Foam is proud to present a major retrospective exhibition of the celebrated American artist Saul Leiter (1923–2013).  Leiter is seen as one of the most important photographers of the 1950’s in the United States and a pioneer of colour photography. This exhibition brings together over 200 works, consisting of photography, both black-and-white and colour, as well as his abstract paintings. His eclectic oeuvre reveals a practice using shadow, light, and reflections to craft layered compositions. 

Footprints, c. 1950

Foam

Ana, 1950s

Harlem, 1960 © Saul Leiter / Saul Leiter Foundation.

Untitled, undated

“Photographs are often treated as important moments, but really they are fragments and souvenirs of an unfinished world.”

Saul Leiter - An Unfinished World

, is the first solo museum exhibition by the Palestinian-Dutch photographer Sakir Khader. Since 2024, he has been the first Palestinian photographer selected to join the renowned photography collective Magnum Photos. His images explore the fragile boundary between life and death.

Broken souls. Jenin Refugee camp, Palestine, 2023

Grieving mothers. Jenin refugee camp, Palestine. June, 2023

Opening Sakir Khader, 2024

Beita Nablus, 2021

Sakir Khader - Yawm al-firak

 by artist Diana Markosian. This is the first time the exhibition is shown in its entirety. 

 traces Markosian’s journey of reconnecting with her estranged father through images, family snapshots, and film.  

Father

My Father’s reflection, from the series Father, 2016

Diana Markosian - Father 

What meaning do we assign to images on the internet? And to what extent do we identify with them? In collaboration with online platform 

, Foam presents an online mapping game to explore this: 

Do we share similar interpretations of images, or do we associate completely different meanings with them?

Metaphormaxxing: A Mapping Game

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

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

The exhibition will be opened on Thursday, 20 March, with a live performance by 

 and a Q&A between Zippora Elders Tahalele and the artists. Join us at Foam 3h from 17.30 to 21.00 hrs for this official event with free museum admission.

Tones of the Ecotone, 2025

Scale traveling, 2025

Opening Finn Maätita and Jerrold Saija  Tones of the Ecotone

, 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

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

 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

Are you curious to start collecting photography but don't know where to start? Or perhaps you began, but would like to learn more to build a collection?

Join us on Wednesday 9 April with Lotte Klösters, gallery manager of Foam editions, who talk about topics such as valuation, photography techniques, materials, and acquisition.  

Foam Editions

Foam Editions Workshop Collecting Photography, 2025

Masterclass Collecting Photography

Join us for an exclusive guided tour of the exhibition 

 with artist Sakir Khader. During this special occasion, Khader will personally share the stories and experiences behind his photographs, offering unique insights into his work.

Women in grief, Jenin refugee camp in Palestine, 2023

Artist Tour Sakir Khader

, 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

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.

Anna en Augusta Curiel in actie tijdens landing van watervliegtuig Dornier DO-X op de Surinamerivier, 1931

Augusta Curiel - Surinaamse fotografe 1873-1937

Foam is proud to present the solo exhibition of interdisciplinary artist Hiền Hoàng. 

She explores Asian cultural narratives, the relationship between humanity and nature and the role of identity. 

Hoàng's work is unique for its integration of photography, sculpture, video, installations and performances. 

Under an Ideology. 2020. From the series Asia Bistro

Still from the performance work "Made in Rice, Full HD, color, 19 min. 2021

UV Print on Plexiglas, deformed. Image from the series Asian Bistro, 2023

Rhey ran't ro rhe R! Image from the series Asian Bistro, 2019

Hiền Hoàng

, 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 - Universal Photographer

 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. Over three years, Benjida documented how Magic City's dancers act as unofficial gatekeepers of the hip-hop scene, determining which music breaks through.  

Saul Leiter
An Unfinished World

Sakir Khader
Yawm al-Firak

Diana Markosian
Father

Metaphormaxxing:
A Mapping Game

Free Guided Tour

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

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

Foam Talent

Free guided tour in Dutch sign language

Masterclass on Collecting Photography

Artist Tour:
Sakir Khader on Yawm al-Firak

The Hidden Camera

Augusta Curiel Yere Mi Sten

Hiền Hoàng

Co Rentmeester Universal Photographer

Hajar Benjida
Atlanta Made Us Famous

Saul Leiter An Unfinished World

Sakir KhaderYawm al-Firak

Diana MarkosianFather

Metaphormaxxing:A Mapping Game

Free Guided Tour

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

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

Foam Talent

Free guided tour in Dutch sign language

Masterclass on Collecting Photography

Artist Tour:Sakir Khader on Yawm al-Firak

The Hidden Camera

Augusta Curiel Yere Mi Sten

Hiền Hoàng

Co Rentmeester Universal Photographer

Hajar BenjidaAtlanta Made Us Famous

Saul Leiter
An Unfinished World

Sakir Khader
Yawm al-Firak

Diana Markosian
Father

Metaphormaxxing:
A Mapping Game

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

Artist Tour:
Sakir Khader on Yawm al-Firak

Hajar Benjida
Atlanta Made Us Famous