity and fascination, but also of fear and uncertainty. Oceans serve as the setting for complex cultural, socio-political and ecological challenges, ranging from migration movements and sea rescue to trade routes, the extraction of natural resources, and the unavoidable consequences of climate change. We invite you to share your images and stories, your dreams and anxieties about the forces of the elements and the depths and secrets of the sea." In relation to our 15th anniversary, we are implementing a Guest Room Scholarship, sponsored by MPB: an artist stipend of 1.000 € to one of the selected submitters. For the chance to be awarded a stipend submit before the deadline on April 11. Supported by MPB, the largest global platform to buy, sell and trade used photo and video kit.

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The Power of Iranian Women in a Shifting Political and Ideological Landscape

Artist Blog by Atoosa Farahmand

In the publication Not A Typical Persian Girl you can read about women in Sports, Arts, The Mandatory Veil, Legal Discrimination, Abortion, and Marriage, Work and Education and Everyday Trespasses and the history of feminism in Iran from 1850 until August of 2022. It goes deeper into the challenges and those women who challenge the current state of the country. The 1st edition of the book is sold ...


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Atoosa Farahmand

Artist Feature

At the beginning of the 20th century, the women’s movement grew by leaps and bounds in Iran. It reached its height between 1962 and 1978, when the Iranian Women’s Movement won many victories, including the institution of laws giving women the right to vote and to take part in public office. But when the Iranian Revolution ended in 1979 and Ayatollah Khomeini took power, the veil was introduced - ...


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Fear of the Person Across the Camera

Artist Blog by Zexuan Zeng

For Christmas 2021, I traveled to Switzerland to visit some friends. At that time I had just started my studies in Germany and was curious about everything. I had just gotten a point-and-shoot from a friend. for 50 euros I thought it was a good deal. Before dinner I wandered the streets of Zurich photographing anything I found interesting, I had a mere four or five rolls of film in my backpack, ...


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A Breakdown of One Small Sequence

Artist Blog by Zexuan Zeng

Slicing and storing a moment is probably just the beginning of the work. I always carry a small camera with me and when taking a picture I don't think too much about it, in fact, most of the time I don't know why I'm pressing the shutter. So a long time ago I started training like this - or rather just trying to have some fun. To pull out some of my everyday photos from the past weeks or even ...


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International Women's Day: Q&A with Curator Aden Vincendau and a live event with Foto Femme United and Female Photoclub

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International Women's Day is a global celebration of women's achievements in social, economic, cultural, and political spheres. It also serves as a call to action for promoting gender equality. People from around the world come together on this day to honor women's accomplishments and advocate for their rights. This day has been observed for over a century, starting with the first gathering in ...


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A Trip Without Purpose

Artist Blog by Zexuan Zeng

In the summer of 2023, I traveled to eastern Germany with my friend, Ayham, a street photographer from Syria who is also studying in Germany. For one thing, we had been hoping to complete a trip together, because we both focused on documentary-based photography, but not in the same approach. Secondly, given our backgrounds, a glimpse of the East was an attractive subject. Sadly I can only show ...


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A Der Greif reading on our community winning and shortlisted artists at Dummy Award ‘23

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From time to time, we look out for our alumni's achievements in the photography world, catching up with them through Q&As or supporting their new works. On the occasion of the Dummy Award '23 showcase at the Leipzig Photobook Festival, we introduce our community artists' winning and shortlisted photobooks among the 50 dummies running for the final prize. The Dummy Award, formerly known as the ...


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The Stories Behind the Series

Artist Blog by Zexuan Zeng

For the project Remember to call your Mother, Son. Each session lasted several hours, and the tedious process of using a large format camera allowed me enough time to talk to my subjects. These contextually ambiguous portraits and still lifes are an abstract encapsulation of the "journey" - a shifting gray mood. But the text that tells each person's story is so direct and strong that I can't ...


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Zexuan Zeng

Artist Feature

It has been months since I last spoke to my family. I need, and desire, to communicate with them, but I need to figure out how to start. The conflict of generational differences seems to be inflating itself. Why does it stick in my throat whenever I want to say something? What was the problem? I've given up searching for the answer, from my own experience. I look around me and listen to other ...


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A Dancer Needs to Dance

Artist Blog by Ingeborg Everaerd

During a backstage photoshoot at the National Opera Ballet at the beginning of 2020, I met the Belgian dancer Nina Tonoli. She had recently moved to Amsterdam, leaving behind her boyfriend and comfortable apartment in Vienna to pursue her dream of becoming a soloist at the Dutch National Ballet. After the shoot, Nina asked me to collaborate more frequently. Intrigued by the woman behind the ...


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Mare

Artist Blog by Ingeborg Everaerd

Mare is a thirteen-year-old girl, just like any other girl her age at first glance. But life at Mare's home is different. She has a brother with a serious muscle disease that gets worse over time and threatens his life. Simple things like going on vacation, eating out, or going to the beach aren't always possible or easy, unlike for many other families. Mare does her best to help out because she ...


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Life of Steen

Artist Blog by Ingeborg Everaerd

This is a story of a man who chose to be a nomad for life from the age of 13 and remained true to this promise until his recent death. It is a story about freedom and human resilience. I bumped into Steen on a stormy day in March 2019. Both walking our dogs. I immediately felt intrigued by his characteristic appearance, his friendly eyes, and his soft way of speaking. Steen had moored his ship ...


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Love Has No Color, Gender, Age, Race or Religion

Artist Blog by Ingeborg Everaerd

As a white Mom with two wonderful kids, adopted from different backgrounds, we've faced some challenges. People sometimes say or do things that show their lack of understanding, or worse, disapproval. It's tough when others judge a picture because it doesn't match their idea of what's normal. But love doesn't care about color, gender, age, race, or religion. Love is universal. So, I created this ...


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Der Greif X Dinamo: unveiling issue 16 Diatype typeface

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Dinamo is a type design agency based in Berlin. They offer a range of services including retail and bespoke typefaces, design software, research, and consultancy. Operating through a global network of satellite members, Dinamo works on commercial and cultural projects of all sizes. The agency's members are visiting teachers at various art academies and have been invited to give workshops and ...


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Búsqueda

Artist Blog by Ingeborg Everaerd

This is a story about the search for my son’s roots and the bond between us. Since my son left our house at the age of 21 to live in an assisted home, the distance between us has increased. Literally and figuratively. That's why I wanted to take my son back to the country where he was born. A search ~ búsqueda ~ for his roots, with a little hope that it would awaken something in him. But the ...


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Ingeborg Everaerd

Artist Feature

CC’s story is a reflection of the struggles experienced by many black Trans women in the US. May CC's memory serve as a reminder of the challenges yet to be overcome and the importance of fostering a world where everyone can live. Once upon a time, in the shabby streets of Sweet Auburn, Atlanta, I met a soul who would forever leave an indelible mark on my heart. It was the year 2017 when I first ...


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The Museum

Artist Blog by Harlan Bozeman

In Spring of 2022, The Elaine Legacy Center received a grant from the National Trust for Historic Preservation to develop The Elaine Museum and Richard Wright Civil Rights Center. Located along the racial divide of Main Street in the only building that stood at the time of the massacre, the museum was expected to open in Winter 2023, however, construction development has been halted and will most ...


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