Artist duo Anuschka Blommers and Niels Schumm founded their practice shortly after graduating from Amsterdam’s Gerrit Rietveld Academy in 1997. Since then, they have achieved international recognition for their distinctive visual language, marked by an interplay of art, fashion, and portraiture. At the heart of their collaboration is the studio—a space of dialogue, experimentation and play.

Studio Visit offers a look at the artistic practices, workspaces, and latest projects of contemporary photographers. 

4 min readby Mirjam Kooiman

In an expansive body of work that is at once personal, critical and deeply reflective of the multifaceted cultures of Andean territories, Mendez explores how traditional representations of gender archetypes in her native Bolivia shape attitudes toward gender today.

From the Archive highlights previous writings on photography from Foam Magazine to cast light on current topics and ongoing debates in the world of photography and beyond.

5 min readby Valeria Posada Villada

What does the American landscape reveal about the contemporary condition of our digitised world? Orejarena and Stein go in search of real-life ‘glitches’ in the environment, adding a digital-native perspective to American landscape photography whilst tapping into online conspiracy theories.

From the Archive highlights previous writings on photography from Foam Magazine to cast light on current topics and ongoing debates in the world of photography and beyond.

4 min readby Taco Hidde Bakker 

From the point of production to the places where rubbish is processed or dumped, Aàdesokan draws parallels between the economic and social forces that drive migration patterns and rubbish disposal.

From the Archive highlights previous writings on photography from Foam Magazine to cast light on current topics and ongoing debates in the world of photography and beyond.

3 min readby Aya Musa

Driven by a lack of representation of queer culture in the Middle East, Abdouni and his collaborators give shape to untold narratives of Arab queerness as a counterpoint to Western depictions.

From the Archive highlights previous writings on photography from Foam Magazine to cast light on current topics and ongoing debates in the world of photography and beyond.

3 min readby Elisa Medde

As Hiền Hoàng’s recent work Garden of Entanglement – a multi-sensory reflection on the connection between humans and nature – currently fills our galleries, we revisit the artist's equally sensuous series Asia Bistro, which charts and eroticises East Asian diaspora cuisine.

From the Archive highlights previous writings on photography from Foam Magazine to cast light on current topics and ongoing debates in the world of photography and beyond.

3 min readby Gary Zhexi Zhang