During this masterclass, two experts, Freek Kuin and Corinne Noordenbos, will elaborate on the topic of collecting photobooks.

In addition to collecting photo prints, collecting photobooks is a great way to engage in photography and build a valuable collection. First editions, last or signed copies, special editions with photo prints - these are all books that can be of great value. Two speakers will be elaborate on this topic during the masterclass on Wednesday 19 June.
Freek Kuin, photobook-maker and creative director at publisher Rob Stolk, will kick-off the evening drawing from his extensive experience publishing photobooks. He will talk about a number of his prize-winning publications and about the creative process. From concept to design, and all the ingredients in between that make a good photobook.
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After a short break, Corinne Noordenbos, an important collector of photo albums, will take over. As a photographer and former head of the Photography Department of the KABK in The Hague, she has experience with the photobook in various ways. Her former students include Viviane Sassen and Rob Hornstra, both also known for their successful photobooks.
This is the last masterclass from the Collecting Photography series. The series, which started with a class on printing techniques and the conservation of photographs, followed by sessions on purchasing and framing editions, is open to anyone with an interest in collecting photography.
Foam Editions is supported with products of Philips Smart All-in-One monitors.
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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Masterclass on Photobooks

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. Bringing together a selection of his most iconic works, the exhibition celebrates Parr’s unmistakable way of seeing, witty societal observations and enduring fascination with the role of photography in everyday life. 

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For two-and-a-half years, Blok photographed pregnant people in various European countries at different stages of pregnancy. The images in the publication are combined with stories, anecdotes, and observations she wrote while working at a Dutch abortion clinic, alongside her own reflections around the complexities of motherhood and intimacy.

Host of the evening is curator Jilke Golbach, who is working together with Verena Blok on her solo exhibition at Foam in March 2026. Writer, artist and curator Mirthe Berentsen will moderate the talk with Verena Blok.

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From the series Eyes Dazzle as They Search for the Truth

What is the relationship between the photographer and the one that is photographed? In an attempt to answer this question, Amin Yousefi turned to photobooks, documenting the Iranian Revolution of 1978-1979 in his home-country. Zooming in on archival images of large demonstrations, he looked for protestors who locked eyes with the camera. 

Anonymous faces stare into the photographer’s lens, clearly showing awareness of being captured, inviting the viewer to look. Interestingly, the photographer at the time was most likely 

 aware of the returning gazes—due to the size of the crowds and the limitations of a 35mm camera viewfinder. In this case, Yousefi argues, it seems that the photographed is in control of the image, rather than the photographer, as one might assume. 

With the help of a magnifying glass, he rephotographed each of them—connecting himself with these individuals across time and space and isolating them into a newly formed crowd. Consisting of fifty portraits, 

Eyes Dazzle as they Search for the Truth 

examines how our knowledge about the past is formed through archival images. By turning his camera to those who looked back, Yousefi tries to understand the impact of one of the most influential events in Iranian contemporary history.

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Untitled from Eyes Dazzle As they Search for The Truth

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Martin Parr - Very Modern and Rather Ugly

 returns to Foam on Thursday 12 February for a special evening in celebration of her book

. The photobook is the first monograph on the work of Van Rij. It immerses the reader in her entire oeuvre, bringing together her black-and-white and colour photography, as well as the collages created since 2018, and in doing so charts the journey from her beginnings as a photographer to her most recent work.

The event in Foam's in-house gallery will start with a talk between the artist and

, creative strategist, curator and co-founder of 

about Van Rij's career and book. Van Marle is a close friend of Van Rij, and alongside their personal bond they maintain an ongoing dialogue on artistic processes and the cross-over between photography and other art forms, which they will continue during the event at Foam.

After the talk, there will be the opportunity to have the book signed by the artist.

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Created by Bruno Zhu in 2015. The artwork is a digital print on a PVC sticker in a phonebook and displayed at 29.7 x 46 cm.

Waves from the Web, 2009

Visible in

, photographer Bruno Zhu references the well-known book from Japanese literature by the same name, completed in the year 1002 and containing the personal reflections of a lady-in-waiting at the Japanese imperial court. The term later came to stand for a whole genre of diary-like texts. 

 shows a specific page from Zhu’s 'Pillow Book', where he has pasted photographs of pillows into a telephone directory. This gives the work an absurdist character. The two-dimensional pillow on the paper pages forms a stark contrast with the soft feeling of a real pillow. The work contrasts visual motifs from the personal sphere with the public sphere. In his practice, Zhu playfully explores his fascination for photography as an ambivalent symbol of surface and object, representation and appropriation. 

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Martin Parr - Very Modern and Rather Ugly

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Fruiting Bodies by Ying Ang

Positive Illusions by Benjamin Freedman

Resting with Pearl Pillow, 2015

Días by Pia Riverola

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Lemons Gazing at Mount Etna by Lonneke Van der Palen

Shenasnameh by Amak Mahmoodian

Adam Rouhana
Before Freedom

Paola Jiménez Quispe
Reglas para pelear/ Rules for Fighting

Bruce Eesly
New Farmer

Hady Barry
i am (not) your mother

Martin Parr
Very Modern and Rather Ugly

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Sarah van Rij - Atlas of Echoes