From the series I Do Miss Hospital Visit

Shwe Wutt Hmon

From the series Broer (2017 – present)

Florian Braakman

Fortune in My Thirties (2023), from the series Interfaces of Predictions

Sheung Yiu

Durazno, from the series Madre

Marisol Mendez

From the series Frantz Fanon, Me, and The Questions

Issam Larkat

Students of Tsinghua University showing their prestige with an a4 white paper.

Xin Li

Margarito, from the series Las Flores Mueren Dos Veces. Data bending on archival photography.

Cristóbal Ascencio

From the series POST, 2023

Sander Coers

Untitled from Eyes Dazzle As they Search for The Truth.

Amin Yousefi

From the series Fathom

Cansu Yıldıran

From the series Blaze Orange / High Visibility

Jaclyn Wright

Squeeze (Justin), 2022

Ricardo Nagaoka

Under Surveillance, 2021, from the series We Didn't Choose to be Born Here

Thero Makepe

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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

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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

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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

 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.

Caspian, Breakwater, May 2019

Caspian, Qezel Ozan River, February 2022

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Wedding day from the series Las Flores mueren dos veces, 2022

Louis Vuitton Jeff Koons Rubens Bag, 2020

From the series Home Leaving One for Another

"Mohlokomedi wa Tora", Scene 2, 2018 

Killa from the series Madre

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Dialect, 2020

authenticity (2 CHAINZ) from the series BLACK SNAFU, 2022

Wait from the series We Didn't Choose to be Born Here, 2022

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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

Join us on Thursday, 28 August, for a special edition of 

 by Augusta Curiel. This evening of deep listening brings together sound, image, and archive, inviting you not only to see Suriname but also to hear it.

The programme begins with a live performance by 

, followed by a lecture around the work led by 

Throughout the evening, we invite you to explore vinyl listening stations featuring curated Surinamese music that offer new ways to engage with Curiel’s photographic legacy through rhythm, memory, and atmosphere.

Afrovism: The Garden of Frequencies

Created by Betty Ras in 2006. Using inkjet on FinArt Baryta by Hahnemühle as the medium, the artwork is displayed at 50 x 50 cm.

Betty Ras is one of the photographers who took part in 

, a long-term project recording the construction of the financial district of Amsterdam, De Zuidas, in the early 2000s. Each year different photographers were invited to give their own interpretation of the continuously changing construction side. De Zuidas is characterised by high-rise buildings, housing the offices of large multinationals and top accounting and law firms.

 shows the outline of one of the first high-rises in the area as seen from a nearby park. Ras worked with black-and-white photography, giving the image a timeless feel. The bright cut-out in contrast to the dark surroundings of the park stands out. Through this intervention, Betty Ras emphasises how the high-rises from De Zuidas form a new skyline, fundamentally changing the scenery of this area. 

Beatrixpark

 is the well-known Photoshop selection tool of the same name. For Xin Li, the tool is much more than a handy feature to edit images. It becomes a means to draw parallels with societal control and censorship during the COVID lockdowns in China.  

The magic wand tool selects areas of images based on colour and hue—allowing smart selection and quick manipulation of images. Enforced with machine learning, it nowadays easily predicts which objects a user would like to see selected. Xin Li uses the tool to distort images, obscuring their original meaning behind layers of other images, often of other artworks.  

For Xin Li, this process symbolises the mechanisms of hiding and revealing facts and fake news, regulating the flow of information and controlling the dominant narrative. Metaphorically captured in the overwhelming fusion of shapes and colours, the visually explosive works tempt the viewer to look what lies beneath the apparent chaos. 

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