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 in 2015. The artwork is a digital pigment print. It explores themes as 

Maldoror #6, 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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Experimental Lake is set around a world-class research facility looking into human impact on nature. It is situated within the pristine natural environment of the Experimental Lakes Area (ELA) in north-west Ontario, Canada. 58 lakes comprise a natural laboratory where a community of international scientists test the effect of new chemical substances and other human inventions on the environment. Their daily activities are monitored by Simoneau as a complex ecosystem in its own right, much like a scientist studies his specimen. Results from case-studies done in the ELA inform environmental policies worldwide. Similarly, Simoneau’s small observations speak of a universal interconnectedness between man and nature, as increasingly mediated through science – and photography. 

Location lab one, on location ELA, Canada, 2015 from the series Experimental Lake

Location lab one, on location ELA, Canada, 2015

 in 2018. The artwork is a digital pigment print and displayed at 41 x 55 cm. It explores themes as 

Lightning Storm Flare from the series Experimental Lake

Lightning Storm Flare

Mayflies by D. McLeod, on location ELA, Canada from the series Experimental Lake

Mayflies by D. McLeod, on location ELA, Canada

 in 2016. The artwork is a c-print soaked in Lake Vyrnwy water and is displayed at 76.2 x 50.8 cm. The artwork makes use of 

Using his surroundings as an additive medium, Brandt’s printed photographs are bathed in a mixture of water collected from the site in which the composition was derived. Through this experimental process, the artist becomes closer to his specific subjects and gains a better understanding of his surroundings as a whole. This controlled technique mirrors the chemical composite of the photographed landscape and therefore symbolises today’s ecological concerns about the deterioration of our natural world.

Lake Vyrnwy, Wales D1, 2016 (dyptich)

 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 series Marble Ass

Foam produced a series of podcasts on the occasion of Foam Talent 2022. In this second episode, host and curator of this year's Foam Talent exhibition Mirelva Berghout speaks with Foam Talent Pavo Marinović and special guest Barbara Gregov.

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The Feast Inside, from the series Paintings Dreams and Love

Talent Talks 2022 - Pavo Marinović & Barbara Gregov

Image from the series Monuments

Unprecedented times have challenged us and the rapid shifts in nature are causing urgency amongst global conversations. How can our past help guide us into the future? 

On Earth⁠ - Matthew Brandt

Making a Lakes and Reservoirs print with Matthew Brandt

Ana Mendieta, Imágen de Yágul (Image from Yagul), 1973, Color photograph, 19 x 12 1/2 inches

Article: Nature's Limbo by Kim Knoppers

Podcast: Re-looking at our Natural Environment with Douglas Mandry

Monuments / Altesch #08, 2018

Nature's Limbo

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Ara Güler - A Play of Light and Shadow

Foam presents a podcast series around the exhibition Foam Talent 2020. Listen to Foam Talks: Talent Edition to dive deeper into the portfolios of this year's Foam Talents.

Concept: Mirjam Kooiman and Amelie Schüle

Mastering & Mixing: Andersen Audio Productions

The Foam Talent programme and the annual Talent issue of Foam Magazine are supported by The Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation, the VandenEnde Foundation and the Niemeijer Fund.

Foam Talent is made possible by Kleurgamma Fine-Art Photolab, Starframe, Oschatz Visuelle Medien and the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia.

Foam Magazine is sponsored by Igepa Netherlands BV, supplier of excellent paper.

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

The tenth episode of Foam Talks welcomes the Swiss artist Douglas Mandry, whose work is currently part of the Foam Talents 2020 exhibition. His work is characterized by his experimental use of historic photographic techniques and self-invented processes, through which he reconfigures depictions of our natural environment.

Foam produced this episode as part of a special series of podcasts on the occasion of Foam Talent 2020. Each episode focusses on one artist aiming to evoke a conversation around their approach, offer an insight into the discourses surrounding a specific project, contextualizing it within the photography field while not forgetting the personal stories and dreams behind it. The conversations are moderated by Mirjam Kooiman, curator of the Foam Talent 2020 exhibition.

Monuments with Douglas Mandry

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.

from the series Rasmi

Foam Talks x Paris Photo - Sarker Protick & AnaMary Bilbao

Sunny Day Flooding, Hollywood, Florida, 2019

Foam Talks x Paris Photo - Igor Tereshkov & Anastasia Samoylova

Smoke Me, 2019

From the series The Mind is a Voice, the Voice is Blind

Paris Photo x Foam Talks: Talent Edition

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Galata Docks, Istanbul, 1962

Tophane, Istanbul, 1958

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.

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

For the second event in the Foam and Polaroid series, we're thrilled to welcome Ellen Carey - an American lens-based artist, and John Reuter - a photographer and executive director of the 20x24 Studio.

Join us on 22 November to learn how the development of Polaroid’s technology influenced their practice and elevated the perception of photography as fine art. 

Crush & Pull with Hands & Penlights, 2023

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Colored Hands, 1975

Self Portrait, 1987

Pulls with Penlights, 2007

I am very much an American artist, one that has benefited from all the cultural, social and political advances of the twentieth century. The great invention that is instant film- the game changer in photography and science and art - offers me a chance to combine innovation with imagination echoing Polaroid's tag line "See what develops"

Polaroid I-2

Crush & Pull with Rollbacks, 2021

Woman in Tuscan Landscape

Art & Technology in Polaroid & Photography

Foam x Polaroid: Art & Technology in Polaroid & Photography

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.

Mount Ararat, 1965

Florya, Istanbul, 1948

Foam Publications Ara Güler A Play of Light and Shadow

Foam Talks podcast

Ara Güler 

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Join us for the opening of the new exhibitions 

The shows will be opened by special guest Gunay Uslu (State Secretary Culture and Media of the Netherlands) on 

 You are welcome from 20.00 until 22.00 hrs for this festive event with free entrance, drinks, and music by the 

Image from the series After Anahit

Opening Ara Güler

Untitled, 2013

An encounter with Davison’s imagery is like a compressed and flattened experience of advertising, photojournalism, and experimental photography in one. 

Foam Magazine #45: Talent

Jack Davison

[2016] Untitled from the series Color Photographs, 2015

Installation shot of Site / Cloud by Daisuke Yokota at Foam

Installation shot of the exhibition Matter by Daisuke Yokota at Foam in 2017

Like many other students around me, when I first started photography I was greatly stimulated by photographers like Daido Moriyama, Takuma Nakahira, Kikuji Kawada, Nobuyoshi Araki andd Masahisa Fukase. Even if I wasn’t conscious of it, I was influenced by major Japanese groups like VIVO and Provoke. However, after I graduated from college, everything became digital, and I think that freed me up from this tradition.

Foam Magazine #36: Talent

Daisuke Yokota

Visit Foam during Museumnacht Amsterdam and participate in a number of fun and engaging activities. Watch powerful poetry performances, join a sake tasting or design your own print in the 

Join us with your Museumnacht Amsterdam ticket on 6 November from 19.00 - 00.00 hrs.

Museumnacht Amsterdam, 2021

Museumnacht Amsterdam, 2019

Museumnacht Amsterdam 2021

Foam invites you to a musical evening inspired by the exhibition Fixing Shadows with visual artist Eric Gyamfi and composer Danny van de Lugt.

Music and Photography; this might seem like an unlikely combination at first. However, still images can most certainly contain music or sound. During this special evening image and sound will alternate each other. A conversation with the artist will be followed by a sonic performance by composer Danny van de Lugt.
<img src="https://a.storyblok.com/f/113697/595x298/4e8a0407dc/untitled_0_from_the_series_fixing_shadows__julius_and_i_c_eric_gyamfi_595x298.jpg" alt="" width="595" height="298" />Untitled, from the series Fixing shadows; Julius and I, 2018 &copy; Eric Gyamfi
Photographer Eric Gyamfi, born in Ghana, made the series Julius and I inspired by American minimal music composer, Julius Eastman. Gyamfi&rsquo;s most recent work plays with the notions around experimental compositions, repetitiveness and the fact that Eastman&rsquo;s compositions would contain theme&rsquo;s from previous pieces. In a similar fashion Gyamfi produces a countless number of variations of two images, where climate, amongs other circumstances, influenced the final outcome of his images, or more precisely; cyanotypes. The images are combined with whatsapp-messages narrated by his friends and even strangers, who explain the images in very different ways.
Danny van de Lugt, also known as Rural Juror, translates in his compositions non-audible data into sound. In previous projects Van de Lugt translated pictures and spaces into soundscapes. Van de Lugt enabled this by using an algorithm, which he wrote himself. After the performance both artists will reflect and respond to their respective works and the audience can join the conversation.
Visit this event and other&nbsp;<a href="/museum/programme/for-members">events</a> as a <a href="/about/memberships">Foam Member</a>.
Read more about the exhibition&nbsp;Eric Gyamfi - Fixing Shadows, on view at Foam from 13 December 2019 until 11 March 2020&nbsp;<a href="/museum/programme/eric-gyamfi">here</a>.
Eric Gyamfi is the winner of the 13th Foam Paul Huf Award, which is awarded annually by an international jury to talented photographers under the age of 35.
The exhibition is made possible by Kleurgamma Fine-Art Photolab.
The Foam Paul Huf Award is made possible by the generous support from an anonymous partner.
Foam is supported by the BankGiro Loterij, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, Gemeente Amsterdam, Foam Members, Olympus and the VandenEnde Foundation.

<div class="sidebar__content">event info 
Saturday 14 December 2019 18.00 - 20.00 hrs
 PRICE &euro;10 regular rate &euro;8&nbsp;<a href="/about/memberships" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Foam Members</a>
 LANGUAGE English</div>

Resonance: Artist Talk & Sonic Performance

The Mai Man&oacute; House presents the exhibition Back to the Future. The 19th Century in the 21st Century. 

Spanning a dialogue between contemporary positions and those of the nineteenth century, the exhibition Back to the Future displays what the photographic medium was, what it is, and what it will be in the near future.&nbsp;
<img src="https://a.storyblok.com/f/113697/1697x1302/18358b1d30/ferns_i__working_collage_c_karl_blossfeldt.jpg" alt="" width="595" height="457" /> Ferns I, Working collage, before 1928 &copy; Karl Blossfeldt Archiv / Stiftung Ann und J&uuml;rgen Wilde, Pinakothek der Moderne, M&uuml;nchen
The current position of photography has much in common with the early years of the medium, when experiments with new photographic techniques were carried out on a grand scale. In a spirit of openness, excitement, freedom, curiosity and non-conformity, the nineteenth century pioneers of photography experimented with the technological and visual potential of the medium. They tested various methods and processes, but these were far from fully developed. Innovators with different backgrounds and from a variety of disciplines were looking for the best ways to capture the world. Taking pleasure in the making of images, and with a similar drive for experimentation, these early photographers shared a common mentality with many artists today.
The contemporary artists selected for the exhibition Back to the Future all use the foundations of photography: light, darkroom and chemistry, but in a non-traditional way. Each artist honours the history of the medium of photography by experimentally re-inventing it. The image is considered a material object with its own texture regardless of whether it is an analogue or digital object.
This exhibition is an initiative of Foam in collaboration with C/O Berlin, Germany.
Foam is supported by the BankGiro Loterij, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, City of Amsterdam, Olympus and the VandenEnde Foundation. 
Participating artists: Sylvia Ballhause (DE), Karl Blossfeldt (DE), Bownik (PL), Matthew Brandt (US), Sam Falls (US), Jenő Gothard (HU), Spiros Hadjidjanos (GR), Thomas Hauser (FR), Nicolai Howalt (DK), Adam Jeppesen (DK), Thomas Mailaender (FR), Taiyo Onorato &amp; Nico Krebs (CH), Johan &Ouml;sterholm (SE), Jaya Pelupessy &amp; Felix van Dam (NL), Antal Prib&eacute;k (HU), Stephen Thompson (GB), Simon van Til (NL), Ferenc Veress (HU) and various anonymous artists.
Loans for this exhibition are from ELTE Gothard Astrophysical Observatory (HU), Foam (NL), The Archive of Modern Conﬂict (UK), Medical Museion / University of Copenhagen (DK), The New Carlsberg Foundation (DK), Dick Meijer Antiquities (NL), Hungarian Museum of Photography (HU), Un_Spaced (FR), Galerie Eva Presenhuber (CH), Martin Asb&aelig;k Gallery (DK), Yossi Milo Gallery (US), LVMH M&eacute;tiers d&rsquo; Art Collection (FR), NBA (DE), Die Photographische Sammlung/ SK Stiftung Kultur (DE), Ravestijn Gallery (NL), Episcopal Library of Sz&eacute;kesfeh&eacute;rv&aacute;r (HU) and from the artists. We are grateful to all of them.

<div class="sidebar__content">Back to the Future 
1 February - 17 March 2019 Tuesday - Sunday 12.00 - 19.00 hours Closed on Mondays and public holidays 
Hungarian House of Photography - Mai Man&oacute; House H-1065 Budapest, Nagymező utca 20 <a href="https://www.google.nl/maps/dir//Hungarian+House+of+Photography+-+Mai+Mano+House,+Budapest,+Nagymez%C5%91+u.+20,+1065+Hongarije/@47.5035322,19.0248255,13z/data=!4m8!4m7!1m0!1m5!1m1!1s0x4741dc6c136f4e81:0x3f6ada8729a0315c!2m2!1d19.0598448!2d47.5035375?hl=nl">Directions</a></div>

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Visiting the French capital during <a href="https://www.parisphoto.com/">Paris Photo</a> (8 - 11 November 2018)? Here is the top pick of events and exhibits you shouldn't miss according to Foam's curators.

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<li>PHOTOBOOK AWARDS <img src="https://a.storyblok.com/f/113697/600x400/4298d64a61/pba_leader_01_featured_0.jpg" alt="" width="595" height="397" /> &copy; Katie Booth Initiated by Aperture Foundation and Paris Photo, The PhotoBook Awards celebrate the photobook&rsquo;s contribution to the evolving narrative of Photography. The 35 best photobooks of 2018 have been selected by a professional jury. The winners of the three awards (First PhotoBook, PhotoBook of the Year, and Photography Catalogue of the Year) are announced on 9 November at Paris Photo. <a href="/museum/programme/masahisa-fukase">Masahisa Fukase</a>, <a href="/museum/programme/loading-works-from-the-foam-collection">Daisuke Yokota</a> and <a href="/museum/programme/reflected-paris">Lieko Shiga</a> are among the nominees. <a href="https://programme.parisphoto.com/en/programme-2018/photobook-awards.htm">&gt; See the full list of nominees</a> </li>
<li>JEU DE PAUME EXHIBITION <img src="https://a.storyblok.com/f/113697/847x1100/7976bdb65e/2018_dorothealange-011.jpg" alt="" width="595" height="773" /> &copy; The Dorothea Lange Collection, the Oakland Museum of California, City of Oakland. Gift of Paul S. Taylor&nbsp; During Paris Photo Jeu de Paume is showing a retrospective devoted to Dorothea Lange (1895-1965), one of the twentieth century&rsquo;s most important photographers.&nbsp; <a href="https://agenda.parisphoto.com/detail,dorothea_lange__politiques_du_visible.htm?zoom=A90A2AF0-4FF6-DFD6-8F5A-FF4C19546592">&gt; Read more about Jeu de Paume exhibition</a> </li>
<li>THE PLATFORM <img src="https://a.storyblok.com/f/113697/3000x1500/6bb2ada9b3/artist-talk-goudal.jpg" alt="" width="595" height="298" /> Trail, from the series Haven Her Body Was, 2012 &copy; No&eacute;mie Goudal The Platform&nbsp;is an experimental forum at Paris Photo: a four-day programme of live talks, discussions and&nbsp;interviews on different subjects around photography. This year, the themes are: women, the exception?; on the new sector curiosa: eroticism, bodies and sexual identities; and the exhibition as medium. On Saturday 10 November 3.30pm <a href="https://shop.foam.org/en/foam-magazine-foam-magazine-32-talent-2012.html">No&eacute;mie Goudal</a> will go in conversation about the exhibition as medium. <a href="https://programme.parisphoto.com/en/programme-2018/platform.htm">&gt; View the full Platform programme</a> </li>
<li>ECAL AT PARIS PHOTO 2018: MIRAGE CLUB <img src="https://a.storyblok.com/f/113697/4577x2480/1e1ad3023d/2c46ddf601cd59216cfcd04657475e48.jpg" alt="" width="595" height="322" /> &copy;&nbsp;ECAL/Johanna Hull&aacute;r 
Guided by Golgotha Studio, students from the Photography Master&rsquo;s at ECAL have explored potential advantages and drawbacks of the Computer Generated Imagery (CGI) processes by investigating their illusionary powers. During Paris Photo, an immersive installation will guide you through a labyrinthine space, a physical translation of the complexity of our relationship to photographic media.&nbsp;
<a href="http://www.ecal.ch/en/3909/events/exhibitions/ecal-at-paris-photo-2018-mirage-club">&gt; Read more about the project </a> </li>
<li>LE BAL EXHIBITION <img src="https://a.storyblok.com/f/113697/350x350/fe358145a5/visite-le-bal-ok.jpg" alt="" width="595" height="595" /> DAVE HEATH. Chicago, 1956 &copy; Dave Heath / Courtesy Michael Torosian&nbsp; During Paris Photo, Le Bal is showing Dialogues with Solitudes by Dave Heath.&nbsp;As early as the 1950s, he is one of the first to express so radically, particularly in his manifesto A Dialogue with Solitude (1965), the sense of alienation and isolation inherent to modern times. As the first major presentation of his work in France, the exhibition brings together about 150 vintage prints and original models.&nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="https://agenda.parisphoto.com/detail,dave_heath__dialogues_with_solitudes.htm?zoom=57E589AF-6F60-9C56-7CA4-12A5B236F9DB">&gt; Read more about the Le Bal exhibition</a> </li>
<li>OFFPRINT PARIS To celebrate the tenth edition of Offprint Paris, 130 independent publishers in art, photography and design, from 19 different countries, come together at the Beaux-Arts in Paris. <a href="https://shop.foam.org/en/foam-magazine/?mode=grid&amp;limit=15&amp;sort=default&amp;max=150&amp;min=0&amp;filter%5B%5D=73466">Foam Magazine</a> will have its own booth at Offprint Paris. <a href="http://offprint.org/?utm_source=Nieuwsbrief+Nederlands+Fotomuseum&amp;utm_campaign=cd492238b8-Nieuwsbrief_26.10.2018_COPY_01&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_186386eb4d-cd492238b8-197881829&amp;mc_cid=cd492238b8&amp;mc_eid=33a6cdf724">&gt; Read more about Offprint Paris 2018</a></li>
</ol>
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Foam Magazine will also have its own booth at Paris Photo's&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; fair (number Presse P6).
Image:&nbsp;Untitled, from the series Color Photographs, 2015 &copy; Daisuke Yokota
Foam is supported by the BankGiro Loterij, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, Delta Lloyd, City of Amsterdam, Olympus and the VandenEnde Foundation.

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8 - 11 November 2018
Grand Palais, Paris
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<a href="http://www.parisphoto.com">www.parisphoto.com</a>&nbsp;</div>

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Location lab one, on location ELA, Canada, 2015

Lightning Storm Flare

Mayflies by D. McLeod, on location ELA, Canada

Lake Vyrnwy, Wales D1, 2016 (dyptich)

Lake Vyrnwy, Wales D1, 2016 (dyptich)

Paper Girl 2

Talent Talks 2022 - Pavo Marinović & Barbara Gregov

Nature's Limbo

How can our past help guide us into the future?

Ara Güler - A Play of Light and Shadow

Monuments with Douglas Mandry

Paris Photo x Foam Talks: Talent Edition

Paul Kooiker - FASHION

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

Foam x Polaroid: Art & Technology in Polaroid & Photography

Ara Güler
A Play of Light and Shadow

Opening Ara Güler and Ece Gökalp

Museumnacht Amsterdam

Resonance: Artist Talk & Sonic Performance

Back to the Future | Maí Manó House

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