Der Greif is an award-winning contemporary photography organization founded in 2008. We provide a platform and visibility for a range of artists and their works.

Der Greif 15th Anniversary in Munich, 2023

Michael Almiroudis

Michael *Almiroudis (1995) is a semi-conceptual and semiotic visual artist & designer based in Athens, Greece. He is a graduate in BA Photography of Middlesex University through AKTO College and one of the Contributing Editor of Phases Magazine. His body of work reveals points of "arbitrary social iconology" that resists every "integral ecumenical image". He creates methods and word-worlds in which contemporary photographic practice is unified by digital culture.

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»I was made in my motherboard**«**

Alexa Cushing

Alexa Cushing is a photographic artist based in southern Massachusetts, United States. She uses her photographs to explore the mythology of place, creating images that extract a sense of magic from the everyday landscape. Alexa’s work has been a part of several group exhibitions at galleries and institutions such as The Griffin Museum of Photography, Panopticon Gallery, and the Oregon Contemporary.

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»Headlights«

Thomas Nondh Jansen

Photographer Thomas Nondh Jansen (*1985 in Bangkok, Thailand) creates colorful food & still life photography. Since being adopted from Thailand and growing up in the Netherlands, ‘home’ is an important theme in his work. With a lot of humor, he transforms everyday objects into something new. In this way he wants to show us the (often hidden) beauty of daily life.

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»A new home«

Justus Lemm, Photo: Lena Kunz

Justus Lemm (*1993 in Essen, Germany) is a photographer based in Berlin, Germany. He recently completed his studies at the Ostkreuzschule of Photography. His graduation project, "Lithics," delved into places and materials closely linked to early human history. Serving as a research-based, speculative documentary work, it explored questions surrounding the origins of human behavior, our interaction with the world, and the fragility of human existence.

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»A swarm of starlings«