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    Quiet Hours: Nighttime & Grief

    The quiet hours of nighttime create a poetic space lit only by artificial streetlights, soft twilight, or absolute darkness amplifying our deepest reflections. In honor of National Grief Awareness day "Quiet Hours: Nighttime & Grief" assemble twelve artists who use the canvas of nighttime to process loss, transition, and emotional survival. Grief manifests in infinite ways. Across these diverse lens-based projects, darkness shifts from a realm of fear into a space of sanctuary, showing that processing loss after hours is a deeply human act of endurance. See and read more about each position here.

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      • Kelly Rosa, "A bite on the mind" from the series "Sēcrētus", Gravina in Puglia, Italy, 2024 | DER GREIF
        Kelly Rosa, "A bite on the mind" from the series "Sēcrētus", Gravina in Puglia, Italy, 2024
      • Donal Husni, "Protest in Jakarta, Indonesia", from the series "The Night Riots", Jakarta, Indonesia, 2025 | DER GREIF
        Donal Husni, "Protest in Jakarta, Indonesia", from the series "The Night Riots", Jakarta, Indonesia, 2025
      • Arthur Mercier, "Zones_Blanches-03", from the series "Zones Blanches", France, 2022 | DER GREIF
        Arthur Mercier, "Zones_Blanches-03", from the series "Zones Blanches", France, 2022
      • Federico Masini, "Untitled", from the series "Mezzaluce", Italy, 2026 | DER GREIF
        Federico Masini, "Untitled", from the series "Mezzaluce", Italy, 2026
      • Judit Gyuricza-Osváth, "6", from the series "The Clear Image of Paradise", Debrecen, Hungary, 2026 | DER GREIF
        Judit Gyuricza-Osváth, "6", from the series "The Clear Image of Paradise", Debrecen, Hungary, 2026
      • Tanya Podubienko, "Parking lot of dreams", from the series "Trip into Adulthood", Ukraine, 2025 | DER GREIF
        Tanya Podubienko, "Parking lot of dreams", from the series "Trip into Adulthood", Ukraine, 2025
      • Grant MacAllister, "Red House", from the series "The Quiet Hours", Portland, USA, 2025 | DER GREIF
        Grant MacAllister, "Red House", from the series "The Quiet Hours", Portland, USA, 2025
      • Kirill Muniabin, "Vladimir, 21", from the series "MENLANCHOLY", Russia, 2025 | DER GREIF
        Kirill Muniabin, "Vladimir, 21", from the series "MENLANCHOLY", Russia, 2025
      • Virginia Morini, "14", from the series "For my sins", Philippines, 2026 | DER GREIF
        Virginia Morini, "14", from the series "For my sins", Philippines, 2026
      • Sara Hinterlong, "Guarding Rail", from the series "Untitled", Maryland, USA, 2026 | DER GREIF
        Sara Hinterlong, "Guarding Rail", from the series "Untitled", Maryland, USA, 2026
      • Natalie Stanczak, "Untitled", from the series "Kristallisierte Wahrheit: Eine Anti-Anti Mythologisierung der polnischen Geschichte", Augsburg, Germany, 2026 | DER GREIF
        Natalie Stanczak, "Untitled", from the series "Kristallisierte Wahrheit: Eine Anti-Anti Mythologisierung der polnischen Geschichte", Augsburg, Germany, 2026
      • Jos Martín, "Untitled", from the series "Noche, no te vayas. (Night, do not leave.)", 2022 | DER GREIF
        Jos Martín, "Untitled", from the series "Noche, no te vayas. (Night, do not leave.)", 2022
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    Carolina Semprucci

    Carolina Semprucci is an Italian writer and editorial designer based in London. She is currently graphic designer and assistant editor at Der Greif. Working internationally across cultural and commercial projects, her practice combines photography, design for publishing, and writing. She holds a BA in Journalism and Publishing at the University of the Arts London, where her thesis project Retrospective was awarded the Wood Stephens Master Printer Award. Her published writing, focusing on the intersections of everyday photography, digital imagery, and new technologies, has appeared on PhMuseum’s Annual, Photography+, Gabble, and has been published by Kult Books. In her design practice, Semprucci has collaborated with a range of clients and organisations including ArtULTRA, the Future Justice Project, and The Justice Gap. Alongside working as a freelancer, she has previously taught on the Publishing course at the London College of Communication and is currently Writer in Residence at Photoworks.

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    Caroline von Courten

    Caroline von Courten is an essayist and theorist by inclination, and a curator and editor by profession. Based on a farm outside Munich, she is the Artistic Director of Der Greif, where she develops exhibitions, publications, research collaborations, and programs centered on photography. She also lectures in the Camera Arts BA program at the Lucerne School of Design, Film and Art, where she teaches and critically examines photographic theory, post-photography, and visual/network culture. Caroline previously served as Managing Editor at Foam Magazine and held curatorial positions at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam and the Nederlands Fotomuseum. She co-developed the Dutch Doc Award, organized the satellite exhibition "Quickscan NL" in Shanghai during the World Expo, and financed her early studies by performing as a hairdresser on concert stages and working as an image editor for Mister Motley. In 2023, she completed her PhD at Leiden University with "The Photographic Surface – Between Substances and Spaces," a philosophical study of photography’s shifting materiality. Her writing has been published widely, including for Aperture, Foam Magazine, UNSEEN Magazine, and C/O Berlin, and she recently contributed to Foam’s 25th anniversary issue as one of its selected thoughtmakers. Caroline frequently moderates public programs and serves as an advisor and juror for major photography initiatives across Europe.

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    Francesca Hummler

    Francesca Hummler is a German-American artist, educator, and curator based between London and San Diego. She has been the Community Manager and Program Curator of Der Greif since 2022. In 2024, she launched Der Greif’s Face-to-Face program at Les Rencontres d’Arles, offering feedback sessions to photographers and culminating in a celebratory screening showcasing participants’ work. She also spearheaded a symposium on AI in Photography in collaboration with FOAM Magazine, Photoworks, and The Photographers’ Gallery during Paris Photo 2024. She graduated from the Royal College of Art with an MA in Photography with distinction in 2022. Previously, she worked as an Educational Delivery Manager and Photography Tutor at Photofusion in London, where she curated exhibitions and led community-focused photography programs, combining teaching, curriculum development, and career support for underrepresented groups. She has actively participated as a portfolio reviewer for FORMAT25, Photo-Match at Fotofestiwal Łódź, Shutter Hub YEARBOOK, UWE Bristol Photography BA Degree Show, and Offspring Photo Meet. She has also taught at Poway Adult School and lectured as a guest tutor at Paperdrop Lab and Fachhochschule Dortmund, University of Applied Sciences and Arts.

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    Ilaria Sponda

    Ilaria Sponda is an independent art curator, editor and writer. She works at the intersection of art, visual culture and systems of distribution. She is currently co-curator at Fodoks and was recently curatorial assistant at Lothringer 13 Halle and Goethe Institut Athens, and Haus der Kunst München. She was active as an independent curator in Milan, focusing on practices rooted in post-disciplinary realities that reflect a world where installations behaves like images, images behave like objects and online life leaks into material life. She holds a MA in Culture Studies from Universidade Católica Portuguesa and her writing has been published in hus Magazine, The British Journal of Photography, NERO, Lampoon, Umbigo, Lynx Contemporary, as well as in catalogues and artist books. She has actively participated as a portfolio reviewer for Sarajevo Photography Festival and Leipzig Photobook Festival.