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Guest Room aims to inspire collaboration and creative exchange. In this edition, we welcome Christine Serchia and Charlotte Jansen. Together, they proposed the theme "The Dark Before Dawn".

"'It's always darkest before the dawn' – so goes an old proverb, an adage that seems apt for our times. The metaphor is meaningful too in photography in a literal sense, in the darkroom where, from nothing, an image suddenly, alchemically appears, where light is a precious resource to be used purposefully and with care. Yet without the dark, there would be no contrast. Chiaroscuro masters of the Italian Renaissance understood well. Photography too, relies on contrast, but also bears witness and makes visible what the darkness cannot conceal. In bringing to light what we hold dear and true, we seek out ways in which photography brings light in the darkest moments. We welcome work that challenges the idea of where and how the light can be found, and experiments with evoking magic, levity and hope. This is a collective exploration of how, even in difficult times, photography reminds us that it is both the darkness and the light that allow us to see."

Selection

    • Joselito Verschaeve, From the series 'As Long As The Sun Lasts’, Belgium | DER GREIF
      Joselito Verschaeve, From the series 'As Long As The Sun Lasts’, Belgium
    • Polly Hardwicke, From the series 'Distend', Bristol, United Kingdom, 2025 | DER GREIF
      Polly Hardwicke, From the series 'Distend', Bristol, United Kingdom, 2025
    • Sara Giuliani, From the series "Escape Attempts", Rome, Italy | DER GREIF
      Sara Giuliani, From the series "Escape Attempts", Rome, Italy
    • Tanya Traboulsi, From the series "Beirut, Recurring Dream", Beirut, Lebanon, 2025 | DER GREIF
      Tanya Traboulsi, From the series "Beirut, Recurring Dream", Beirut, Lebanon, 2025
    • Francesca Faulin, From the series "The Shadow, the Original and the Repetition", Italy, 2024 | DER GREIF
      Francesca Faulin, From the series "The Shadow, the Original and the Repetition", Italy, 2024
    • Karla Guerrero, Untitled, Mexico, 2021 | DER GREIF
      Karla Guerrero, Untitled, Mexico, 2021
    • Jessina Lynn Leonard, From the series 'First Sweet Truth', Eisleben, Germany, 2019 | DER GREIF
      Jessina Lynn Leonard, From the series 'First Sweet Truth', Eisleben, Germany, 2019
    • Maude Arsenault, From the series 'Resisting the dark', Paris, France, 2025 | DER GREIF
      Maude Arsenault, From the series 'Resisting the dark', Paris, France, 2025
    • Ben Battersby, 'The Power of the Universe', Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2025 | DER GREIF
      Ben Battersby, 'The Power of the Universe', Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2025
    • Francisco Gonzalez Camacho, From the series 'You Can't Enter the Same River Twice', Finland | DER GREIF
      Francisco Gonzalez Camacho, From the series 'You Can't Enter the Same River Twice', Finland
    • Danae Panagiotidi, From the series 'We Live Inside a Dream', Greece | DER GREIF
      Danae Panagiotidi, From the series 'We Live Inside a Dream', Greece
    • Anastasiia Dekhtiaruk, From the series 'Dreams and Thorns', Malyn, Ukraine, 2024 | DER GREIF
      Anastasiia Dekhtiaruk, From the series 'Dreams and Thorns', Malyn, Ukraine, 2024
    • Anastasiia Dekhtiaruk, From the series 'Dreams and Thorns', Malyn, Ukraine, 2024 | DER GREIF
      Anastasiia Dekhtiaruk, From the series 'Dreams and Thorns', Malyn, Ukraine, 2024
    • Anastasiia Dekhtiaruk, From the series 'Dreams and Thorns', Malyn, Ukraine, 2024 | DER GREIF
      Anastasiia Dekhtiaruk, From the series 'Dreams and Thorns', Malyn, Ukraine, 2024
    • Joselito Verschaeve, From the series 'As Long As The Sun Lasts’, Belgium | DER GREIF
      Joselito Verschaeve, From the series 'As Long As The Sun Lasts’, Belgium
    • Alla Bliss, From the series 'A Commonplace', Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, 2025 | DER GREIF
      Alla Bliss, From the series 'A Commonplace', Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, 2025
    • Alessandro Silverj, From the series 'Presence', Archival Public Domain Photo, Italy, 2024 | DER GREIF
      Alessandro Silverj, From the series 'Presence', Archival Public Domain Photo, Italy, 2024
    • Ada Marino, From the series 'Paterfamilias', Swansea, United Kingdom, 2023 | DER GREIF
      Ada Marino, From the series 'Paterfamilias', Swansea, United Kingdom, 2023
    • Ben Osborne, 'The Night', East Sussex, United Kingdom | DER GREIF
      Ben Osborne, 'The Night', East Sussex, United Kingdom
    •  Çağdaş Biber, From the series 'IN THE FLÆSH', Istanbul, Turkey, 2015 | DER GREIF
      Çağdaş Biber, From the series 'IN THE FLÆSH', Istanbul, Turkey, 2015
    • Amy Gladding, "Imagined Landscape", Suffolk, United Kingdom, 2025 | DER GREIF
      Amy Gladding, "Imagined Landscape", Suffolk, United Kingdom, 2025
    • David La Spina, From the series"Viewshed", Livingston, NY, United States, 2025 | DER GREIF
      David La Spina, From the series"Viewshed", Livingston, NY, United States, 2025
    • Chochana Rosso, "L'ascension Du Mont Etna", Sicily, Italy, 2023 | DER GREIF
      Chochana Rosso, "L'ascension Du Mont Etna", Sicily, Italy, 2023
    • Iren Pylina, From the series "Circle of Life", Minsk, Belarus, 2025 | DER GREIF
      Iren Pylina, From the series "Circle of Life", Minsk, Belarus, 2025
    • Ira Kostyuk, From the series "Ти тут (you are here)", Italy, 2023 | DER GREIF
      Ira Kostyuk, From the series "Ти тут (you are here)", Italy, 2023
    • Alexander Knudsen, "Johanna's Bust", Massachusetts, United States, 2024 | DER GREIF
      Alexander Knudsen, "Johanna's Bust", Massachusetts, United States, 2024
    • Maude Arsenault, From the series "Resisting the Dark", Paris, France, 2024 | DER GREIF
      Maude Arsenault, From the series "Resisting the Dark", Paris, France, 2024
    • Anastasía Miseyko, From the series "HOW TO DISAPPEAR", Den Haag, Netherlands, 2024 | DER GREIF
      Anastasía Miseyko, From the series "HOW TO DISAPPEAR", Den Haag, Netherlands, 2024
    • Josip Artuković, From the series "Slovo o čovjeku", Drinovci, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2022 | DER GREIF
      Josip Artuković, From the series "Slovo o čovjeku", Drinovci, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2022
    • Maria Denise Dessimoz, "Protect your Energy", Berlin, Germany, 2024 | DER GREIF
      Maria Denise Dessimoz, "Protect your Energy", Berlin, Germany, 2024
    • Simone Padelli, From the series "Il sentiero e Il Labirinto (The Path and The Labyrinth)", Italy, 2025 | DER GREIF
      Simone Padelli, From the series "Il sentiero e Il Labirinto (The Path and The Labyrinth)", Italy, 2025
    • Sebastian Alten, "Opfer", Germany, 2024 | DER GREIF
      Sebastian Alten, "Opfer", Germany, 2024
    • Martijn Schmidt, "Honza", North Bohemia, Czech Republic | DER GREIF
      Martijn Schmidt, "Honza", North Bohemia, Czech Republic
    • Maxim Voloshin, Untitled, Tbilisi, Georgia | DER GREIF
      Maxim Voloshin, Untitled, Tbilisi, Georgia
    • Maxim Voloshin, Untitled, Tbilisi, Georgia | DER GREIF
      Maxim Voloshin, Untitled, Tbilisi, Georgia
    • Chris Mann, "Dust Devil Tornado", Wadi Rum, Jordan | DER GREIF
      Chris Mann, "Dust Devil Tornado", Wadi Rum, Jordan
    • Maya Vieth, From the series "Während wir schlafen, ziehen Wölfe um die Häuser" Brandenburg, Germany, 2023 | DER GREIF
      Maya Vieth, From the series "Während wir schlafen, ziehen Wölfe um die Häuser" Brandenburg, Germany, 2023
    • Kayla Jie Wang, Untitled, London, United Kingdom | DER GREIF
      Kayla Jie Wang, Untitled, London, United Kingdom
    • Steve Dean Mendes, From the series "Stillness in the Echo", Belgium, 2025 | DER GREIF
      Steve Dean Mendes, From the series "Stillness in the Echo", Belgium, 2025
    • Theo Zeal, From the series "Adam", United Kingdom, 2023 | DER GREIF
      Theo Zeal, From the series "Adam", United Kingdom, 2023
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