, 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

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. 

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

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.

Lidar-Mesh from the experiment, 2024

Hiền Hoàng - Garden of Entanglement

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

 by non-fiction artist and photographer Khashayar Javanmardi. His ongoing project captures the deterioration of the south shore of the Caspian Sea and underscores the need to connect political and structural change to everyday life in response to the mismanagement of the region and global climate crisis.

Join us on Thursday, 24 July from 17.30 - 21.00 hrs. The exhibition will be opened at the Foam Café with a Q&A between Foam Curator Claartje van Dijk and the artist.

Caspian, Qezel Ozan River, February 2022

Foam Café

Caspian, Breakwater, May 2019

Opening Foam 3h: Khashayar Javanmardi

 by non-fiction artist and photographer Khashayar Javanmardi. Javanmardi, who grew up in this region, has spent the last decade documenting the deterioration of the southern shore of the Caspian, which borders Iran.

His ongoing project captures the deterioration of the south shore of the Caspian Sea and underscores the need to connect political and structural change to everyday life in response to the mismanagement of the region and global climate crisis.

Foam 3h: Khashayar Javanmardi

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

 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

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

 to explore the secrets of the most beautiful garden in Amsterdam. Children participating in the workshop will collect flowers and leaves to make blueprint artworks. Afterwards, we will travel to Foam to finish our creations while enjoying delicious snacks and lemonade drinks.

Foam x de Hortus: Summer Workshop for Children, 2024

Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam

Chylocladia ovalis

Foam x De Hortus: Summer Workshop for children

In light of Pride Amsterdam 2025, Foam is proud to present 

 by darkroom & fine art photographic artist 

The exhibition reflects on the importance of black queer archiving, with a specific focus on photography and lens-based practices, while exploring the position that black queer image-makers currently occupy within the Dutch photographic and cultural landscape.

Black Queer Archiving: Questioned at the Intersection, 2025

Ajamu X - Us in the Frame

What does the city look like through the eyes of a child? Join us on an exciting journey in Foam, with a pinhole camera in hand! In this special workshop, kids will hit the streets with curious eyes and creative minds. Inspired by the exhibition 

, they’ll experiment with spy photography and explore the art of composition – capturing the city in surprising new ways.

Workshop pinhole fotografie voor kinderen

The Flicker Phase, 1950

Workshop: Pinhole photography adventure for kids 

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.  

From the series Atlanta Made Us Famous

Hajar Benjida – Atlanta Made Us Famous 

Join us on Thursday, 17 July for the opening of 

by Ajamu X. During this evening, we will explore what it means to archive from Black queer perspectives together with the artist and guest speakers J.G. Basdew, JeanPaul Paula en Bete van Meeuwen. No traditional panel, but a rhythmic, instinctive curated programme filled with space for encounter, nuance and vulnerability. 

 will show a performance that is physical, concentrated and ritualistic in nature, with the body acting as both a sculptural and political medium. 

The Underground Camera

Hiền Hoàng
Garden of Entanglement

Augusta Curiel Yere Mi Sten

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

Opening Foam 3h:
Khashayar Javanmardi The Caspian “Lake”

Foam 3h: Khashayar Javanmardi
The Caspian “Lake”

MBO in Foam

Foam Talent

Free guided tour in Dutch sign language

Foam x de Hortus:
Summer Workshop for Children

Ajamu X Us in the Frame

Through the little lens: Pinhole photography for kids

Blommers & Schumm

Co Rentmeester Witnessing Life

Hajar Benjida
Atlanta Made Us Famous

Opening Ajamu X Us in the Frame

The Underground Camera

Hiền Hoàng Garden of Entanglement

Augusta Curiel Yere Mi Sten

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

Opening Foam 3h:Khashayar Javanmardi The Caspian “Lake”

Foam 3h: Khashayar JavanmardiThe Caspian “Lake”

MBO in Foam

Foam Talent

Free guided tour in Dutch sign language

Foam x de Hortus: Summer Workshop for Children

Ajamu X Us in the Frame

Through the little lens: Pinhole photography for kids

Blommers & Schumm

Co Rentmeester Witnessing Life

Hajar BenjidaAtlanta Made Us Famous

Opening Ajamu X Us in the Frame

Hiền Hoàng
Garden of Entanglement

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

Opening Foam 3h:
Khashayar Javanmardi The Caspian “Lake”

Foam 3h: Khashayar Javanmardi
The Caspian “Lake”

Foam x de Hortus:
Summer Workshop for Children

Hajar Benjida
Atlanta Made Us Famous