Guest Room:
Matthew Leifheit

Guest Room aims to spark collaborations. That’s why Matthew Leifheit is teaming up with Rachel Stern (@rachelstern), a New York based photographer whose work challenges conventions of beauty and promotes escapist, constructivist fantasy. in chosing the theme for this instalment. Rachel has set the following framework:

Bread & Roses // Kitsch Can’t Wait

Selection

    • Monique Atherton, Untitled, Bad Faith, New Haven, USA, 2017 | DER GREIF
      Monique Atherton, Untitled, Bad Faith, New Haven, USA, 2017
    • Diego Moreno, Mirages and visions, San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, MEX, 2014 | DER GREIF
      Diego Moreno, Mirages and visions, San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, MEX, 2014
    • Luis Alberto Rodriguez, Yoelki and Candy, Samana, DOM, 2018 | DER GREIF
      Luis Alberto Rodriguez, Yoelki and Candy, Samana, DOM, 2018
    • Lucas Ziegler, Adventures waiting for uss, Zürich, CHE, 2018 | DER GREIF
      Lucas Ziegler, Adventures waiting for uss, Zürich, CHE, 2018
    • Diego Moreno, A type of indulgence, San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, MEX, 2016 | DER GREIF
      Diego Moreno, A type of indulgence, San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, MEX, 2016
    • Timo Hartikainen, Minna, Kuopio, FIN, 2018 | DER GREIF
      Timo Hartikainen, Minna, Kuopio, FIN, 2018
    • Shelli Weiler, Dream Balloons, Manhattan, USA, 2018 | DER GREIF
      Shelli Weiler, Dream Balloons, Manhattan, USA, 2018
    • Ellen Wallenstein, Astor Place subway, New york City, USA, 2018 | DER GREIF
      Ellen Wallenstein, Astor Place subway, New york City, USA, 2018
    • Lubri, Senorita with fan, Barcelona, ESP, 2018 | DER GREIF
      Lubri, Senorita with fan, Barcelona, ESP, 2018
    • Keegan Holden, Untitled, San Francisco, California, USA, 2019 | DER GREIF
      Keegan Holden, Untitled, San Francisco, California, USA, 2019
    • Ela Polkowska, 1-2, Marianka, POL | DER GREIF
      Ela Polkowska, 1-2, Marianka, POL
    • Gregg Evans, Late July, Iceland, ISL, 2018 | DER GREIF
      Gregg Evans, Late July, Iceland, ISL, 2018
    • Sagar Shiriskar, A broken idol lies on the beach after a festival, Mumbai, IND | DER GREIF
      Sagar Shiriskar, A broken idol lies on the beach after a festival, Mumbai, IND
    • Louis Heilbronn, I need a Cowboy 3, California, USA, 2018 | DER GREIF
      Louis Heilbronn, I need a Cowboy 3, California, USA, 2018
    • Ian C. Bates, Untitled, Washington, USA | DER GREIF
      Ian C. Bates, Untitled, Washington, USA
    • Michael Koch, Canossa, Düsseldorf, DEU, 2015 | DER GREIF
      Michael Koch, Canossa, Düsseldorf, DEU, 2015
    • Matias Maroevic, Frisch wie gestern, Berlin, DEU | DER GREIF
      Matias Maroevic, Frisch wie gestern, Berlin, DEU
    • Jacob Haupt, Untitled, Salt Lake City, USA, 2018 | DER GREIF
      Jacob Haupt, Untitled, Salt Lake City, USA, 2018
    • Louis Heilbronn, White House on a Hill, California, USA, 2017 | DER GREIF
      Louis Heilbronn, White House on a Hill, California, USA, 2017
    • Clea Christakos-Gee, Mere Exterior, Toronto, CAN, 2018 | DER GREIF
      Clea Christakos-Gee, Mere Exterior, Toronto, CAN, 2018
    • Gita Cooper-van Ingen, Joel, London, GBR, 2018 | DER GREIF
      Gita Cooper-van Ingen, Joel, London, GBR, 2018
    • Joshua Tarplin, Meiosis, Unknown, USA | DER GREIF
      Joshua Tarplin, Meiosis, Unknown, USA
    • Jon Ervin, Torso, New York, NY, USA, 2019 | DER GREIF
      Jon Ervin, Torso, New York, NY, USA, 2019
    • Anton Polyakov, Separate, Moldova (Transnistrian region), MDA, 2018 | DER GREIF
      Anton Polyakov, Separate, Moldova (Transnistrian region), MDA, 2018
    • Gustavo Garcia Villa, GGV 003, Mexico City, MEX, 2018 | DER GREIF
      Gustavo Garcia Villa, GGV 003, Mexico City, MEX, 2018
    • Tomoya Imamura, Rákoczi, Óbánya, HUN, 2016 | DER GREIF
      Tomoya Imamura, Rákoczi, Óbánya, HUN, 2016
    • Igor Omulecki, Mikado, Warsaw, POL, 2018 | DER GREIF
      Igor Omulecki, Mikado, Warsaw, POL, 2018
    • Gregg Evans, Youth, Bainbridge, NY, USA, 2018 | DER GREIF
      Gregg Evans, Youth, Bainbridge, NY, USA, 2018
    • Paloma Rebecca Dooley, Palm Trees with Palm Trees, Los Angeles, USA, 2018 | DER GREIF
      Paloma Rebecca Dooley, Palm Trees with Palm Trees, Los Angeles, USA, 2018
    • Matylda Awdziejczyk, Inaction, Kraków, POL, 2019 | DER GREIF
      Matylda Awdziejczyk, Inaction, Kraków, POL, 2019
    • Monique Atherton, Untitled, Bad Faith, New Haven, USA, 2017 | DER GREIF
      Monique Atherton, Untitled, Bad Faith, New Haven, USA, 2017
    • Evgeniya Zhulanova, Vyatka Dandy, Kirov, RUS, 2018 | DER GREIF
      Evgeniya Zhulanova, Vyatka Dandy, Kirov, RUS, 2018
    • Ryo Yamanaka, XS, Tokyo, JPN | DER GREIF
      Ryo Yamanaka, XS, Tokyo, JPN
    • Maja Chiara Faber, Bread, Athens, GRC, 2018 | DER GREIF
      Maja Chiara Faber, Bread, Athens, GRC, 2018
    • Catherine Adams, Global Amusements Mtatsminda Park, Tbilisi, GEO, 2019 | DER GREIF
      Catherine Adams, Global Amusements Mtatsminda Park, Tbilisi, GEO, 2019
    • Alex Colley, Blind War Office, Cardiff, GBR, 2018 | DER GREIF
      Alex Colley, Blind War Office, Cardiff, GBR, 2018
    • Christian Michael Filardo, Untitled 09, Pico, Vermont, USA, 2018 | DER GREIF
      Christian Michael Filardo, Untitled 09, Pico, Vermont, USA, 2018
    • Jeffrey Opp, Strip City (Dancin’ Bare), Portland, Oregon, USA, 2016 | DER GREIF
      Jeffrey Opp, Strip City (Dancin’ Bare), Portland, Oregon, USA, 2016
    • David Brothers, Wall of miracles, Salt Lake City, USA | DER GREIF
      David Brothers, Wall of miracles, Salt Lake City, USA
    • Cyriaco Lopes, Saints & Martyrs 201, New York City, USA, 2019 | DER GREIF
      Cyriaco Lopes, Saints & Martyrs 201, New York City, USA, 2019
    • David Billet, Zeb in office, Baltimore, USA, 2018 | DER GREIF
      David Billet, Zeb in office, Baltimore, USA, 2018
    • Ian C. Bates, Untitled, Washington, USA | DER GREIF
      Ian C. Bates, Untitled, Washington, USA
    • John Sanderson, Bearded Lady, Willets Point, New York City, USA, 2014 | DER GREIF
      John Sanderson, Bearded Lady, Willets Point, New York City, USA, 2014
    • Brian Orozco, Astoria Column, Astoria, Oregon, USA, 2018 | DER GREIF
      Brian Orozco, Astoria Column, Astoria, Oregon, USA, 2018
    • Carloman Macidiano Cespedes Riojas, Las visitantes, Chiclayo, PER, 2016 | DER GREIF
      Carloman Macidiano Cespedes Riojas, Las visitantes, Chiclayo, PER, 2016
    • Nelson Morales, Lolita, Charlotte N.C, USA, 2017 | DER GREIF
      Nelson Morales, Lolita, Charlotte N.C, USA, 2017
    • Tomoya Imamura, Bread, Tolna, HUN, 2015 | DER GREIF
      Tomoya Imamura, Bread, Tolna, HUN, 2015
    • Paloma Rebecca Dooley, Fumigation Jungle, Los Angeles, USA, 2018 | DER GREIF
      Paloma Rebecca Dooley, Fumigation Jungle, Los Angeles, USA, 2018
Matthew Leifheit | DER GREIF
Matthew Leifheit

Matthew Leifheit is an American photographer, magazine editor, and professor. A graduate of Rhode Island School of Design and the Yale School of Art, Leifheit is Editor-in-Chief of MATTE Magazine, the journal of emerging photography he has edited and published since 2010. Leifheit was formerly photo director of VICE Magazine, and his photographs have appeared in publications such as The New York Times, The New Yorker, Aperture, TIME, and Artforum. Leifheit’s photographic work has been exhibited internationally and is held in public collections.

Rachel Stern

Rachel Stern (b. 1989, NYC) is a photographer whose work considers the intersection of beauty and power. Stern turns to the tableaux and the proscenium in order to create a strong dialogue between the histories and uses of kitsch and leftist aesthetics. Using materials culled from strip malls and thrift stores she creates images which ask art and visual culture to enter into a discourse of accessibility and, in the spirit of ‘bread and roses’, demand immediate access to beauty.