January 23, 2013
by Crawford, Jonathan
Laura Koenen, from the Department of Man and Communication at
the Design Academy in Eindhoven, has made this trailer for the Foam
3h show, Jan Hoek - Me & My Models.
January 21, 2013
by Bareman, Karin
Karin Bareman shares her thoughts on the works of photographer
Vivian Maier and artist Ai Weiwei who both portrayed urban
America.
January 10, 2013
by Teichmann, Esther
"The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears or the
sea." (Isak Dinesen)
January 09, 2013
by Crawford, Jonathan
Doug Aitken talks to photographer Stephen Shore about his
work, his methods and his time spent as a young photographer at The
Factory in New York with Andy Warhol.
January 07, 2013
by Engman, Chris
Between 1964 and 1968, Ray Metzker made a group of
extraordinary composited images.
January 03, 2013
by Schles, Ken
Ken Schles considers how image-making, like other forms of
technology, has implications far beyond its primary purpose.
December 21, 2012
by Schles, Ken
Ken Schles wraps up 2012 with an overview of his book publishing
projects.
December 13, 2012
by Clarke, Chris
Chris Clarke looks at the notion of Canadian photography after
rediscovering 'Faking Death' in a Belfast bookshop.
December 06, 2012
by Kurtis, Seba
Seba Kurtis meets up with Brian Ulrich to talk about his book
based on the idea of patriotic shopping in the US.
December 03, 2012
by Teichmann, Esther
Esther Teichmann, one of this year's Foam Magazine Talents, is
inspired by the camera obscura in her first piece for Foam
Blog.
November 30, 2012
by Crawford, Jonathan
On Monday this week, not a single incident of crime was recorded
in the city of New York.
November 14, 2012
by Best, Suky
Suky Best looks at MGM's use of the big cat in their company's
logo and title sequence.
November 09, 2012
by Crawford, Jonathan
So Obama won a second term as President of the United States of
America. And as he said in his victory speech, 'the best is yet to
come'.
November 08, 2012
by Schles, Ken
Ken Schles explains photography's infinite capacity to distort
our understanding of reality as well as add to it.
November 02, 2012
by Crawford, Jonathan
The arrival of storm Sandy on the east coast of the US this week
made me wonder how this kind of natural disaster has been portrayed
by photographers in the past.
October 16, 2012
by Engman, Chris
Chris Engman takes a trip to see Robert Smithson's landscape
artwork, Spiral Jetty, from 1970.
October 08, 2012
by Schles, Ken
For all creatures the scale and order of their reality mimics
their physical and sensory abilities.
September 14, 2012
by Chatila, Yasmine
Yasmine Chatila is back to share another diary extract from her
surveillance project.
September 07, 2012
by Baden, Evan
Evan Baden reports on aiming for the right balance between
commissioned work and personal photography projects.