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Eric Gyamfi (Ghana) wins Foam Paul Huf Award 2019
Press release | 5 March 2019
untitled, from the series Fixing shadows; Julius and I, 2018 - 2019 © Eric Gyamfi
Today, Eric Gyamfi (b. 1990, Ghana) was chosen as the winner of the thirteenth Foam Paul Huf Award. The award is presented annually by Foam to a photography talent under the age of 35. The jury selected Gyamfi out of 100 nominees from 24 countries. The prize consists of €20,000 and a solo exhibition at Foam. Additionally the work of the winner will be published in the next prestigious annual Talent Issue of Foam Magazine and be included in the internationally traveling group exhibition.
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Foam Talent | New York
22 March – 10 April 2019
Red Hook Labs, Brooklyn, New York
Press Release | Amsterdam, February 2019
The element from the series Your next step would be to do the Transmission, 2018 © Valentine Bo
For the 3rd year Foam returns to Red Hook Labs in Brooklyn, New York to present Foam Talent; a group exhibition bringing together a new generation of international artists. Selected through the annual Foam Talent Call the twenty image-makers presented in this exhibition representing a photography.
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Tyler Mitchell – I Can Make You Feel Good
19 April – 5 June 2019
Press Release | Amsterdam, February 2019
Untitled (Two Girls Embrace), 2018 © Tyler Mitchell
This spring, Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam proudly presents I Can Make You Feel Good, photographer and filmmaker Tyler Mitchell’s (1995, US) first solo exhibition. Alongside a selection of images from the artist’s personal and commissioned work, Foam is also premiering two of Mitchell’s video works: Idyllic Space and Chasing Pink, Found Red.
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Eva O'Leary - Happy Valley
1 March 2019 - 28 April 2019
Press Release | Amsterdam, February 2019
Babysitting, 2014 © Eva O’Leary
Happy Valley is the nickname for the town of State College in Pennsylvania (US), the hometown of American-Irish artist Eva O'Leary (1989). The place is a poster for a perfect suburban American life. A tranquil, comfortable and blissful place where Penn State University and its popular football team, The Penn State Nittany Lions.
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Scheltens & Abbenes - ZEEN
15 March - 5 June 2019
Press release | Amsterdam, February 2019
Cos, Collections, Soap Bars, 2012 © Scheltens & Abbenes
In the spring of 2019, Foam will present the largest museum solo exhibition of the artist duo Scheltens & Abbenes so far. The duo is seen as the most progressive still-life photographers in the Netherlands today. Maurice Scheltens (1972) and Liesbeth Abbenes (1970) have managed to build an international artistic practice at the intersection of commissioned and autonomous photography.
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Santu Mofokeng - Stories
15 February - 28 April 2019
Press release | Amsterdam, 20 December 2018
Laying of hands, Johannesburg Soweto Line 1986 © Santu Mofokeng
The year 2019 marks the 25th anniversary of South Africa’s first democratic elections, followed by the inauguration of Nelson Mandela as president, an historic event that marked the end of apartheid. South African photographer Santu Mofokeng (b. Newclare, South Africa, 1956) documented the everyday lives of rural sharecroppers and of labourers in the townships at a time when propaganda dominated the media, his images offer a more nuanced understanding of daily life under apartheid and after. From 15 February on, Foam presents a retrospective consisting largely of previously unseen works from the photographer’s personal archives.
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Erwin Blumenfeld
15 February - 14 April 2019
Press release | Amsterdam, 20 December 2018
Pat Blake for Vogue NY, 1954 © The Estate of Erwin Blumenfeld
The German fashion photographer Erwin Blumenfeld (1897-1969) is one of the most celebrated and best-paid fashion photographers of his time. Although mostly known for his oeuvre in black and white, the exhibition in Foam focuses on the colour photography he made during his New York period (1941-1960) which brought him worldwide recognition.
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Foam is supported by the BankGiro Loterij, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, Foam Members, Gemeente Amsterdam, Olympus and the VandenEnde Foundation.
