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.
%20(detail)_Thumbnail.jpg "Untitled (Archive, Iraq), 2003-2005 © Sean Snyder")
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
February 20, 2013
by Teichmann, Esther
Esther Teichmann looks at the symbolic value of the photography
darkroom as a stage for a variety of creative acts.
February 07, 2013
by van Vianen, Margriet
Margriet van Vianen reports on the artist talk with photographer
duo WassinkLundgren, held at Foam on Wednesday 30 January.
January 10, 2013
by Teichmann, Esther
"The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears or the
sea." (Isak Dinesen)
January 07, 2013
by Engman, Chris
Between 1964 and 1968, Ray Metzker made a group of
extraordinary composited images.
December 05, 2012
by Crawford, Jonathan
For the site-specific exhibition, PLOT, artist Marijke
Appelman has produced two new works. You can see them at &Foam
from 6 December 2012.
December 04, 2012
by Bohr, Marco
Marco Bohr looks at the work of Canadian photographer Robert
Burley as he charts the decline of the analogue medium.
November 29, 2012
by Crawford, Jonathan
More weird and wonderful-ness from Swiss duo, Taiyo Onorato and
Nico Krebs. This time in a short film.
November 28, 2012
by Crawford, Jonathan
Daniëlle van Ark is among 55 international artists letting folk
into their studios at RijksakademieOPEN 2013.
November 16, 2012
by Crawford, Jonathan
This week China selected its next set of Communist leaders for
the coming decade. There aren't many clues as to what the new
ruling committee will bring.
_Thumbnail.jpg "Installation view of Parasomnia, Viviane Sassen © Doug Dubois")
November 12, 2012
by Clarke, Chris
Chris Clarke takes a look at what installation images can add to
our experience of an exhibition.
November 07, 2012
by Crawford, Jonathan
&Foam, Foam's shop at Vijzelstraat 78, is introducing a new
theme for this winter.
October 23, 2012
by McMurdo, Wendy
Wendy McMurdo visits Trevor Paglen's exhibition, 'Geographies of
Seeing', currently showing as part of the UK's 2012 Brighton Photo
Biennial.