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Celebrating 25 Years of Foam
As Foam marks its 25th anniversary, founder and former director Marloes Krijnen and current director Karin van Gilst reflect on Foam’s past and present, looking ahead to the future of photography.
1 min readby Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam
Kiss Exam by Pixy Liao
On Our Radar showcases images from today’s photographic talent—works that challenge, inspire, connect, and excite us.
2 min readby Lujaina Youssef
Augusta Curiel – Yere Mi Sten: Foam celebrates 50 years of Srefidensi
On 25 November 1975, Suriname gained independence from the Netherlands. To mark the occasion, we look back on Augusta Curiel – Yere Mi Sten (Hear My Voice), the first retrospective exhibition in the Netherlands of one of the most significant photographers in the history of Suriname, which was on display at Foam from May until November 2025.
4 min readby Jilke Golbach
Ismail Ferdous: The Shared Pulse of Image and Sound
Foam celebrates its 25th anniversary in Paris with Ismail Ferdous, whose photography and DJ practice blend together into a rhythm of care, collectivity, and shared presence.
4 min readby Aya Musa
Foam Talent x Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation: acquisition of Aaryan Sinha's project This Isn't Divide and Conquer
The Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation announces the acquisition of work by Foam Talent 2024–2025 artist Aaryan Sinha. His series This Isn’t Divide and Conquer explores the enduring impact of the 1947 Partition of India through his family archive. This acquisition continues the Foundation’s long-standing support of Foam’s Talent Programme, through which one artist’s work is selected from each edition.
Foam Talent now highlights new developments and fresh work from previous Foam Talents. Anne-Marie Beckmann, Director of the Foundation and Curator of the collection, speaks with artist Aaryan Sinha about the evolution of his project and the significance of this acquisition.
6 min readby Anne-Marie Beckmann
I Can Make You Feel Good by Tyler Mitchell
Mitchell’s visions of radical joy, utopian settings, and lush landscapes reclaim and reimagine the representation of Black bodies, pointing, as Berghout writes, towards more generative futures.
Foam Magazine’s latest issue, Test of Time, celebrates the image-makers whose work has resonated most powerfully throughout our 25-year history.
4 min readby Mirelva Berghout
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The Fairmont Victim by Malak El Sawi
On Our Radar showcases images from today’s photographic talent—works that challenge, inspire, connect, and excite us.
2 min readby Lujaina Youssef
Hajar Benjida: Atlanta Made Us Famous
In 2021, Hajar Benjida was selected as one of 20 Foam Talents – young artists shaping the future of photography. Now her acclaimed series Atlanta Made Us Famous returns to Foam in expanded form, transforming the museum’s walls into an immersive evocation of Atlanta’s strip club scene.
Foam Talent now brings new developments and fresh work to the forefront from previous Foam Talents.
5 min readby Aya Musa
MADRE / Padre by Marisol Mendez
In an expansive body of work that is at once personal, critical and deeply reflective of the multifaceted cultures of Andean territories, Mendez explores how traditional representations of gender archetypes in her native Bolivia shape attitudes toward gender today.
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.
5 min readby Valeria Posada Villada
Celebrating 25 Years of Foam
As Foam marks its 25th anniversary, founder and former director Marloes Krijnen and current director Karin van Gilst reflect on Foam’s past and present, looking ahead to the future of photography.
1 min readby Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam
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