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It’s Because You Have Red Hair

Spectrum

June 17, 2013  by Robert Philip

Rob Philip reviews the show of the graduate photography students of Nottingham Trent University, on show at Free Range in London from 20th - 24th June.

Andre Steiner at MAMM © Karin Bareman

Voici Paris

June 05, 2013  by Bareman, Karin

Karin Bareman reviews the exhibition, Voici Paris - Modernités Photographiques 1920-1950, which was on show at the MAMM.

Untitled from Illuminance © Rinko Kawauchi

Black Shadows – Photography and Forgetting

May 30, 2013  by Teichmann, Esther

Teichmann explores the instillment of powerful memories of events in photographs by referring to Elin O'Hara slavick's work 'After Hiroshima' among others.

Untitled (Archive, Iraq), 2003-2005 © Sean Snyder

Corrupted File

May 27, 2013  by Clarke, Chris

Why are some artists drawn to 'poor' images ? Chris Clarke reflects on work by Ubermorgen.com and Sean Snyder in which poor quality images of 9/11 and the Iraq war were reused and renovated to become artworks.

Emiel from the series Here are the Young Men (Marked) © Claire Felicie

The truth, the eye & the beholder

May 22, 2013  by Robert Philip

Do pictures tell the truth or do we want to believe what pictures tell us? Rob Philip reflects on this matter by referring to work by Claire Felicie.

Couples at square dance © Russell Lee

Save the last dance

May 07, 2013  by Bareman, Karin

Karin Bareman elaborates on how dancing has been captured in photography and film.

Untitled, 2013 © Rob Philip

Photography as lubricant

April 24, 2013  by Robert Philip

Rob Philip elaborates on the presentation of photographs in a new context referring to the display of Olaf's pictures at the Design Fair in Milan.

Ron pursuing Jackie down Madison Avenue, New York, 1971 © Ron Galella / Wireimage

Street & Studio

April 17, 2013  by Bareman, Karin

Karin Bareman relates the famous image of Galella chasing Jackie Kennedy Onassis to a fashion commercial to define what street photography is.

01 from the series 'Watchtowers' © Taysir Batniji

All along the watch tower

April 09, 2013  by Bareman, Karin

Karin Bareman looks at Batniji's Watchtowers and places it in context of work by Bernd and Hilla Becher and Donovan Wylie.

 Untitled from Hewitt’s Heap, 2011 © Steffi Klenz

Convulsive Walls

April 03, 2013  by Teichmann, Esther

Esther Teichmann elaborates on reality, imagination and desires in photography by referring to work of artist and curator Steffi Klenz.

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Interview Foam Talent Call: Laura El-Tantawy

March 28, 2013  by Medde, Elisa

Laura El-Tantawy, one of the photographers selected in 2012 as a Foam Talent, was interviewed as part of the 2013 Foam Talent Call.

From Ametsuchi © Rinko Kawauchi

Rinko Kawauchi - Ametsuchi

March 26, 2013  by Savenije, Martijn

Martijn Savenije talks about his fondness of photo books and Rinko Kawauchi in particular.

Popel Coumou

Interview Foam Talent Call: Popel Coumou

March 21, 2013  by Medde, Elisa

Popel Coumou, one of the photographers selected in 2012 as a Foam Talent, was interviewed as part of the 2013 Foam Talent Call.

Danæ and the Shower of Gold © George Platt Lynes

The same...

March 20, 2013  by Robert Philip

Rob Philip reflects on orginality in photography by referring to the image "Chiako" by Lieko Shiga and George Platt Lynes's picture "Danæ and the Shower of Gold".

Everything In The Studio (Destroyed), 2012, Mixed media installation, © Sara Cwynar / courtesy of COOPER COLE, Toronto, Canada

Sara Cwynar - Everything In the Studio (Destroyed)

March 20, 2013  by van Vianen, Margriet

Zeno Koenigs has made this trailer for the Foam 3h show, Sara Cwynar - Everything In the Studio (Destroyed).

Antonio Zambardino

Interview Foam Talent Call: Antonio Zambardino

March 07, 2013  by Medde, Elisa

Antonio Zambardino, one of the photographers selected in 2012 as a Foam Talent, was interviewed as part of the 2013 Foam Talent Call.

knowledge © Ken Schles

Aphorisms Towards Imagery

March 04, 2013  by Schles, Ken

Ken Schles explores the meaning and significance of imagery and how the interpretation of images is related to our cultural background.

Valuation Day with Simone Klein at &Foam, 26 February 2013 © Foam

What do you love?

March 01, 2013  by Smeets, Simone

Simone Klein, from Sotheby's Paris, recently spoke at &Foam about collecting photography.

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Interview Foam Talent Call: Marleen Sleeuwits

February 28, 2013  by Medde, Elisa

Marleen Sleeuwits, one of the photographers selected in 2012 as a Foam Talent, was interviewed as part of the 2013 Foam Talent Call.

K.A.-A.N.-96 © Dirk Braeckman

Who's Afraid of Black, White and Grey?

February 25, 2013  by Hidde Bakker, Taco

After attending the evening, Foam Meets Dirk Braeckman, Taco Hidde Bakker elaborates on Braeckman's approach to photography.

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