Explore photography

in many ways

Whether you want to learn about Foam’s artists, view our collection, or wander through our online exhibitions, you’ll find it all here.

This is where you can dive deeper into all of our extended content that goes beyond the museum’s walls.

Explore is a platform for discovery, learning, and conversation around photography. We gather different ideas, questions, and various subjects to create an ever-evolving source of inspiration in one place. You can navigate freely through the different content or use our curated themes to guide you through specific topics. From online exhibitions and articles to Foam TV and podcasts, there’s always something new.

Women's Month: celebrating women in photography

patchwork woman with headwear dotted skirt and sandals
Lebohang Kganye
Portrait of a seated woman in front of windows, her eyes covered by a stroke of gold paint. English texts are written around the image.
Lina Geoushy
Picture of a female fire fighter in Beirut, Lebanon
Myriam Boulos
Senta Simond
The Death of Actaeon © Yushi Li
Yushi Li
Set2 Sterre Arentsen
Sterre Arentsen
Black and white image of two men standing in a forest, both holding a long white vertical pole with both hands, whilst looking up. © Bebe Blanco Agterberg
Bebe Blanco Agterberg
From the series Encounter © Silvia Rosi courtesy of the artist.jpg
Silvia Rosi
Laia Abril
The rebirth of Red Lotus from the series Red Lotus C Kamonlak Sukchai
Kamonlak Sukchai
Karla Hiraldo Voleau
Everything in the studio (destroyed), 2012 © Sara Cwynar, courtesy of the Foam Collection
Sara Cwynar
Harley Weir
From the series Double Portrait, 2021 © Cemre Yeşil
, courtesy of the artist.
Cemre Yeşil
From the series Neuromantic C Ana Vallejo courtesy of the artist
Ana Vallejo
Agata, Germaine, Neuilly-Plaissance, France, September 4, 2018 © Bieke Depoorter . Magnum Photos
Bieke Depoorter

curated themes

Foam Talent 2022

Artists shaping the future of photography

4 activities
Image of a white man in white shorts throwing a disk
Remains of the temple of Hatshepsut, one colour image, one black and white
Graphics Foam Talent 2022

Kısmet

Through the lens of Turkish visual culture

3 activities
head floating in green door red carpet
From the series Double Portrait, 2021 © Cemre Yeşil

blue woman black background

On Assignment

Navigating the Media Industry

4 activities
Urmia salt lake, Iran © Newsha Tavakolian / Magnum Photos.jpg
Archive of Public Protests © Rafal Milach / Magnum Photos
Cover images of two handbooks created for On Assignment - Navigating the Media Industry
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exhibitions

The feast inside The Feast Inside from the series Paintings Dreams and Love C Yushi Li and Steph Wilson, courtesy of the artists

Talent Digital 2022

From the series Tell The Trees To Smile © Myriam Boulos.

On Social Documentary Photography

Take the Potatonality test and dig up your unique potato!

Potatonality Test

all online exhibitions

Foam Talks

  • Talent Talks 2022 with Kata Geibl & Shailoh Phillips

    withArtists
    15 Feb 2023

  • Talent Talks 2022 with Pavo Marinović & Barbara Gregov

    withArtists
    20 Dec 2022

  • Foam Talks x Paris Photo - On the Politics of Images with Tanja Ostojic

    withArtists
    10 Nov 2022

  • Foam Talks x Paris Photo - On the Politics of Images with Federica Chiocchetti

    withArtists
    10 Nov 2021

  • Foam Talks x Paris Photo - On the Politics of Images with Taous R. Dahmani

    withArtists
    3 Nov 2021
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articles

boys carrying another boy
2 min

Felipe Romero Beltrán wins Foam Paul Huf Award 2023

Photograph of three people (two male, one female) in front of a stone wall. all figures are dressed up festively.
3 min

Pictures for Purpose: supporting Turkey & Syria through photography

© Bebe Blanco Agterberg, 2020
6 min

Link room

Spain under Franco

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our collection

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Aike, 2016 © Olya Oleinic, courtesy of the Foam Collection
Aike, 2016
Maldoror #6, 2014 © Jean-Vincent Simonet, courtesy of the Foam Collection
Maldoror #6, 2014
System 8, from the series Kosmos, 2011 © Joris Jansen, courtesy of the Foam Collection
System 8, from the series Kosmos, 2011
Untitled, 2016 © Harley Weir, courtesy of the Foam Collection
Untitled, 2016
Kardeşlik from the series Turunç, 2020 © Solène Gün, courtesy of the Foam Collection
Kardeşlik from the series Turunç
Sweet Crazies #19, 2011 © Jan Hoek, courtesy of the Foam Collection.jpg
System 8, from the series Kosmos, 2011 © Joris Jansen, courtesy of the Foam Collection
System 8, from the series Kosmos, 2011
Maldoror #6, 2014 © Jean-Vincent Simonet, courtesy of the Foam Collection
Maldoror #6, 2014
Maldoror #6, 2014 © Jean-Vincent Simonet, courtesy of the Foam Collection
Maldoror #6, 2014