From the series Heimat (in Quarantine)

From the series Turunç

We're confronted with how migration has bought people together, and yet at times how it has not. Though it’s often tarnished by negative speculation, it is one of the most powerful forces that can foster change, progress and create a space for stories untold. 

Installation of Now You See Me Moria at Foam

Podcast: Now You See Me Moria

Daniel Castro Garcia - I Peri N'Tera | Foam Talent 2021

Interview with Daniel Castro Garcia on I Peri N'Tera

From the series Encounter

Podcast: Silvia Rosi

Still from Zooming In: On Belonging

Zooming In: On Belonging

On Belonging with Foam Talents Delali Ayivi and Solène Gün

Belonging

In de online serie Zooming In brengen we de Foam Talents van 2021 bij elkaar. In drie online Zoom gesprekken komen we meer te weten over de verschillende projecten van de talenten en hoe ze met elkaar samenhangen.

Deze zomer duiken we dieper in Foam Talent 2021 door met de verschillende geselecteerde kunstenaars in gesprek te gaan. Elk van de drie online Zoom gesprekken wordt opgedeeld in twee delen. Het eerste deel introduceert de kunstenaars en hun projecten, waarbij de nadruk ligt op hun aanpak en motivatie. Hierna gaan we dieper in op de onderwerpen die het werk van de kunstenaars met elkaar verbinden, met als doel de series te contextualiseren binnen het fotografieveld en de samenleving. In elk gesprek nodigen we ook een speciale gast uit.
AFLEVERING 3: ON BELONGING Foam Talents:&nbsp;Delali Ayivi, Sol&egrave;ne G&uuml;n Speciale gast:&nbsp;Erika Larsson Moderatie door: Hinde Haest Datum: 25 augustus 2021, 18:30 - 20.00 uur
<iframe width="560" height="314" style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?height=314&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FFoamAmsterdam%2Fvideos%2F2720646341568093%2F&amp;show_text=false&amp;width=560&amp;t=0" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>In een wereld die meer versplinterd is dan ooit hebben plaats en verbondenheid een ongekende relevantie gekregen. Fotografen Delali Ayivi en Solene G&uuml;n reflecteren op het concept van thuis, dat zowel een schuilplaats als een gevangenis kan zijn, vooral in tijden van quarantaine. Door de focus te leggen op onderwerpen als identiteit, plaats, en marginalisering stellen ze de vraag wat het betekent om er wel (of niet) bij te horen. Beiden doen dit vanuit het perspectief van hun persoonlijke familiegeschiedenis van migratie.
Gast Erika Larsson heeft een postdoc-positie aan de Valand Academy in G&ouml;teborg, samen met de Hasselblad Foundation, waar ze onderzoek doet naar de betrokkenheid van hedendaagse fotografen en kunstenaars met het interbellum. Ze geeft ook lezingen over fotografietheorie en globalisering in relatie tot visuele cultuur.
<img src="https://a.storyblok.com/f/113697/595x744/5feeb7ef23/595_delali.jpeg" alt="" width="595" height="744" />Image from the series Heimat (in Quarantine) &copy; Delali Ayivi, courtesy of the artist.
KIJK TERUG
<ul>
<li>21 juni:&nbsp;Intimacy in Times of Social Distancing&nbsp;met&nbsp;Ana Vallejo, Leonard Suryajaya en Gem Fletcher. -&gt;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q79jOhTZz48">Kijk terug</a></li>
<li>21 juli:&nbsp;Photography, Performance and the Mythical&nbsp;met&nbsp;Lisandro Suriel, Plantation en Angela N. Carroll. -&gt;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNZpxY24sJg&amp;t=17s" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kijk terug</a></li>
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Het Foam Talent-programma en het jaarlijkse Talent issue van Foam Magazine worden ondersteund door de Deutsche B&ouml;rse Photography Foundation en de VandenEnde Foundation.
Foam Magazine wordt gesponsord door Igepa Netherlands BV, leverancier van uitmuntend papier.
Foam wordt ondersteund door de VriendenLoterij, Foam Members, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, de VandenEnde Foundation en de Gemeente Amsterdam.
&nbsp;Foam wordt in 2021 aanvullend gesteund door het Mondriaan Fonds en het Kickstart Cultuurfonds.

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Still from Northern Winds with Jonathas de Andrade - Ammodo Docs

With my art projects, I approach people that historically experience oppression in many different ways. But still, their culture, their tradition, their way of keeping knowledge alive: they represent resistance in many ways.,

Still from the documentary Northern Winds with Jonathas de Andrade

Northern Winds: Artist Jonathas de Andrade’ Fascination with Jangadeiros | Ammodo Docs

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Northern Winds: Jonathas de Andrade’ Fascination with Jangadeiros

Mooncake, Foam Café, Amsterdam

Spread from Chinees-Indisch Stickeralbum

Cahier for Benjamin Li's In Search of Perfect Orange - Chinese Version

Chinese versie

Liz Johnson Artur - of life of love of sex of movement of hope, 2021

In Search of Perfect Orange. About the work of Benjamin Li

Aby Fulani

Aspromonte - Guilty Grounds, 2023

The barrel – Guilty Grounds, 2023

Silent Chronicles. About the work of Steffi Reimers

. Deze tentoonstelling betreft een interventie in de openbare ruimte aan boord van de GVB-pont en vormt een eigentijdse reactie op de historische expositie 

In deze tentoonstelling reist Faustino af naar het Surinaamse binnenland, waar hij de bewoners portretteert in momenten van stille intimiteit. De portretten zijn nauw verbonden met het alledaagse leven en zullen in het bijzonder resoneren bij hen die een persoonlijke band hebben met het land.

Untitled, out of the series Tapsei, 2025

Centraal Station, Ferry F2

Vanety, from the series Tapsei, 2025

Joel, from the series Tapsei, 2025

Kaaja Paati, from the series Tapsei, 2025

Fidelio Faustino - Tapsei

In search for a sense of belonging, Rehab Eldalil traced back her family roots to the Bedouin community of South Sinai, Egypt. This confirmed a spiritual connection she long felt towards the region and sent her on a ten-year long collaboration with the locals of St. Catherine, guiding herself through the lands of her ancestors. 

The Longing of the Stranger Whose Path Has Been Broken (

شوق الغريب للي تقطّع سبيله)

 Rehab closely participates with community members during this longstanding encounter, weaving together photographs with sound, video, and local Bedouin traditions of poetry, embroidery and plant medicines in a truly collaborative effort. 

The works emphasise the strong connection of the close-knit Bedouin community to their land, as its protective keeper. At the same time, the project reveals the hardships and constant struggle against displacement, violence, and governmental power, to which the community continues to be subjected. Recent plans for urban developments in the region stress the urgency of the project, becoming a testament of and protest to protect the natural state of the lands and its indigenous keepers. 

Oh Valley

From the series The Longing of the Stranger Whose Path Has Been Broken

From the series The Longing Of The Stranger Whose Path Has Been Broken

From the project The Longing of The Stranger Whose Path Has Been Broken

Allaseeq (The Sticker)

From the Series The Longing of the Stranger Whose Path Has Been Broken

Alrabel (Mountain Tea)

From the series The Longing of The Stranger Whose Path Has Been Broken

Rehab Eldalil

Page 144-145 in Foam Magazine #64: EXTREMES.

Page 138-139 in Foam Magazine #64: EXTREMES

Page 142-143 in Foam Magazine #64: EXTREMES

Presenting Foam Magazine #64: EXTREMES—The Environmental Issue

Time to change perspective.

Foam Magazine #64 Extremes - The Environmental Issue Cover: Abundance, 2023

On Transience – The Ebb & The Flow

selected artists

Welcome to Talent 2024-2025 – the digital exhibition.

Here, Foam proudly presents 20 selected Talents in their very own online universe. Out of a dazzling 2,480 submissions, this final curation of exceptional work defines the new horizons of the medium of photography, thematically and technically. Highlighting the connections, this interactive network brings all Talents together and maps out their distinct artistic viewpoints.

Spanning across the globe, the stories told by these artists reflect a universal yearning for belonging—a profound desire to anchor, to establish a connection with the past and carve out a sense of place. A driving force underpinning their work is the quest to trace heritage, untangle family lines, and explore personal identity.

Acknowledging the constructed nature of history, memory, or even their own thoughts, these artists boldly confront existing narratives. They embark on a journey of unlearning, challenging established stories, and turn to the expansive nature of photography to build new understandings and narratives, resonating more authentically with their lived experiences.

Noteworthy in their approach is the harmonious balance between tradition and innovation. The artists seamlessly blend traditional photographic techniques with cutting-edge developments, including the much-discussed realm of artificial intelligence, and other mediums such as moving image, embroidery and music. 

Select one of the filters to zoom in on these different techniques and mediums.

This digital exhibition presents the work in a truly multi-medial way, inviting you to 

about Foam Talent Digital

artists shaping the future of photography

Foam is supported by the VriendenLoterij, Foam Members, the VandenEnde Foundation and the City of Amsterdam.

The Foam Talent programme and the annual Talent Issue of Foam Magazine are supported by:

Overview

Binnenkort brengen jullie een bezoek aan Foam, het Fotografiemuseum in Amsterdam. Om jullie, andere museumbezoekers en onze collega’s een zo prettig mogelijk verblijf te bieden, vragen we jullie rekening te houden met een aantal zaken. 

Wij zien uit naar jullie komst en wensen jullie veel plezier in Foam! 

Free Guided Tour, 2022

Welkomstregels bij Foam

Visitor Rules & Regulations

Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam, 2023

Voor meer informatie en beeldmateriaal kunt u kijken op www.foam.org/press of contact opnemen met de Press Office van Foam: 020 5516500 / pressoffice@foam.org.

Note to editors

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Foam receives positive response AFK 

Hibo and Hani from Somalia. Photo taken in Kenya, 2019

Foam x KLABU: Strength Away From Home

After Anahit, 2023

Podcast

Image from the series After Anahit, 2023

Foam Talks about an Armenian statue, an emptied lake, and a fig tree with Ece Gökalp and Larissa Araz

From the Archive: Golden Boy by Kwabena Appiah-nti

Voor meer informatie en beeldmateriaal kunt u contact opnemen met de Foam press office via pressoffice@foam.org.

Voor de redactie

Foam 3h: Benjamin Li - In Search of Perfect Orange

Voor meer informatie en beeldmateriaal kunt u contact opnemen met de Press Office van Foam via pressoffice@foam.org.

Foam 3h: ShuShu Sieberns

How does a new generation of image-makers from Turkey use photography to reflect on the world around them? 

As part of the multi-year project Kısmet, this online group exhibition gives a snapshot of the emerging community of contemporary image-makers from Turkey. Kısmet is inspired by longstanding cultural, diplomatic and economic ties between Turkey and the Netherlands and delves into the diverse and intricate facets of Turkish visual culture, as seen through the lens of different generations of image-makers. Here, we present the work of four talented visual artists, born after 1990, whose voices will shape the vast visual landscape in Turkey, and beyond, in the upcoming years. 

Showing a diverse range of visual styles, what connects these four artists is the profound personal investment they put in their work. Their photography holds a personal dimension that goes beyond ‘merely’ having an affinity for the chosen subject matter. Rather, their practice and the resulting bodies of work reveal a deep connection to their perception of the world around them. What stands out are the distinct translations of their inner worlds, whether this is in the methodology, subject matter or aesthetics. 

For Oğulcan Arslan, the personal comes forward not only through the story he documents, but also through photographic techniques he uses. In 

, he intimately captures a friendship by adjusting light, exposure and composition to the emotions he experiences himself or from his friend. 

Alp Peker finds solace in their photographic practice to voice their protest against unspoken issues and social taboos they experience on a daily basis. Their photographs, shown here under the title 

, are an ode to the community Alp lives in, their goals, struggles, and weirdnesses.  

Kıvılcım S. Güngörün defines her work as autobiographical fiction. The collages in 

are a direct translation of her inner workings: intuitive visual responses to questions that pop into her mind, or new questions that arise during the process.  

, Cansu Yıldıran studies the power dynamics and gender inequality that they encountered in their ancestral village in Northern Turkey. Inspired by the personal stories of the women of their family, Cansu creates emotional atmospheres that investigate their own sense of identity, of belonging and the continuous search for a safe space.

Kismet: online exhibition intro

How to

Oğulcan Arslan 

From the series All the Rivers Flow In the Nuthouse

               

Alp Peker

Untitled

From the series Amel Defteri: a notebook of deeds

From the series Amel defteri: A Notebook of Deeds

             

Kıvılcım S. Güngörün 

From the series I lab yu

From the series I Lab Yu

“My day becomes my laboratory, and I lab back.” 

                          

Cansu Yıldıran 

From the series The Dispossessed

      

The Golden Horn, Istanbul

Dad and his Indian Friends, April 2017

Kısmet: New Perspectives. Four Contemporary Image-makers from Turkey

From the archive: Asia Bistro by Hiền Hoàng

From the Archive: Untitled by Mohamad Abdouni

Bij Foam geloven we dat fotografie voor jongeren een krachtig middel is om je uit te drukken. Daarom staat het stimuleren van de volgende generatie fotografen centraal in de missie van ons museum. Foam heeft de afgelopen zes jaar samengewerkt met Meervaart Studio om prachtige fotografieworkshops te creëren voor getalenteerde jongeren in Amsterdam, geleid door ervaren fotografen uit Foam's uitgebreide netwerk.  

Met trots vieren we deze vruchtbare samenwerking met een hybride presentatie in de projectruimte van het museum en op Foam's digitale platform. Deze speciale showcase is een kans om meer te weten te komen over het werk van vijf jonge makers die door de jaren heen deel hebben uitgemaakt van onze vele educatieve fotografieprojecten. Deze programma's hebben hen de middelen en begeleiding gegeven om hun visie op de wereld om hen heen vast te leggen.  

Terwijl je de tentoonstelling verkent, zul je getroffen worden door de creativiteit en originaliteit van deze jonge fotografen. Elk project benadrukt de waarde van het bieden van een platform aan jongeren om hun stem te delen. Hun werk zal anderen inspireren en aanmoedigen om de wereld op nieuwe en spannende manieren te bekijken.  

Vier samen met ons het werk van deze generatie jonge Amsterdamse creatieven.   

FINN // at the table god unhinged his ribs

Intro

Kyara 
Bhiekharie 

Rhiannon

I Want to Break Free

Karma Chameleon

Kyara Bhiekarie over haar werk 'Mijn moeder, de ZZP-er'

Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham

Fashion

over de kunstenaar

Dina
Bousbaa

Growing pains. Chefchaouen 2017

The same route as yesterday. Tangiers 2017

Sea of opportunities. Assilah 2017

Reaching out. Amsterdam 2016

May our future be as bright. Assilah 2017

Thoughts about tomorrow. Assilah 2017

Dina Bousbaa over haar werk 'Backbone'

Iyanla 
Etnel

Pimba Doti

Bere tan bere

Teri Den

Iyanla Etnel over haar werk 'Te Yu No Sabi Owru Bun, Yu No Kan Sabi Nyun Bun'

"In de avond hangen we een gordijn over de spiegel, want iemand zou je kwaad kunnen doen via de spiegel."

Te Neti Doro

Trowé Gi Gron' Mama

Etnel onderzoekt de relatie tussen haar en haar wijlen tante. Ze zijn verbonden door dezelfde pijnlijke voeten, maar uit schaamte binnen de familie wordt hier niet over gesproken.

Deng Di Du Mi

Yasemin 
Demirözcan 

"Als kind van de diaspora heb ik altijd een afstand gevoeld tussen mezelf en het land van mijn voorouders, waarbij ik het concept 'thuis' voortdurend in twijfel trok."

Fields of Solace

"Het leven hier is eenvoudig, ver van de drukte van de stad, waar ze de rest van het jaar wonen."

Directing The Flock

Canım Dedem

Yasemin Demirözcan over haar werk 'Strangely Familiar'

Flying Shoe

Reloading Memories

"Mijn oom speelt met zijn luchtbuks voor het huis van mijn grootouders in Yeşildere. Hier heeft mijn vader de eerste tien jaar van zijn leven doorgebracht."

A Shepherd’s Pride

Wheels of Legacy

"Een Renault Toros (de in Turkije gebouwde versie van de R12) die door een uitgestrekt, open landschap navigeert en symbool staat voor eenzaamheid en de verkenning van mijn identiteit."

Tal 
Ben Yakir 

FINN // came apart in my hands

BENNI // when i ate his ribs i became a man

BENNI // or maybe just ribs braided together at the table.

RORY // there was a table i sat & ate at until i was something.

RIBS

JOHN // you know when you become something it eats you?

RORY // there was a table i sat & ate at until i was something

Foam Talent Call 2023

Woman I from the series FLAT DEATH and other pictures, 2015

Foam Talent Network Brunch, 2022

Empowering the voices of Amsterdam’s youth through photography

From the Archive: MADRE / Padre by Valeria Posada Villada

Portretworkshop

Over de workshop

Leerdoelen

Vragen of wensen?

Meer voor voortgezet onderwijs

Secundair Onderwijs - Workshop - Proud to be

Proud to be... Workshop

Meer voor primair onderwijs

Primair Onderwijs - Workshop - Proud to be

Foam Foam produced this episode as part of a mini-series called Stories of Migration. In this series, we welcome three artists whose work evolves around questions of migration, identity and belonging. From their individual perspectives and personal histories, the artists reflect on ethnicity, place, marginalisation, memory and constructions of the self. 

belonging

On Belonging

Perspectives of migration.

Zooming In: On Belonging

Northern Winds: Jonathas de Andrade’s Fascination with Jangadeiros

In Search of Perfect Orange
About the work of Benjamin Li

Silent Chronicles
About the work of Steffi Reimers

Fidelio Faustino
Tapsei

Rehab Eldalil

On Transience – Theme Text Foam Magazine #64: EXTREMES–The Environmental Issue

Overview

Visitor Rules & Regulations

Foam receives positive response AFK

Foam x KLABU: Strength Away From Home

Foam Talks about an Armenian statue, an emptied lake, and a fig tree with Ece Gökalp and Larissa Araz

From the Archive: Golden Boy by Kwabena Appiah-nti

Foam 3h: Benjamin Li - In Search of Perfect Orange

Foam 3h: ShuShu Sieberns

Kısmet: New Perspectives. Four Contemporary Image-makers from Turkey

From the Archive: Asia Bistro by Hiền Hoàng

From the Archive: Untitled by Mohamad Abdouni

Empowering the voices of Amsterdam’s youth through photography

From the Archive: MADRE / Padre by Marisol Mendez

Proud to be...

Proud to be...

Stories of Migration with Silvia Rosi & Johanne Affricot

Diana Markosian - Father

belonging

On Belonging

Perspectives of migration.

Zooming In: On Belonging

Northern Winds: Jonathas de Andrade’s Fascination with Jangadeiros

In Search of Perfect OrangeAbout the work of Benjamin Li

Silent ChroniclesAbout the work of Steffi Reimers

Fidelio FaustinoTapsei

Rehab Eldalil

On Transience – Theme Text Foam Magazine #64: EXTREMES–The Environmental Issue

Overview

Visitor Rules & Regulations

Foam receives positive response AFK

Foam x KLABU: Strength Away From Home

Foam Talks about an Armenian statue, an emptied lake, and a fig tree with Ece Gökalp and Larissa Araz

From the Archive: Golden Boy by Kwabena Appiah-nti

Foam 3h: Benjamin Li - In Search of Perfect Orange

Foam 3h: ShuShu Sieberns

Kısmet: New Perspectives. Four Contemporary Image-makers from Turkey

From the Archive: Asia Bistro by Hiền Hoàng

From the Archive: Untitled by Mohamad Abdouni

Empowering the voices of Amsterdam’s youth through photography

From the Archive: MADRE / Padre by Marisol Mendez

Proud to be...

Proud to be...

Stories of Migration with Silvia Rosi & Johanne Affricot

Diana Markosian - Father

In Search of Perfect Orange
About the work of Benjamin Li

Silent Chronicles
About the work of Steffi Reimers

Fidelio Faustino
Tapsei