, an exhibition that features work from Dutch photographers who captured the consequences of the German occupation during the 1944-45 ‘famine winter’ in Amsterdam. 

De verborgen camera van fotograaf Cas Oorthuys, mei 1945

Foam

Twee vrouwen op de terugweg van een hongertocht begin 1945

Illegale opname vanuit fietstas van commandopost Kriegsmarine, genomen vanaf het Emmaplein de Emmalaan in, Amsterdam, 1944

Afsluiting Jodenbuurt bij de Waag, Nieuwmarkt, Amsterdam, 1941

“The exhibition The Underground Camera captures the hunger and hardship in Amsterdam during the final year of World War II, but also sheds light on the untold stories behind the images, offering fresh perspectives.”

De Ondergedoken Camera

by Augusta Curiel. Augusta Curiel (1873-1937) was one of Suriname’s first women photographers, running a highly successful photography studio in Paramaribo together with her sister Anna (1875-1958). The exhibition offers a contemporary perspective on the people and landscapes of Suriname as captured through the lens of the ‘Curiel Sisters’ in the early twentieth century. Featuring both well-known and rarely seen images, this exhibition highlights their versatile practice and unique role in Surinamese society during the Dutch colonial era.

Aankomst van het stoomschip HM Hertog Hendrik op de Surinamerivier bij Paramaribo, 6 februari 1928

Anna en Augusta Curiel in actie tijdens landing van het watervliegtuig de Dornier DOX op de Surinamerivier 18 augustus 1931

Augusta Curiel - Surinaamse fotografe 1873-1937

, a collaborative exhibition by Finn Maätita and Jerrold Saija, curated by guest curator Zippora Elders Tahalele. The exhibition offers an immersive, playful and intimate audiovisual landscape. Combining photography, assemblage, and media technologies, they express the relationship and overlap between humans, nature and ancestral knowledge. 

Image Tones of the Ecotone

Tones of the Ecotone, 2025

Foam 3h: Finn Maätita and Jerrold Saija  - Tones of the Ecotone

Foam has been actively engaging with secondary vocational education (in Dutch: MBO) since 2015. In this presentation, Foam presents how projects, different workshop series, programmes and events can provide students with a stage and appeal to their talents. Together with alumni, partners and teachers, we reflect on a decade of creative collaboration, inspired by the voices of the students who help shape the museum’s future.

Connect Amsterdam is Your Foam, 2021

Still from teaser Where is my nature, 2020

Museumnacht 2021

Equality, part of publication Your Foam Represents Gen21, 2021

Your Foam Team, 2021

MBO in Foam

Our experienced museum teachers challenge you to look closely and form your own opinion on the photography in the museum.

During the Free Guided Tour, you will visit the exhibitions in a group of at most 15 people. The museum teacher strikes a balance between posing questions and providing information, helping you discover the story of the photographer, the subject and the context of the exhibitions together.

Free Guided Tour, 2022

Free Guided Tour

 at The Cube in Frankfurt, the exhibition space of sponsor 

The exhibition brings together 18 artists from across the world, their work signifying a bold new direction in the photographic arts.

Frankfurt

Joe from the series At last I see you, 2020

Image from the series The Dispossessed, 2023

Fortune in My Thirties from the series Interfaces of Predictions, 2023

A Ranked Amateur from the series To My Darling Love

Untitled from the series Eyes Dazzle as They Search for the Truth

Abraham Lincoln and Drone from the series American Glitch, 2021

Smiles from the series A Study on Waitressing, 2020 - present

“BURIAL” from the series Las flores mueren dos veces, 2022

Image from the series POST, 2023

This year's Foam Talent offers a unique opportunity to explore shared experiences and perspectives and reflects a collective commitment to enriching our world with new and detailed stories. 

Daughter of Elephants from the series People of Clay, 2023

Front cover: Faceless, 2023. Image from the series (Inter)Faces of Predictions

Foam Talent 2024-2025 | Frankfurt

Hiền Hoàng, which encourages a multi-sensory reflection on the connection between humans and nature. She is the 18th winner of the 

, an internationally acclaimed photography prize aiming to support generational talents.

Join us at Foam on Thursday, 5 June from 17.30 hrs for the celebratory opening of the exhibition in the presence of the artist and with a special performance by 

, who invite two dancers to bring the exhibition and Hiền's work to life through movement.

Lidar-Mesh from the experiment, 2024

Scent from Heaven, Still from the Film No. 3, 2023.

Opening Hiền Hoàng

Foam proudly presents the solo exhibition 

by Hiền Hoàng, which encourages a multi-sensory reflection on the connection between humans and nature. Her practice is deeply shaped by interdisciplinary collaborations with scientists and technologists which reveal the ambivalent role of technology as both a means to understand nature and a force that distances us from it. 

A new best life, 2021

A scan from the Photo album of the artist's late aunt.

Made in Rice, backstage from the left video, 2021.

Hiền Hoàng - Garden of Entanglement

 to reflect on the relationships between humans and nature. In an evening of communal dining and collaborative wine tasting, we'll enjoy food by 

What happens when we listen? A dinner with Salon Vin Naturel 

Photography is best discovered in your own language. During these interactive tours in Dutch sign language, you will talk about the exhibitions in the museum with our tour guide and the other participants. Our deaf museum teacher asks different questions that challenge you to take a better look while teaching you more about photography.

Free guided tour in Dutch sign language, 2016

Dutch sign language tours

Foam happily presents a deep dive into the archives of Dutch artist duo Blommers & Schumm, offering an in-depth look at over 25 years of their playful and provocative image-making.

The exhibition brings together highlights from their remarkable career, including iconic photographs featured in publications such as Fantastic Man, The Gentlewoman, Dazed & Confused, Self Service, Purple, AnOther Magazine, and The New York Times Magazine. 

Ciara, 1998. Styling by Suzanne Koller

Blommers & Schumm

, a solo exhibition of Co Rentmeester (1936), one of the most influential photographers of the 20th century. As a pioneer of photojournalism as well as commercial photography, Rentmeester has shaped our collective visual memory with iconic images such as his famous Jumpman photo of Michael Jordan, recognized by Time Magazine as one of the 100 most influential images of all time.

Michael Jordan,1984

Co Rentmeester - Witnessing Life

 alumna Hajar Benjida. The exhibition focusses on Magic City, an influential strip club in Atlanta that serves as a cultural epicenter where hip-hop culture and entertainment converge. Benjida documented how Magic City's dancers act as unofficial gatekeepers of the hip-hop scene, determining which music breaks through.  

The Underground Camera

Augusta Curiel Yere Mi Sten

Foam 3h: Finn Maätita and Jerrold Saija
Tones of the Ecotone

MBO in Foam

Free Guided Tour

Foam Talent

Opening Hiền Hoàng
Garden of Entanglement

Hiền Hoàng
Garden of Entanglement

What happens when we listen? A dinner with Salon Vin Naturel

Free guided tour in Dutch sign language

Blommers & Schumm

Co Rentmeester Witnessing Life

Hajar Benjida
Atlanta Made Us Famous

The Underground Camera

Augusta Curiel Yere Mi Sten

Foam 3h: Finn Maätita and Jerrold SaijaTones of the Ecotone

MBO in Foam

Free Guided Tour

Foam Talent

Opening Hiền Hoàng Garden of Entanglement

Hiền Hoàng Garden of Entanglement

What happens when we listen? A dinner with Salon Vin Naturel

Free guided tour in Dutch sign language

Blommers & Schumm

Co Rentmeester Witnessing Life

Hajar BenjidaAtlanta Made Us Famous

Foam 3h: Finn Maätita and Jerrold Saija
Tones of the Ecotone

Opening Hiền Hoàng
Garden of Entanglement

Hiền Hoàng
Garden of Entanglement

Hajar Benjida
Atlanta Made Us Famous