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Foam Paul Huf Award 2025: Jury members announced
The 19th winner of the Foam Paul Huf Award will be revealed on Thursday 12 June 2025.
This award for talented upcoming photographers is organised annually by Foam and evaluated by an independent and renowned jury. The members of the jury of the Foam Paul Huf Award 2025 are John Fleetwood (Chair of jury, South Africa), Aïda Muluneh (Ethiopia), Moshe Rosenzveig (Australia), Mikhael Subotzky (South Africa) and Johan Trujillo Argüelles (Mexico). In the following weeks, the jury will start reviewing the portfolios of nominated artists from all over the world to select a winner.
Press release | Amsterdam, May 2025
The award consists of a cash prize of €20.000 and a solo exhibition at Foam. Above all, the winner will see their name added to an impressive list of alumni. In 2024 the Foam Paul Huf Award was awarded to the photographer Hiền Hoàng whose exhibition Garden of Entanglement will be on display at Foam from 6 June 2025 until 10 September 2025.
John Fleetwood
South Africa
Aïda Muluneh
Ethiopia
Mikhael Subotzky
South Africa
Johan Trujillo Argüelles
Mexico
Moshe Rosenzveig
Australia
About the Jury
The chair of the jury is John Fleetwood (South Africa) is a photography curator and educator, focusing on socially engaged visual practices. He serves as Co-Head of BA Photography at the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague (KABK), while also directing the Johannesburg-based platform Photo: and working within African photography contexts. Previously, Fleetwood led the Market Photo Workshop in Johannesburg (2002–2015).
Aïda Muluneh (Ethiopia) is a photographer, educator and cultural entrepreneur, who works together with local and international institutions. She is the founder of Addis Foto Fest (AFF), the first international photography festival in East Africa, held since 2010 in Addis Ababa, and the Africa Foto Fair, established in 2022 in Côte d’Ivoire. Her photography is included in prestigious collections like MoMA, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art, and the RISD Museum.
Moshe Rosenzveig (Australia) is the founder and creative director of Head On Photo Festival, Australia's largest annual photography festival which showcases the work of international and local photographers. Moshe has over 40 years’ experience in the media as a photojournalist, award-winning television producer/director and commercial photographer.
Mikhael Subotzky (South Africa) is a Magnum photographer and artist whose works in multiple mediums engage critically with the instability of images and the politics of representation. He was the first Foam Paul Huf Award winner in 2007 together with Taryn Simon, upon which Foam presented his solo exhibition Beaufort West. Ever since, his work has been shown in a number of important international institutions, including most recently at Centre Pompidou and Victoria & Albert Museum.
Johan Trujillo Argüelles (Mexico) is a cultural manager, educator, and image theorist. She served as the Director of the Centro de la Imagen (2020–2024). She has been dedicated to cultural management for over 15 years during which she has conceptualized and organized conventions, lecture series, and academic programs to discuss visuality and Mexican contemporary photography.
International experts
To produce an internationally representative selection, Foam approached twenty-four nominators from various parts of the world. Specialists and experts in the field of photography were each asked to select a number of five talented upcoming photographers in their own region. The award is open to upcoming photographers from all ages, working in all photographic genres: from documentary or applied photography to journalistic or independent work. The winner’s work must exhibit clear visual language and contribute significantly to today's photographic community in both form and content.
Nominators
Maya Aner, Lassana Igo Diarra, Kegham Djeghalian, Lewis Chaplin and Sarah Chaplin Espenon, Sawako Fukai, Alessia Glaviano, Habiba Hopson, Hajra Haider Karrar, Sohee Kim, Lars Lindemann, Meaghan Looram, Joel Lukhovi, Boitumelo Makousu, Světlana Malinová, Dr. Seyed Mohammad Hossein Navab, Giuseppe Oliverio, Daria Panaiotti, Julie Peeters, Hyunjung Son, Daria Tuminas, Lea Vene, Valeria Posada Villada, Munem Wasif, and Tiange Yang.
Previous winners and exhibitions
Exhibition Laia Abril
Winner 2020
Exhibition Lebohang Kganye
Winner 2022
Felipe Romero Beltrán
Winner 2023
John Edmonds
Winner 2021
About Paul Huf
The award is inspired by the Dutch photographer Paul Huf (1924 – 2002) and his open and enthusiastic approach to new photography and upcoming talent – which is parallel to Foam's mission. Paul Huf was known for his innovative photographic technique, and he was personally involved in the establishment of Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam in 2001.
Previous winners
2024 - Hiền Hoàng (1990, Vietnam)
2023 – Felipe Romero Beltrán (1992, Colombia)
2022 - Lebohang Kganye (1990, South Africa)
2021 – John Edmonds (1989, United States)
2020 - Laia Abril (1986, Spain)
2019 - Eric Gyamfi (1990, Ghana)
2018 - Daniel Shea (1985, United States)
2017 - Romain Mader (1988, Switzerland)
2016 - Daisuke Yokota (1983, Japan)
2015 - Momo Okabe (1981, Japan)
2014 - Daniel Gordon (1980, United States)
2013 - Taiyo Onorato & Nico Krebs (1979, Switzerland)
2012 - Alex Prager (1979, United States)
2011 - Raphaël Dallaporta (1980, France)
2010 - Alexander Gronsky (1980, Estonia)
2009 - Leonie Hampton (1978, United Kingdom)
2008 - Pieter Hugo (1976, South Africa)
2007 - Mikhael Subotzky (1981, South Africa) and Taryn Simon (1975, United States)
The winner of the Foam Paul Huf Award 2025 will be announced on Thursday 12 June 2025.
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