Aby Fulani

"Every age has its great loss – for modernism, it was the coherence of the self; for postmodernism, the stability of master narratives – and now, in the 21st century, there is an increasing pressure on the notion of a shared reality."

Mugshots.com, N8, from the series Obscurity, 2016

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

Mugshots.com, N2, from the series Obscurity, 2016

”There is a new way of understanding our times.. a new wave of realism, a new wave of artists who are engaged in political issues. “Evidential Realism” is the realism of today… “

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

Paolo Cirio: Artist of the Post-Panopticon Era

Mooncake, Foam Café, Amsterdam

Spread from Chinees-Indisch Stickeralbum

Cahier for Benjamin Li's In Search of Perfect Orange - Chinese Version

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In Search of Perfect Orange. About the work of Benjamin Li

Page 144-145 in Foam Magazine #64: EXTREMES.

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Presenting Foam Magazine #64: EXTREMES—The Environmental Issue

Time to change perspective.

Foam Magazine #64 Extremes - The Environmental Issue Cover: Abundance, 2023

On Transience – The Ebb & The Flow

Marina Abramović photographed by Kwabena Appiah-nti, 2024

Test of Time: Marina Abramovich and Katy Hundertmark

Foam presents a deep dive into the archives of Dutch artist duo Blommers & Schumm, offering an in-depth look at over 25 years of their playful and provocative image-making.

The exhibition brings together highlights from their remarkable career, including iconic photographs featured in publications such as Fantastic Man, The Gentlewoman, Dazed & Confused, Self Service, Purple, AnOther Magazine, and The New York Times Magazine. 

Josefine wearing Bless, Styling Georgia Pendlebury for Exhibition magazine 2018

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Created by Jack Davison in 2015. The artwork is mounted on PVC and displayed at 56,5 x 43 cm.

Waves from the Web, 2009

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In this photograph, the subject’s back towers above us because of the low vantage point chosen by Jack Davison. The rain drops streaming down along the coat gain an almost dramatic quality, an effect reinforced by the lack of colour. The image therefore exudes a certain gloominess, even though we cannot see the face. Due to the minimalist composition and the choice for black-and-white, our eye is drawn to small details. See for instance the contrast between the wet and dry garment, the way the raindrops glisten as they slide down, and how the light falls across the creases in the coat. Davidson’s oeuvre is a journey through the history of photography, from avant-gardist experiments to objective documentation, and from early 20th-century portraiture to conceptual studies. 

Untitled, 2015. Kelso, Scotland from the series Personal work, 2006-2016

Untitled, 2015. Kelso, Scotland.

Created by Jack Davison in 2016. The artwork is mounted on PVC and displayed at 43 x 43 cm.

Ever since he was young, Davison has had a strong interest in literature and art. Much of his work is inspired in one way or another by the historical canon of photography. Which genre or school might have inspired this image, 

? Due to the short distance between the camera lens and the model, the viewer is brought up very close to the subject’s skin: we can see the individual eyelash and eyebrow hairs, as well as the tiny capillaries on the eyelid. The prickly fruit clashes with the dreamy image of the closed eye and recalls the surrealist photography from the 1920s and 30s, for instance by Man Ray. This work was part of the exhibition 

, from which several works are included in the Foam collection.  Davidson’s oeuvre is a journey through the history of photography, from avant-gardist experiments to objective documentation, and from early 20th-century portraiture to conceptual studies. 

Untitled, 2016. Kerala, India from the series Personal work, 2006-2016

Untitled, 2016. Kerala, India.

Created by Jack Davison in 2014. The artwork is mounted on PVC and displayed at 54,5 x 43 cm.

How does this photograph make you feel? Much of the work by the English photographer Jack Davison are aesthetical, autonomous images, such as this portrait of Agnes. Due to the short distance between the camera lens and the model and the tight framing of the image, the photograph exudes a sense of intimacy. Yet what stands out right away is the unique lighting. By placing a patterned screen between the model and the source of light, the face is covered by spots of light that seem to be mirrored by the dark sprouts on Agnes’ cheek and forehead. This interplay of light, combined with the unconventional perspective and the way the image was framed, creates a certain poetical abstraction. Davidson’s oeuvre is a journey through the history of photography, from avant-gardist experiments to objective documentation, and from early 20th-century portraiture to conceptual studies. 

Aggie, 2014. Kefalonia, Greece from the series Personal work, 2006-2016

Aggie, 2014. Kefalonia, Greece.

Created by Fleur van Dodewaard in 2012. The artwork is a inkjet print on aluminum and displayed at 35 x 29 cm.

How does photography relate to the arts of sculpture and painting? These are the types of questions that Dutch artist Fleur van Dodewaard explores in her work. Like her 

 is a contemporary conceptual interpretation of the classic still-life. However minimalistic the work might be, the questions it evokes are highly complex.  

, Van Dodewaard plays with the distinctions between different art disciplines and examines where these boundaries turn blurry. Image 

, showing two red stripes against light-coloured backgrounds, could just as well have been a minimalist painting. The depth contained within the composition is only revealed by the shadow cast by the red block. In this way Van Dodewaard plays with the concept of sculpture, creating a photographic sculpture that lets the viewer see a three-dimensional object through photography’s lens.  

#4 / red

What's Ours, 2019

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Myriam Boulos

Jury 2025

We feel her presence in these images, where gentle interactions and encounters of vulnerability burst into power. We sense her deep connection to those she photographs. We feel her entanglement with the complexity of the situation.

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Created by Florian Amoser. The artwork is a color photo on Hahnemühle matt paper on dibond 2 mm and displayed at 110 x 137.5 cm.

Untitled from the series Bible, 2008-2014

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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What technique did the photographer use to create this image? In his series 

, the Swiss photographer Florian Amoser bridges the gap between two extremes: wild nature on the one hand, and data-driven technology on the other. Amoser is known for his conceptual approach to photography, and in this series, he creates works that combine landscape photography with data visualisation and manipulation, resulting in a new perspective on nature. Think back to your last experience of nature. Was that truly, physically, in the open air? Or was it mediated by a screen? Amoser took this photograph with an analogue camera. Inside underground caves he traced the outline of the rock wall using a laser. While the laser drew contour lines on the walls, the camera recorded the emerging line drawing for hours on end. The result catches the movements of the laser in a single photograph. 

Quantified Landscape 3 from the series Quantified Landscape

Quantified Landscape 3

 in 2010. Using c-print as the medium, the artwork is displayed at 60 x 40 cm.

Paper Girl 2, from the series World, 2010

A frail and twisted female body dissimulated behind pieces of paper: profoundly influenced by fashion and design, Ina Jang’s images are unconventional and light. She creates a complex and multidimensional world in which reality and fiction are intertwined using different surfaces and layers.

The base of Jang’s work is her experimental curiosity. Many of her images start with drawings or figures, which become obscured in surreal, hyper-stimulated environments. Jang’s goal is to find new perspectives in photography: "Coming up with something that completely breaks the boundaries might be impossible, but I think it’s always nice to try to break personal boundaries." With her conceptually and aesthetically playful approach to photography, Jang crafts her own visual language and creates light-hearted and poetic work.

Paper Girl 2

From the Archive: Shenasnameh by Amak Mahmoodian

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Mariage á Loèche-les-Bains (Marriage in Leukerbad), from the series Ekaterina, 2012-16

Current Study #3, 2013

#14 from the series Sun Set, 2011

Boys of Walthamstow, 2018

Maldoror #6, 2014

Bouquet V, 2008

The Crossroads from the series My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, 2014

w Face, 23 March, Tokyo, Japan, 2015

Cosmic Chakra, 2016

Pat Blake for Vogue NY 1954

Deborah, from the series Week– End, 2009

Collection

Delta Junction, Richardson Highway, September 12, 2025

Yukon river camp, Dalton Highway, September 19, 2025

Dalton Highway, September 15, 2025

Phelan Creek, September 11, 2025

Atigun Pass, Dalton Highway, September 15, 2025 © Steffi Reimers

Yukon river camp Dalton Highway, September 19, 2025

Visual Diaries: At Road's End by Steffi Reimers

Foam Magazine #64 Extremes - The Environmental Issue. Cover: Abundance, 2023

Foam Magazine #64 Extremes - The Environmental Issue Cover: Scarcity, 2023.

Image from the series Theatre of Authenticity

From the series Waste Identity Passport for Plastics & Bola Bola Living

"The portfolios and essays on this side address the growth, excess, overproduction, overconsumption, and greed that drive the Anthropogenic engine to continue grinding."

Presenting Foam Magazine #64: Waste Identity: Passport for Plastics & Bola Bola Living by Aàdesokan

Waste Identity: Passport for Plastics & Bola Bola Living

PORTFOLIO – Waste Identity: Passport for Plastics & Bola Bola Living by Aàdesokan

Presenting Foam Magazine #64: Crisis of Storytelling by Gem Fletcher

LONG READ – Crisis of Storytelling by Gem Fletcher

Presenting Foam Magazine #64: Theatre of Authenticity by Natacha de Mahieu

PORTFOLIO –  Theatre of Authenticity by Natacha de Mahieu

Page 144-145 in Foam Magazine #64: EXTREMES

From the series The Eyes of Earth

From the series Master Rock

"This side shows the impact, the disintegration, and the lack of connection to native knowledge, capturing the decrease in different ways."

Presenting Foam Magazine #64: Master Rock by Maria Fusco

PORTFOLIO –  Master Rock by Maria Fusco

Presenting Foam Magazine #64: Radical Inclusivity, Relationality and Indigenous Photography by Wanda Nanibush

LONG READ – Radical Inclusivity, Relationality and Indigenous Photography by Wanda Nanibush

Presenting Foam Magazine #64: The Eyes of Earth by Solmaz Daryani

PORTFOLIO –  The Eyes of Earth by Solmaz Daryani

EXTREMES – The Environmental Issue: New ways of visualising climate change in Foam Magazine

Lebohang Kganye Haufi nyana Ive come to take you home

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The Supremes, 1965

A mother waits to hold her murdered son one last time before he departs to eternity Qabatiya Jenin 2023

Ulay, Amsterdam 2018

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From the Archive: Waste Identity: Passports for Plastic & Bola Bola Living by Aàdesokan 

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Installation view 'High Visibility / Blaze Orange' by Jaclyn Wright in Foam Talent 2024-2025

[Wright's project] 'High visibility (Blaze Orange)' represents the development of the ecofeminist perspective that has underpinned much of Wright's work, and a turning of her lens towards the broader plains–conceptually, visually, and historically—on which grasps for power are made.

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Sarah Amrani - Terror of Beauty

Together, Foam and Paris Photo present a brand-new season of the podcast series Foam Talks: Talent Edition. This series presents eight talented image-makers from both the fair's Curiosa Sector and Foam Talent 2021. Each of the episodes welcomes two photographers, one of each organisations' talent programme. Brought together by a common theme and approach, the photographers speak about their projects and motivations, as well as the challenges they encounter.

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In Search of Perfect Orange
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In Conversation with Marina Abramović

Blommers & Schumm Mid-Air

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Untitled, 2015. Kelso, Scotland.

Untitled, 2016. Kerala, India.

Aggie, 2014. Kefalonia, Greece.

#4 / Red

Foam Paul Huf Award

Quantified Landscape 3

Paper Girl 2

Shenasnameh by Amak Mahmoodian

Announcement Winner Foam Paul Huf Award 2024

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In search of solitude with Steffi Reimers

EXTREMES – The Environmental Issue:
New ways of visualising climate change in Foam Magazine

FPHA Jury Announcement 2025

Foam 3h: Benjamin Li - In Search of Perfect Orange

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Waste Identity: Passports for Plastic & Bola Bola Living by Aàdesokan

Sarah Amrani - Terror of Beauty

Paris Photo x Foam Talks: Talent Edition

conceptual

Paolo CirioArtist of the Post-Panopticon Era

In Search of Perfect OrangeAbout the work of Benjamin Li

On Transience – Theme Text Foam Magazine #64: EXTREMES–The Environmental Issue

In Conversation with Marina Abramović

Blommers & Schumm Mid-Air

Next Level

Untitled, 2015. Kelso, Scotland.

Untitled, 2016. Kerala, India.

Aggie, 2014. Kefalonia, Greece.

#4 / Red

Foam Paul Huf Award

Quantified Landscape 3

Paper Girl 2

Shenasnameh by Amak Mahmoodian

Announcement Winner Foam Paul Huf Award 2024

Collection

In search of solitude with Steffi Reimers

EXTREMES – The Environmental Issue: New ways of visualising climate change in Foam Magazine

FPHA Jury Announcement 2025

Foam 3h: Benjamin Li - In Search of Perfect Orange

Explore

Waste Identity: Passports for Plastic & Bola Bola Living by Aàdesokan

Sarah Amrani - Terror of Beauty

Paris Photo x Foam Talks: Talent Edition

Paolo Cirio
Artist of the Post-Panopticon Era

In Search of Perfect Orange
About the work of Benjamin Li

EXTREMES – The Environmental Issue:
New ways of visualising climate change in Foam Magazine