Lisetta Carmi

Myriam Boulos 

Keerthana Kunnath

Julia Kochetova - War is Personal

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Hailun Ma

Nadav Kander

Foam pays tribute to the legacy of British photographer 

. Bringing together a selection of his most iconic works, the exhibition celebrates Parr’s unmistakable way of seeing, witty societal observations and enduring fascination with the role of photography in everyday life. 

Benidorm Spain 1997 From Common Sense series 1995-1999

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Benidorm Spain 1997 From Autoportrait series

Sand Bay England 1997 From Common Sense series 1995-1999

Bangkok Thailand 1998 From Common Sense series 1995-1999

Martin Parr

, the solo exhibition by Ukrainian photographer and documentary filmmaker 

. Kochetova is a part of a new generation of image-makers who experience the war in Ukraine firsthand and document it from within.

A teenager is setting a checkpoint in the village of Zelene in the Kharkiv region 2022

A soldier protects a woman in an underground parking lot near the drone strike in Kyiv on 17 October, 2022

Recruit of the 68th Jaeger Brigade during training in the Donetsk region near the front line 2023

The holy icon next to the Molotov cocktail on the checkpoint near the road turn to Irpin Kyiv region 2022

A young recruit of the 92nd brigade during the training course at the shooting range 2025

Foam presents the first museum solo exhibition of Verena Blok. The exhibition 

 delves into the complexities of womanhood and reproductive justice through a deeply personal yet politically charged lens.

Nikki & Sallie, December 2023, The Hague

Untitled #10, June 2025, Rotterdam

Lola and Nicolas, November 2025, Paris

Zosia Doing A Bridge #2, May 2024, Warsaw

Verena Blok - Love Shit 

Book launch Sander Coers

Book launch Verena Blok

Foam welcomes you to the book launch of Middle East Archive's newest publication: 

a collaborative photography book featuring the work of various photographers from across the Middle East and North Africa and beyond.

The book centres the everyday presence of women in the region, presenting them as individuals rather than symbols. The publication brings together diverse photographic approaches and perspectives. Rather than proposing a single narrative, it foregrounds the plurality and contradictions in women’s lives, allowing each body of work to stand on its own while contributing to a broader collective portrait.

 highlights the role of women in shaping family life, social structures, and cultural memory, while also acknowledging how these roles shift across time and place. It does not attempt to represent all women, but instead creates space for visibility, complexity, and representation.

Foam and the Middle East Archive will continue their collaboration later this year, presenting work in the public space at Mercatorplein in Amsterdam West, as well as at the creative space MAQAM.

Tunisia. 2017

Foam Cafe

Amizmiz, Marocco. 2025

Mansoura Beqaa Valley, Lebanon. 2022

Lebanon © Chiara Wettman

Dahuk, Kudistan. 1991

Firooz Abaad, Iran. 2009

Beirut, Lebanon. 2020

Cover Women/ الن

Book launch Women by Middle East Archive

Photography Workshop: Mounir Raji - Home 

Kids workshop: Stories of Martin Parr in sign language

Get ready for a kids workshop full of fun, creativity, and colour during the May holidays!

In this workshop, children explore the playful and colourful world of photographer Martin Parr. With a camera in hand, they go on a little adventure in and around the museum, looking for funny, colourful, and unusual moments on the streets of Amsterdam. They learn to look at the world through the lens of Martin Parr.

After taking photos, all the pictures are brought together into one big group collage. With the help of AI, the collage becomes a unique colouring page that children can bring to life with colour and their own imagination. 

New Brighton England Great Britain 1985

Benidorm Spain 1997 From Autoportrait series © Collection Martin Parr / Magnum Photos

The Flicker Phase, 1950

Kids workshop: Quirky Portraits

Dive into the colourful and humorous world of Martin Parr during the May holidays. This workshop is designed for deaf and hard-of-hearing children.

The workshop begins with a guided tour of the exhibition 

 by Martin Parr. Accompanied by a sign language museum educator, children discover Parr’s photography. After the tour, they gather in the exhibition’s reading corner, where they share their own observations and engage in conversation about the work in sign language.

Blommers & Schumm Walk-in Workshop

(Wrong URL/Old Version) Photography Workshop: Mounir Raji - Home 

Every other Sunday afternoon, Foam offers free walk-in workshops inspired by Martin Parr’s exhibition 

. Martin Parr is a British photographer known for his bold colours, sharp humour, and distinctive way of capturing everyday life, turning ordinary moments into striking and often ironic images of modern society.

In this workshop, you will create your own personal postcard, inspired by Parr’s unique perspective. Discover his way of seeing and experience photography in a fun and creative way. 

Martin Parr exhibition

To Sang Fotostudio, Amsterdam, Holland, 2000 From ‘Autoportrait’ series

Martin Parr Walk-in Workshop

On Thursday 7 May, artist duo Jakob Ganslmeier and Ana Zibelnik return to Foam for the presentation of their new book 

If a Flower Bloomed in a Dark Room, Would You Trust It?

Join us for an evening hosted by Foam’s senior curator Claartje van Dijk, 

including a Q&A with the artists to discuss their creative process and the making of the book.

Book Presentation Jakob Ganslmeier & Ana Zibelnik

Foam is undertaking a sustainability renovation to prepare its historic building on the Keizersgracht for the future. From 2 March to 8 October 2026, the museum will carry out a phased renovation to improve the building’s sustainability standards. Throughout the works, the museum will stay open and will showcase a limited number of exhibitions.

Visitors may notice signs of work during their visit, such as noise or temporary changes to visitor routes. We aim to keep any inconvenience to a minimum. Foam remains open almost the entire time, with a temporary closure from 27 August to 16 September 2026. We reopen on 17 September with a festive opening of three new exhibitions.

Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam, 2023

Trappenhuis

Sustainability Upgrades at Foam

Hajar Benjida – Atlanta Made Us Famous 

, the first solo exhibition by artist Jasmijn Vermeeren. From a deeply personal perspective, Vermeeren sheds light on living with an invisible disability. In conversations about diversity and inclusion within society, the position of people with hidden mental and/or physical disabilities often remains underexposed. 

 offers an intimate experience, inviting visitors to step into the everyday reality of those for whom this life is the norm.

Through photography, video, and sculptural work, Vermeeren reflects on her own encounters with chronic pain and societal assumptions surrounding health and identity. Idenitifying as 

: a term encompassing various forms of disability, including physical, mental, sensory and learning differences, Vermeeren challenges conventional ideas of functionality and normality. 

 invites viewers into her world,  creating a space where emotions are welcomed and reflection is invited. In doing so, she prompts a rediscovery of what it truly means to be

You Don't Look Sick, Self-Portrait No. 5, 2025

Jasmijn Vermeeren - You Don't Look Sick

Foam proudly presents the Foam Talent 2026. A group exhibition showcasing work of an extraordinary new wave of image-makers shaping the future of photography. This year’s exhibition features the work of 15 extraordinary artists, chosen from nearly 3,000 submissions from 107 countries.  

Through the use of powerful visual language, their works often connect to a notion of belonging; the search for a safe space, whether found within the home, family, community, or a sense of place, is an underlying thread that surfaces in different ways.

 From intimate portraits to sweeping visual narratives, each piece invites you to see the world through a new lens.

Alongside the Foam Talent group exhibition in Amsterdam, the selected artists’ work will be presented across multiple Foam platforms, offering international visibility: through a travelling presentation at the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation in Frankfurt, a dedicated issue of Foam Magazine, and features on our digital platform.

A Lion's Watermelon (بطيخة أسد), 2022

Wenhao 2025

The Beach Park 2025

A house with no roof #17

Shutter and Grenade 2024

#1 2025

My father's wallet

The Doom of Chiron 2022

Farren 2024

Untitled 2025

13.homeless

301 Chinese boy on duty

The quiet sound of war A sound that cant be turned off

The Zuljinah is ready 2025

Foam Talent 2026

, a major solo exhibition of the internationally renowned photographer Nadav Kander. Over the past four decades, Kander has created some of the most celebrated images in contemporary photography.

David Lynch I, Los Angeles, USA, 2007

Chongqing IV (Sunday Picnic), Chongqing Municipality, 2006,  from the series Yangtze, The Long River

In September 2026, Hailun Ma presents her first major solo exhibition outside China, inviting visitors into a world where fashion becomes a lens for social observation. Recognized as one of the most influential voices among China’s new generation of image-makers, Ma turns her camera toward the gestures, styles, and relations that shape everyday life in Xinjiang.

Hometown, 2018

Kashi Youth, 2023

Xinjiang Fashion Guide, 2019

Foam presents the first museum exhibition of London based photographer Keerthana Kunnath, who uses the camera as a tool to address socio-cultural issues. 

Kunnath documented female bodybuilders in Kerela, Southern India, to break conventional stereotypes and reshape the cultural constructs of gender and beauty in the region. 

The images, exuding both strength and softness, invite the viewer to question preconceptions of what a woman should look like - and look again. 

Image from the series Not What You Saw

Foam presents the exhibition of Myriam Boulos (1992, Lebanon), the 19th winner of the Foam Paul Huf Award. Across her work, Boulos consistently transforms a deeply personal exploration into politically resonant visual narratives, while also reshaping our understanding of photojournalism itself. Her photography gives visibilty to those living outside dominant norms, capturing moments of connection and tenderness within a society that often seeks to silence them. 

Whats Ours, 2019

What's Ours, 2019

Enhance your visit to Foam with a Free Guided Tour. Every 

 on Saturday, you’re welcome to join one of our tours: in Dutch at 11:00 hrs and in English at 12:00 hrs. No extra ticket is needed, participation is included with your museum admission.

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

For centuries, women in Amsterdam West have moved mountains: they cook for neighbours-in-need or create safe spaces for younger generations,  dedicating themselves tirelessly to build a strong foundation for their community. Even taking the lead in union strikes, standing up against inequality, or the lack of open communal spaces isn't unusual for the women of West. The contributions of women are vital to the story of the city, yet they often remain unseen. 

Following an earlier presentation at Mercatorplein, the exhibition marking International Women’s Day continues at De Hallen Amsterdam.

This exhibition is a tribute to these courageous and committed women. Together with the 

 and Foam Photography Museum Amsterdam, the district of Amsterdam West is working to change that. For this exhibition, the City Archives issued an open call for materials to be submitted. In turn, these submission will become part of the Archives, ensuring that these stories are preserved and passed on to future generations. 

Alongside the collected material photographer 

 created a series of portraits that capture the strength, determination, and quiet power of these women.

Martin Parr
Very Modern and Rather Ugly

Julia Kochetova
War is Personal

Verena Blok
Love Shit

Book Launch
Middle East Archive Women

Kids workshop:
Quirky Portraits

Kids workshop:
Stories of Martin Parr in sign language

Walk-in workshop
Martin Parr

Book presentation
Jakob Ganslmeier and
Ana Zibelnik

Sustainability renovations at Foam

Jasmijn Vermeeren
You Don't Look Sick

Foam Talent 2026

Nadav Kander
The Edge of Things

Hailun Ma

Keerthana Kunnath
Not What You Saw

Myriam Boulos

Free Guided Tour

Strijdbare Vrouwen in Amsterdam West
The City in Her Hands

Martin ParrVery Modern and Rather Ugly

Julia Kochetova War is Personal

Verena Blok Love Shit

Book Launch Middle East Archive Women

Kids workshop:Quirky Portraits

Kids workshop:Stories of Martin Parr in sign language

Walk-in workshop Martin Parr

Book presentation Jakob Ganslmeier and Ana Zibelnik

Sustainability renovations at Foam

Jasmijn Vermeeren You Don't Look Sick

Foam Talent 2026

Nadav KanderThe Edge of Things

Hailun Ma

Keerthana Kunnath Not What You Saw

Myriam Boulos

Free Guided Tour

Strijdbare Vrouwen in Amsterdam West The City in Her Hands

Martin Parr
Very Modern and Rather Ugly

Julia Kochetova
War is Personal

Verena Blok
Love Shit

Book Launch
Middle East Archive Women

Kids workshop:
Quirky Portraits

Kids workshop:
Stories of Martin Parr in sign language

Walk-in workshop
Martin Parr

Book presentation
Jakob Ganslmeier and
Ana Zibelnik

Jasmijn Vermeeren
You Don't Look Sick

Nadav Kander
The Edge of Things

Keerthana Kunnath
Not What You Saw

Strijdbare Vrouwen in Amsterdam West
The City in Her Hands