Foam proudly presents the work of a new generation of artists in the group exhibition 

. The 20 participating photographers address the pressing problems of our times. Together, they explore and extend the boundaries of what photography is today.   

As a diverse group of artists, each of them presents their own visual language. Through their works, they critically look at the world around us. They use the photographic medium to question collective affairs and ongoing issues happening in the world. At the same time, they explore how these issues have an impact on a personal level, moving between a local, historical, symbolic, emotional and bodily perspective. 

This group of artists uses a wide range of photographic genres to tell their stories. With portraiture and documentary photography, digital created images and archival material, the talents create a space for the viewer to sit with situations and current events, to reflect and respond to.   

Complementing the physical experience at Foam, this digital exhibition offers a deeper look at the Talents and their works. What goes on behind the surface? What is the inspiration? What techniques are used? This exhibition combines artistic context with educational perspectives. Read, see, and hear more about the themes and topics and explore, engage, and interact with the works! 

 are: Marwan Bassiouni, Myriam Boulos, Olgaç Bozalp, Laura Chen, Kata Geibl, Lina Geoushy, Marvel Harris, Alexandra Rose Howland, Ange-Frédéric Koffi, Czar Kristoff, Yushi Li, Carla Liesching, Seif Kousmate, Pavo Marinović, Diego Moreno, Donja Nasseri, Ghazaleh Rezaei, Linn Phyllis Seeger, Ritsch Sisters, Donavon Smallwood.

Talent issue of Foam Magazine are supported by the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation.

The exhibition is made possible by Kleurgamma Fine-Art Photolab and Oschatz Visuelle Medien.

Foam is supported by the VriendenLoterij, Foam Members, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, the VandenEnde Foundation and the Gemeente Amsterdam. 

In 2022 Foam receives additional support from the Mondriaan Fund and receives a contribution through the Mondriaan Fund from the Ministerie van OCW.

The Feast Inside, from the series Paintings Dreams and Love

Graphic Foam Talent 2022

How to...

Ritsch Sisters

Sit with us (Ritsch Sisters) - Audio Foam Talent Digital 2022

The Act of Sitting

'Isioma' from the series The Act of Sitting by The Ritsch Sisters

Sit in. Sit tight. Sit pretty. Sit for a picture. Don't be a sitting duck.

From the series The Act of Sitting by The Ritsch Sisters

'Yuiko' from the series The Act of Sitting by the Ritsch Sisters

'Sit Like' instructions by the Ritsch Sisters

Donavon
Smallwood

From the series 'Languor' by Donavon Smallwood

Ode to C.P.

Connect with the work (Donavon Smallwood) - Audio Foam Talent Digital 2022

Yushi
Li

The Nightmare from the series Paintings, Dreams and Love by Yushi Li

Henry Fuseli, The Nightmare, 1781

In my photograph, I am the demon who is sitting on this man’s lower torso, hiding his penis and distorting the shape of his body. I am neither an incubus nor a succubus (a demon in a female form), but something in between or a mix of both.

Narcissus with a Mirror by Yushi Li

Venus at a Mirror, Peter Paul Rubens, 1615

Narcissus and Venus (Yushi Li) - Audio Foam Talent Digital 2022

The Death of Actaeon, Titian, c. 1559-1575

The Death of Actaeon by Yushi Li

The man is the one who is being looked at, while I am both the looker and the hunter. It can be seen that I do not always take the male role in the scene, but the more dominant and powerful one, regardless of its sex. 

The Room, Balthus, 1953

The Room from the series 'Paintings, Dreams and Love' by Yushi Li

I try to use my photographs to question and challenge the dichotomy between the masculine style and the feminine surface in art history, and to explore more complex looking relations outside of the existing binary looking subject vs. looked-at object relationship.

Olgaç
Bozalp

What is home? (Olgaç Bozalp) - Audio Foam Talent Digital 2022

Rainjackets from the series Home: leaving one for another by Olgaç Bozalp

Home: Leaving One 
for Another

From the series 'Home: leaving one for another' by Olgaç Bozalp

From the series Home: leaving one for another by Olgaç Bozalp

To Destroy Is To Build

Malign Influences/The Holy Mountains

Le Grand Voyage – Version Courte

Talent Digital 2022

How can documentary photography help create awareness or help us understand certain environments, communities, cultures or even the medium itself?

We take a look at projects by three artists that explore how photography can create artistic portrayels of social societies. Myriam Boulos (LB), a 2022 Foam Talent, shows a series of portraits of friends and strangers that have been affected by the blast and economy in Beirut. Rahim Fortune (US) uses documentary photography to ask fundamental questions about American identity. Lastly, Bieke Depoorter (BE) 

explores the complexities of the photographic enterprise, grappling with the relationship between photographer and subject.

The three artists are featured in the online talk 

Navigating the media industry - Photographer's Perspective

. 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?

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