from the series Nothing New Under the Sun

from the series Woman, who would be King

The 20 participating artists look closely at both the world around us, and the one within - without shying away from discomfort or pain. Learn more about this year's Foam Talents through digital exhibitions, articles, podcasts and more.

The Act of Sitting

from the series Marble Ass

Paintings, Dreams and Love

Waha 3, 2020

Foam Magazine #61: Talent, 2022

Foam Talent 2022

Urmia salt lake, Iran

Archive of Public Protests

For many photographers today, working on commissions and assignments within the media industry helps to build and contribute to a sustainable career. How can an artist navigate the territory between their own practice and the media industry at large? We take a look at topics such as roles and responsibilities, power and ethical dilemmas around commissions in the industry.

Covers of the two practical handbooks created for On Assignment - Navigating the Media Industry

On Assignment: e-books now available

Navigating the Media Industry - Media Perspective

Talk: Navigating the Media Industry - Media Perspective

From the series Tell The Trees To Smile

What is the role of the photographer on assignment?

Michael, Michael at home, Portland, Oregon, USA, May, 2015

On Assignment

After Anahit, 2023

Dad And Omani Friends, November 2018

How do different generations of Turkish image-makers give shape to the worlds they live in? With shared heritage as the starting point, multi-year project Kısmet explores the complex and rich perspectives of Turkish visual culture. Initiated by the longstanding cultural, diplomatic and economical connections between Turkey and the Netherlands, Kısmet was created by artist Ahmet Polat and further developed with Foam. 

Techno Odalsique

Ahmet Sezer being photographed by his son Ahmet, Dark Moon - Tales of the Afro Turkish Diaspora 2005 - 2022

Durmuš Ali Delibas in Izmir  Dark Moon Tales of the Afro-Turkish Diaspora, 2005-2022

Ahmet Sezer being photographed by his son Ahmet, Dark Moon Tales of the Afro-Turkish Diaspora, 2005-2022

Emir Ayse Kara Yavas photographed in Dalaman in 2009, Dark Moon Tales of the Afro-Turkish Diaspora, 2005-2022

Podcast with Cemre Yeşil and Ahmet Polat

From the series Double Portrait, 2021

Kısmet

Image from the series Monuments

Unprecedented times have challenged us and the rapid shifts in nature are causing urgency amongst global conversations. How can our past help guide us into the future? 

On Earth⁠ - Matthew Brandt

Making a Lakes and Reservoirs print with Matthew Brandt

Ana Mendieta, Imágen de Yágul (Image from Yagul), 1973, Color photograph, 19 x 12 1/2 inches

Article: Nature's Limbo by Kim Knoppers

Podcast: Re-looking at our Natural Environment with Douglas Mandry

Monuments / Altesch #08, 2018

Nature's Limbo

From the series Heimat (in Quarantine)

From the series Turunç

We're confronted with how migration has bought people together, and yet at times how it has not. Though it’s often tarnished by negative speculation, it is one of the most powerful forces that can foster change, progress and create a space for stories untold. 

Installation of Now You See Me Moria at Foam

Podcast: Now You See Me Moria

Daniel Castro Garcia - I Peri N'Tera | Foam Talent 2021

Interview with Daniel Castro Garcia on I Peri N'Tera

From the series Encounter

Podcast: Silvia Rosi

Still from Zooming In: On Belonging

Zooming In: On Belonging

On Belonging with Foam Talents Delali Ayivi and Solène Gün

Belonging

The rich, vast cultural landscape demands a larger discussion on reclaiming identity. How can we confront stereotypes, clichés and representation within our community? 

"The writing of history is about editing. It’s about choosing a way. [...] How the personal stories can rewrite history through the power of images."

Heroínas de Tejucupapo (Tejucupapo Heroins, 2022)

ABC da Cana Typewriter

Podcast with Jonathas de Andrade

Image of Jessy's Room

Jessica de Abreu's Bookshelf: The Black Archives

[...] I questioned: what does the world look like when Surinamese people do not stand in front of the camera but are the ones able to take the photo during colonial times?

Foam invites Johny Pitts and Gloria Wekker

Dos Pouwis, 2021

Zooming In: Photography, Performance and the Mythical

zooming in with Foam Talents Plantation and Lisandro Suriel

From the series Portraits in Madness

Blind Spots

From the series Facades

The fifteenth edition of Foam Talent presents a selection of 20 outstanding artists. As a result of 2020, many portfolios shed light on the year, exploring the human condition as a central theme.

Screenshot from Olgaç Bozalp's video about his zine-making process

Smoke Veil x3, Paris 1958, Painted 2011

Foam Magazine #52 Talent

Dialogue performance LostWords by Ryan Pinas and Georgiefa Boomdijk

from the series If Spring Could Feel Ache

ARTIS Zoo, the Netherlands, 2019

From the series Neuromantic

From the series Oil and Moss

From the series Ghost Island

from the series Quarantine Blues

From the series Study of Cyclical Thoughts on My Leg

from the series Rasmi

From the series Family Album

From the series The Mind is a Voice, the Voice is Blind

From the series Last Letters A Photographic Investigation of Taiwan White Terror

From the series Atlanta Made Us Famous

From the series Golden Boy

From the series Wish You Were Here

Foam Talks x Paris Photo: Talent Edition

zooming in

While being born out of the Covid-19 pandemic, this issue is also a beautiful, hopeful and refreshing statement about the possibilities our medium offers, and the exciting future ahead.

Leonard Suryajaya - Quarantine Blues | Foam Talent 2021

Talent Talks

Image from the series Golden Boy

Foam Talent 2021

curated-themes

Foam Talent 2022

Artists shaping the future of photography

On Assignment

Navigating the Media Industry

Kısmet

Through the lens of Turkish visual culture

Nature's Limbo

How can our past help guide us into the future?

On Belonging

Perspectives of migration.

Blind Spots

Tracing identity and championing untold histories.

Foam Talent 2021

Celebrating artists shaping the future of photography.