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On the Dutch choreography of water

In this exclusive interview, Foam curator Mirjam Kooiman speaks with the Netherlands-based artist Bebe Blanco Agterberg about her new work Pretend There Is Water and the research behind it. Together they look at our ambivalent relationship with the sea and how it is changing due to climate change and rising sea levels, using the Netherlands as an example to discuss a topic with global relevance.

10 min readby Mirjam Kooiman

Two people stand facing each other against a gray sky. One extends an arm toward the other's shoulder, creating a tense atmosphere.

From The Archive: অঙ্গার AWNGAR by Sarker Protick

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 Sunil Shah

Charred logs and debris float in murky, dark water, creating a textured surface with a mix of wood pieces partially submerged.

SỐNG by Ocean Vuong

On Our Radar showcases images from today’s most promising photographic artists—works that challenge, inspire, connect, and excite us.

3 min readby Katy Hundertmark

A person sits on a rock outdoors, wearing an American flag as a shawl and a bandage over their eyes. They are shirtless with dark shorts.

Not What You Saw by Keerthana Kunnath

On International Women's Day we highlight the work of London-based artist Keerthana Kunnath, who documents female bodybuilders in Kerela, Southern India, to challenge conventional stereotypes and reshape the cultural imagination of gender and beauty in the region.

3 min readby Katy Hundertmark

Person in white outfit poses confidently on a rock by the ocean, with a flowing veil and flexed arm, against a cloudy sky.

What Lee Wore by Gisela Torres

Book Club: our favourite books from emerging and established artists in the photography world

3 min readby Jilke Golbach

A book cover titled "What Lee Wore" with a dark, textured background and handwritten-style white text.

Sighs and Whispers

In her first quarterly column, curator and author Lou Stoppard invites us to linger on her doorstep after retrieving a fashion brochure from her postbox. The encounter launches her into an inner dialogue about the somewhat outdated fashion catalogue as a medium of artistic expression, and how it inspired Guy Bourdin’s only publication, Sighs and Whispers.

6 min readby Lou Stoppard

Two women in floral outfits pose on a floral-patterned couch with photographs around them, against a matching floral wallpaper backdrop.

Hajar Benjida: Atlanta Made Us Famous

5 min readby Aya Musa

Money count after music video shoot at Magic City 2025

Studio Visit: Blommers & Schumm

4 min readby Mirjam Kooiman

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Where Colours Breathe by Temiloluwa Johnson

2 min readby Jilke Golbach

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Golden Boy by Kwabena Appiah-nti

4 min readby Antawan I. Byrd

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    On the Dutch choreography of water

    In this exclusive interview, Foam curator Mirjam Kooiman speaks with the Netherlands-based artist Bebe Blanco Agterberg about her new work Pretend There Is Water and the research behind it. Together they look at our ambivalent relationship with the sea and how it is changing due to climate change and rising sea levels, using the Netherlands as an example to discuss a topic with global relevance.

    10 min readby Mirjam Kooiman

    Two people stand facing each other against a gray sky. One extends an arm toward the other's shoulder, creating a tense atmosphere.

    From The Archive: অঙ্গার AWNGAR by Sarker Protick

    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 Sunil Shah

    Charred logs and debris float in murky, dark water, creating a textured surface with a mix of wood pieces partially submerged.

    SỐNG by Ocean Vuong

    On Our Radar showcases images from today’s most promising photographic artists—works that challenge, inspire, connect, and excite us.

    3 min readby Katy Hundertmark

    A person sits on a rock outdoors, wearing an American flag as a shawl and a bandage over their eyes. They are shirtless with dark shorts.

    Not What You Saw by Keerthana Kunnath

    On International Women's Day we highlight the work of London-based artist Keerthana Kunnath, who documents female bodybuilders in Kerela, Southern India, to challenge conventional stereotypes and reshape the cultural imagination of gender and beauty in the region.

    3 min readby Katy Hundertmark

    Person in white outfit poses confidently on a rock by the ocean, with a flowing veil and flexed arm, against a cloudy sky.

    What Lee Wore by Gisela Torres

    Book Club: our favourite books from emerging and established artists in the photography world

    3 min readby Jilke Golbach

    A book cover titled "What Lee Wore" with a dark, textured background and handwritten-style white text.

    Sighs and Whispers

    In her first quarterly column, curator and author Lou Stoppard invites us to linger on her doorstep after retrieving a fashion brochure from her postbox. The encounter launches her into an inner dialogue about the somewhat outdated fashion catalogue as a medium of artistic expression, and how it inspired Guy Bourdin’s only publication, Sighs and Whispers.

    6 min readby Lou Stoppard

    Two women in floral outfits pose on a floral-patterned couch with photographs around them, against a matching floral wallpaper backdrop.
A shiny red apple with a green leaf against a blue sky with clouds, featured on the cover of a photography magazine.
Two people kissing closely, with one wearing a green shirt. Red text and barcode on the right side of the image.
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