 in 2009. Using c-print as the medium, the artwork is displayed at 60 x 83 cm.

Deborah, from the series Week– End, 2009

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

visible in

Deborah

The rich, vast cultural landscape demands a larger discussion on reclaiming identity. How can we confront stereotypes, clichés and representation within our community? 

"The writing of history is about editing. It’s about choosing a way. [...] How the personal stories can rewrite history through the power of images."

Heroínas de Tejucupapo (Tejucupapo Heroins, 2022)

ABC da Cana Typewriter

Podcast with Jonathas de Andrade

Image of Jessy's Room

Jessica de Abreu's Bookshelf: The Black Archives

[...] I questioned: what does the world look like when Surinamese people do not stand in front of the camera but are the ones able to take the photo during colonial times?

Foam invites Johny Pitts and Gloria Wekker

Dos Pouwis, 2021

Zooming In: Photography, Performance and the Mythical

zooming in with Foam Talents Plantation and Lisandro Suriel

From the series Portraits in Madness

Blind Spots

 by Cemre Yeşil at MAQAM in Amsterdam West. The project examines the relationship between mother and child through different lenses. It deals with topics such as identity, loss, and memory. The work questions the traditions of portraiture and explores the psychological aspects of photography. 

From the series Double Portrait, 2021

MAQAM

“Just as I can feel myself feeling myself   through the sense of touch, I see myself seeing myself through the photographic skin.  

The portraits of my mother, suddenly act as mirrors that reflect an image of myself   without my presence. This is a non-double portrait  becoming  a double portrait.   Lurking behind the body of the mother  I perceive the ‘non-sitter’  who is absent in the final image.”  

Kismet: Cemre Yesil

You are invited to join us on 14 June for the public opening of two new exhibitions: 

THOMAS ALBDORF - ROOM WITH A VIEW<a href="/museum/programme/thomas-albdorf"><img src="https://a.storyblok.com/f/113697/595x298/2e86443175/body_public_opening.jpg" alt="" width="595" height="298" /></a>&ldquo; &lsquo;Brought Games To The Beach&rsquo;(Water, Wall, Sea, Sky, Wave)&rdquo;, 2018 &copy; Thomas Albdorf (detail)
Thomas Albdorf (1982, Austria) combines classic photographic genres with modern visual techniques. His landscapes and still-lifes are boldly aesthetical, but his use of the photographic medium is highly conceptual. Using both analogue and digital techniques, Albdorf edits photographs of perennial visual clich&eacute;s found online (such as a setting sun, a mountainous landscape) after which he subjects these found photos to image recognition software and automatic image generation. The resulting image is recognisable and surrealistic at the same time. It is Albdorf&rsquo;s way of critically interrogating stereotypes in our digital online visual culture.
The exhibition is on view until 9 September 2018.
<a href="/museum/programme/thomas-albdorf">&gt; Read more about this exhibition</a>
SAMUEL GRATACAP - LES INVISIBLES <a href="/museum/programme/samuel-gratacap"><img src="https://a.storyblok.com/f/113697/595x298/1445349328/body_public_opening_2.jpg" alt="" width="595" height="298" /></a>Detention center for migrants of Zawiya (Libya, December 2014) &copy; Samuel Gratacap / Galerie Filles du Calvaire (detail)
Samuel Gratacap (1982, FR) has been following the lives of African refugees and migrants since 2007 and has then started to follow their routes around the Mediterranean Sea in reverse order. His road is based on testimonies of migrants he has come to know and contacts he got via via. Gratacap's work is about territories of movement: the crossing of land borders, the waiting rooms for daily workers, the prison, but also the roads to a renewed identity. He goes beyond most news media and comes across deplorable conditions that reveal the economy surrounding migration - from human smuggling to slavery.
The exhibition is on view until 9 September 2018.
<a href="/museum/programme/samuel-gratacap">&gt; Read more about this exhibition</a>
Foam is supported by the BankGiro Loterij, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, Gemeente Amsterdam, Olympus and the VandenEnde Foundation.

<div class="sidebar__content"> Public opening 
Thursday 26 July 2018 from 5.30pm</div>

Public opening: Thomas Albdorf & Samuel Gratacap

Thomas Albdorf (1982, Austria) combines classic photographic genres with modern visual techniques.

His landscapes and still-lifes are boldly aesthetical, but his use of the photographic medium is highly conceptual. Using both analogue and digital techniques, Albdorf edits photographs of perennial visual clich&eacute;s found online (such as a setting sun, a mountainous landscape) after which he subjects these found photos to image recognition software and automatic image generation. The resulting image is recognisable and surrealistic at the same time. It is Albdorf&rsquo;s way of critically interrogating stereotypes in our digital online visual culture. Foam presents the first solo museum exhibition of Thomas Albdorf&rsquo;s work. The artist also created new work especially for this exhibition, which will be displayed for the very first time in Foam.
Visit and revisit recommended: Thomas Albdorf - Room With A View, other exhibitions and <a href="/museum/programme/for-members">events</a> as a <a href="/about/memberships">Foam Member</a>.
<img src="https://a.storyblok.com/f/113697/1772x887/453698506a/lr_thomas_albdorf_foam_cvdk_05_595.jpg" alt="" width="595" height="298" /> Installation shot, 2018 &copy;&nbsp;Christian van der Kooy
<img src="https://a.storyblok.com/f/113697/250x73/20005bda94/recommended-logo-final3.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="73" />
Thomas Albdorf is one of the first three recipients of the fellowship recommended. This fellowship enables young image makers to produce and internationally exhibit new work. The Fellows of 2018 are Thomas Albdorf (1982, Austria), Nadja Bournonville (1983, Sweden) and Lilly Lulay (1985, Germany). <a href="/about/collaborative-projects/olympus-fellowship">&gt; read more about recommended</a>
recommended is a fellowship initiated by Olympus, Haus der Photographie / Deichtorhallen Hamburg,&nbsp;Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam and Fotografie Forum Frankfurt.
Foam is supported by the BankGiro Loterij, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, Gemeente Amsterdam, Olympus and the VandenEnde Foundation.

<div class="sidebar__content">THOMAS ALBDORF 
General View <img src="/userfiles/dtb/books/230_thomas_albdorf.jpg" alt="" width="230" height="175" /></div>

<div class="sidebar__content"> Public opening 
Thursday 26 July 2018 from 5.30pm</div>

clichés

Deborah from the series Week – End

Blind Spots

Tracing identity and championing untold histories.

Cemre Yeşil
Double Portrait

Public opening: Thomas Albdorf & Samuel Gratacap

Thomas Albdorf

clichés

Deborah from the series Week – End

Blind Spots

Tracing identity and championing untold histories.

Cemre Yeşil Double Portrait

Public opening: Thomas Albdorf & Samuel Gratacap

Thomas Albdorf

Cemre Yeşil
Double Portrait