Tophane, Istanbul, 1958

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Galata Docks, Istanbul, 1962

Foam Talks about Ara Güler, iconic images, and photo archives, with Claartje van Dijk and Tuana Pulak

See, through you, from the filmstrip series 36 Serendipities, 2021

Untitled, 2023

There are fairies by the lake, from the filmstrip series 36 Serendipities, 2021

Portrait with goats from the series Motherlands – three faithful things, 2021

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

Young Human. An interview with ShuShu Sieberns

Khashayar's home studio in Lausanne, 2025. Courtesy of the artist

Khashayar's home studio in Lausanne, 2025

Archival material: digitising negatives from The Caspian

From the series The Caspian by Khashayar Javanmardi

Studio Visit: Khashayar Javanmardi

 by non-fiction artist and photographer Khashayar Javanmardi. 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.

Join us on Thursday, 24 July from 17.30 - 21.00 hrs. The exhibition will be opened at the Foam Café with a Q&A between Foam Curator Claartje van Dijk and the artist.

Caspian, Qezel Ozan River, February 2022

Foam Café

Caspian, Breakwater, May 2019

Opening Foam 3h: Khashayar Javanmardi

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Foam Magazine #67 The Test of Time

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

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Zooming In: On Belonging

On Belonging with Foam Talents Delali Ayivi and Solène Gün

Belonging

Personal experiences, anger and pain are the basis of a special project in which refugees share ​personal photos and stories via Instagram about their daily life in Moria, the largest refugee camp in Europe, located in Greece.

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Foam is supported by the VriendenLoterij, Foam Members, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, the VandenEnde Foundation and the City of Amsterdam.

In 2021 Foam receives additional support from the Mondriaan Fund and Kickstart Cultuurfonds.

The final episode of our mini-series 'Stories of Migration' will focus on Now You See Me Moria, a cross-national collective consisting of Noemí, Amir, Qutaeba, Ali, Mustafa ​and others who continue to join. Claartje van Dijk, head of exhibitions ​at Foam, will speak with Noemi, ​the Amsterdam-based photo editor ​and leading force behind Now You See Me Moria, to give an insight into the collective's work and mission.

Personal experiences, anger and pain are the basis of a special project in which refugees share ​personal photos and stories via Instagram about their daily life in Moria, the largest refugee camp in Europe, located in Greece. In August 2020 Amir, a refugee living in Moria and Noemí, ​started their collaboration by setting up the Instagram account now_you_see_me_moria and publish pictures of life at the camp. Since then, Now You See Me ​Moria got the attention of various media outlets, individuals and organizations across Europe. Today the account has a following of more than 30,000 people. More importantly: a growing number of followers have started collaborations with the​ collective. From a small ​collaboration Now You See Me Moria has become a civil rights movement demanding fundamental change to European migration policy.

Now You See Me Moria

Stories of Migration, Daniel Castro Garcia & Edmund Clark

Stories of Migration with Now You See Me Moria

The Golden Horn, Istanbul

Old Galata Bridge, Istanbul, 1957

Ara Güler's photographs, taken during the 1950s, have gained new significance since the 1990s, when Istanbul emerged as a global city. They have become objects of nostalgia and consumption, playing an essential role in shaping the city's collective memory.

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Ara Güler

The Villain, 2018 

With the seemingly simple but in essence culturally complex nature of his body of work , Edmonds questions issues of identity  and power from an African-American perspective. His work  stems from a deep understanding of the medium of photography and taps into its modernist history

Young man holding up Kuba cloth, 2019

Bull Mask from the Ivory Coast, 2019

Tete d Homme, 2018

John Edmonds is the fifteenth winner of the Foam Paul Huf Award

 by artist Diana Markosian, shown in full for the first time at Foam. The exhibition tells the story of her journey to reconnect with her estranged father through images, family snapshots, and film.

You are welcome at Foam on Thursday, 6 March from 17.30 – 21.00 hrs for the official opening of the exhibition with an introduction by Foam Curator Claartje van Dijk and artist Diana Markosian.

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

Foam

Opening Diana Markosian

 by ShuShu Sieberns. The exhibition will be opened by director Karin van Gilst and curator Claartje van Dijk at 

After their opening words, ShuShu Sieberns will do a live performance at 18.10 hrs. During the performance, the artist will read poetry in three languages, light a candle and walk with the audience into Foam's garden. The performance references the film 

 and serves as a mourning ritual and an ode.

Portrait with goats, from the series Motherlands – three faithful things, 2021

Opening Foam 3h: ShuShu Sieberns

Join us for the opening of the group exhibition 

 by Paolo Cirio on Thursday 30 May. The exhibitions will be opened in the presence of Paolo Cirio and the artists from the group exhibition. You are welcome at Foam from 17.30 to 21.00 hrs for this official event with free admission to the museum.

During the opening, we will also launch the newest issue of 

, which features themes from the exhibition. In addition, we celebrate a new collaboration with creative studio 

, presenting their interactive AI photo booth 

Tree Panties, 2022

Eye 4 - Detect, perceive, explore, 2023

Mugshots.com, N1, from the series Obscurity, 2016

A self-portrait of an algorithm no.89, 2023

Opening Photography Through the Lens of AI

Join us for tours and drinks through the exhibition 

Missing Mirror: Photography Through the Lens of AI

s we explore the world of AI and photography, we will be guided by 

various artists from the group exhibition and Foam curator Claartje van Dijk.

Vistas #22, 2020

Tours and Drinks: Photography Through the Lens of AI

Are you a self-taught photographer that needs help advancing their career? Or a recent graduate looking for professional advice on your artistic practice? We're happy to extend an exclusive invitation to emerging photographers seeking advice on their creative journey. 

Join Foam’s first ever Portfolio Review Day on Saturday 16 December and receive professional one-on-one feedback on your photographic practice from a member of our artistic team.

Foam Talent Network Brunch, 2022

Foam Portfolio Review Day

Ara Güler is a renowned photojournalist who captured the essence of Turkey and the world beyond. The exhibition 

 shows both iconic and unknown parts of Güler's oeuvre. The show serves as a testament to Turkey's rich history and offers a glimpse into the ever-evolving Turkish identity.

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Mount Ararat, 1965

Florya, Istanbul, 1948

Foam Publications Ara Güler A Play of Light and Shadow

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Ara Güler 

To celebrate the opening of the exhibition recommended Olympus Fellowship 2020, Foam invites you to join a series of Instagram livestream conversations with artists Karla Hiraldo Voleau, Tobias Kruse and Mika Sperling. Each will go into conversation with the curator who mentored them along their artistic journey.

On 1, 2 and 3 July 2021, artists Karla Hiraldo Voleau (Dominican Republic, 1992), Tobias Kruse (Germany, 1979) and Mika Sperling (Russia, 1990) will lead you through the exhibition <a href="/museum/programme/recommended-olympus-fellowship-2020">recommended Olympus Fellowship 2020</a>. For this exhibition, the artists created new work that explores a broad range of subjects including relationships, love, fear, family and the power of language.
WATCH BACK
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CQyAB38CFxb/">Karla Hiraldo Voleau and Claartje van Dijk, curator Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam.</a></li>
<li>Mika Sperling and Celina Lunsford, curator Fotografie Forum Frankfurt.</li>
</ul>
KARLA HIRALDO VOLEAU Right at the beginning of the&nbsp;Olympus Fellowship, fellow Karla Hiraldo Voleau travelled to Japan to meet with young people of her age. In the series I Have Nothing to Tell You, she asks them about contemporary love and dating. The series researches how cultural traditions in Japan still restrict while, at the same time, gender roles in Japan are also being deconstructed. For this project, Hiraldo Voleau was mentored by Claartje van Dijk, curator Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam.
TOBIAS KRUSE For the series&nbsp;DEPONIE, Tobias Kruse reflects on his unsafe childhood in East Germany. Dominated by violence, anger and hatred, he confronts himself with his memories and investigates parallelisms in the social atmosphere between past and present. For this project, Kruse was mentored by&nbsp;Ingo Taubhorn, curator House of Photography / <a href="https://www.deichtorhallen.de/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Deichtorhallen Hamburg</a>.
MIKA SPERLING In&nbsp;Mother Tongue,&nbsp;Mika Sperling analyses her relationship with both her mother-in-law and societies generally more negatively connotated, one-sided view on this bond. After recently becoming a mother herself, Mika Sperling dedicates the project to her husband&rsquo;s mothers perspectives, dreams, wishes and fears.&nbsp;For this project, Sperling was mentored by Celina Lunsford, curator <a href="https://www.fffrankfurt.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fotografie Forum Frankfurt</a>.
<img src="https://a.storyblok.com/f/113697/2953x3937/0c2b7d05af/touch_from_the_series_mother_tongue_2019_c_mika_sperling.jpg" alt="" width="595" height="793" />Touch, from the series Mother Tongue, 2019 &copy; Mika Sperling, courtesy of the artist.
The exhibition <a href="/museum/programme/recommended-olympus-fellowship-2020">recommended Olympus Fellowship 2020</a>&nbsp;has been on show at all three locations. On show at Foam until 12 September 2021.
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Foam is supported by the VriendenLoterij, Foam Members, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, the VandenEnde Foundation and the City of Amsterdam.
In 2021 Foam receives additional support from the Mondriaan Fund and Kickstart Cultuurfonds.
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<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CQyAB38CFxb/">Thursday 1 July, 12.00 hrs CET: Karla Hiraldo Voleau and Claartje van Dijk, curator Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam.</a>
 Friday 2 July, 12.00 hrs CET: Mika Sperling and Celina Lunsford, curator Fotografie Forum Frankfurt.
 Saturday 3 July, 11.00 hrs CET: Tobias Kruse and Ingo Taubhorn, curator House of Photography / Deichtorhallen Hamburg.
 PLEASE NOTE This is an online event. Join us on Instagram when the livestream starts.
 NOTIFICATION Sign up and get an email notification as soon as the livestream starts.</div>

Livestream: How I Create recommended Olympus Fellowship 2020

Foam is pleased to host an online Zoom conversation between artists Laia Abril and Carmen Winant on 10 February. The conversation will follow-up an expansive email conversation between the two, discussing their work.

-&gt;&nbsp;<a href="/book-a-visit/public/hidden-realities-a-conversation-between-laia-abril-and-carmen-winant/10-02-2021">Sign up</a> to receive the link to the talk (pay as you want). All contributions go towards our public programme.
Laia Abril and <a href="https://carmenwinant.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Carmen Winant</a> both use in-depth research and mixed-media installations to develop projects around underexposed phenomena, mostly related to current and historical feminist ideals. The online Zoom conversation will examine their methods of storytelling, the position of the artist relating to their subject and questions the relationship between art and activism.
<img src="https://a.storyblok.com/f/113697/595x893/df0356e72a/595_shrinky_recipe__2019__on_rape_c_courtesy_laia_abril__amp__galerie_les_filles_du_calvaire_2.jpg" alt="" width="595" height="893" />Shrinky Recipe, 2019, On Rape &copy; Courtesy Laia Abril &amp; Galerie Les Filles du Calvaire.⁠
ABOUT LAIA ABRIL Abril is the fourteenth winner of the Foam Paul Huf Award, an annually awarded price for young photographers. Her multidisciplinary practice includes photography, text, video and sound. Her solo exhibition at Foam,&nbsp;<a href="/museum/programme/laia-abril-on-rape-a-history-of-misogyny-chapter-two">On Rape: A History of Misogyny, Chapter Two</a>,&nbsp;presents a series of conceptual portraits and testimonies that together symbolise the current impunity of institutional rape.&nbsp; ABOUT CARMEN WINANT <a href="https://carmenwinant.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Carmen Winant</a> is a writer and visual artist who works with collage, mixed media and installations. She explores the representation of women and the potential of feminism through her work. Winant received her Master in Fine Arts from the California College of the Arts. Alongside two solo exhibitions in New York and Los Angeles, she participated in multiple group exhibitions and has published two books: My Life as a Man (2015) and My Birth (2018). The event will be introduced by Claartje van Dijk, curator of the exhibition at Foam. Afterwards, a written exchange between the two artists will be featured in Foam Magazine #58: Talent. The online conversation will take place via Zoom and will be followed by a Q&amp;A and the possibility for the audience to ask questions via the chat function.&nbsp;
The exhibition is made possible with the support of the Tim Hetherington Trust and the Magnum Foundation, and is a collaboration with Galerie Les Filles du Calvaire.
The Foam Paul Huf Award is made possible with the generous support from an anonymous partner.
Foam collaborates with Centrum Seksueel Geweld. For help or questions, please reach out to&nbsp;<a href="https://centrumseksueelgeweld.nl/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.centrumseksueelgeweld.nl</a>.⁠
Foam is supported by the BankGiro Loterij, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, City of Amsterdam, Foam Members, Olympus and the VandenEnde Foundation.&nbsp;
In 2021 Foam receives additional support from Kickstart Cultuurfonds and the Mondriaan Fund.&nbsp;

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10 February 2021
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TIME
19.00 hrs CET
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PRICE
Pay as you like
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Hidden Realities: A conversation between Laia Abril and Carmen Winant

Are you a Foam Member? Join us via Zoom on 28 October and discover the new First Editions by Gerrit Rietveld Academie graduate Marta Capilla Urbano.

The exhibition <a href="/museum/programme/gerrit-rietveld-academie-the-graduation-show">The Graduation Show</a> opened at Foam on 18 September, featuring works by photography students from the Gerrit Rietveld Academie. Among them Marta Capilla Urbano, from whose portfolio Foam's gallery manager Lotte Kl&ouml;sters selected the latest First Editions.
Join us via Zoom on 28 October and discover the new First Editions by Gerrit Rietveld Academie graduate Marta Capilla Urbano. Claartje van Dijk, our head of exhibitions, will talk to Marta Capilla about her work.
<img src="https://a.storyblok.com/f/113697/595x360/f897d0cd1e/marta_capilla_urbano_dubbel_.jpg" alt="" width="595" height="360" />Making of a Floor (Cherry Chaos/Cherry Teased I), Making of a Floor (Cherry Chaos/Cherry Teased II),&nbsp;2020 &copy; Marta Capilla Urbano.
This visit is exclusively available for Club Foam members. The session will last about 40 minutes. REGISTER Sign up by sending an e-mail to <a href="mailto:%20britt@foam.org">britt@foam.org</a>
NOT A CLUB FOAM MEMBER YET? <a href="/about/memberships/club-foam">&gt; Read more and sign up</a>
Foam is supported by the BankGiro Loterij, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, City of Amsterdam, Foam Members, Olympus and the VandenEnde Foundation.

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28 October 2020 
TIME 18.30
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PLEASE NOTE This digital event is exclusively for members of <a href="/about/memberships/club-foam" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Club Foam.</a></div>

Become a Foam Member: First Editions with Marta Capilla Urbano

Personal experiences, anger and pain are the basis of the special project 

 in which refugees share photos and stories via Instagram about their daily life in Moria, the largest refugee camp in Europe, located in Greece.

Claartje van Dijk

Foam Talks about Ara Güler, iconic images, and photo archives, with Claartje van Dijk and Tuana Pulak

Young Human
An interview with ShuShu Sieberns

Studio Visit: Khashayar Javanmardi

Opening Foam 3h:
Khashayar Javanmardi The Caspian ‘Lake’

Team & Organisation

Foam Magazine #67 The Test of Time

On Belonging

Perspectives of migration.

Stories of Migration with Now You See Me Moria

John Edmonds is the fifteenth winner of the Foam Paul Huf Award

Opening Diana
Markosian Father

Opening Foam 3h: ShuShu Sieberns Young Human

Opening Photography Through the Lens of AI

Tours & Drinks
Photography Through the Lens of AI

Foam Portfolio Review Day

Ara Güler
A Play of Light and Shadow

Livestream: How I Create recommended Olympus Fellowship 2020

Hidden Realities: A conversation between Laia Abril and Carmen Winant

Become a Foam Member: First Editions with Marta Capilla Urbano

Now You See Me Moria

Claartje van Dijk

Foam Talks about Ara Güler, iconic images, and photo archives, with Claartje van Dijk and Tuana Pulak

Young HumanAn interview with ShuShu Sieberns

Studio Visit: Khashayar Javanmardi

Opening Foam 3h:Khashayar Javanmardi The Caspian ‘Lake’

Team & Organisation

Foam Magazine #67 The Test of Time

On Belonging

Perspectives of migration.

Stories of Migration with Now You See Me Moria

John Edmonds is the fifteenth winner of the Foam Paul Huf Award

Opening DianaMarkosian Father

Opening Foam 3h: ShuShu Sieberns Young Human

Opening Photography Through the Lens of AI

Tours & DrinksPhotography Through the Lens of AI

Foam Portfolio Review Day

Ara Güler A Play of Light and Shadow

Livestream: How I Create recommended Olympus Fellowship 2020

Hidden Realities: A conversation between Laia Abril and Carmen Winant

Become a Foam Member: First Editions with Marta Capilla Urbano

Now You See Me Moria

Young Human
An interview with ShuShu Sieberns

Opening Foam 3h:
Khashayar Javanmardi The Caspian ‘Lake’

Opening Diana
Markosian Father

Tours & Drinks
Photography Through the Lens of AI

Ara Güler
A Play of Light and Shadow