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

Aby Fulani

Alex en Jerome, Seahorse Parents, 2022

Liam II, Seahorse Parents, 2022

Ruben and child, Seahorse Parents, 2022

"For me, Seahorse Parents is about self-love and embracing different gender identities."

Still from Seahorse Parents teaser

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Liam, Seahorse Parents, 2022

Seahorse Parents: interview with Liam, Alex, Ruben and Jerome

Still from Northern Winds with Jonathas de Andrade - Ammodo Docs

With my art projects, I approach people that historically experience oppression in many different ways. But still, their culture, their tradition, their way of keeping knowledge alive: they represent resistance in many ways.,

Still from the documentary Northern Winds with Jonathas de Andrade

Northern Winds: Artist Jonathas de Andrade’ Fascination with Jangadeiros | Ammodo Docs

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Northern Winds: Jonathas de Andrade’ Fascination with Jangadeiros

"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… “

Paolo Cirio: Artist of the Post-Panopticon Era

Dialect, 2020-2023

Dialect, 2023, Courtesy of LooseJoints

Installation view of Dialect

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Ask The Artist: Felipe Romero Beltrán

Marina Abramović photographed by Kwabena Appiah-nti, 2024

Test of Time: Marina Abramovich and Katy Hundertmark

Open Garden Days 2025

On Thursday, 4 September, Foam presents the evening programme 

: AI in the Archive, in collaboration with 

This symposium explores the power, vulnerability, and future of the photographic archive—particularly online archives—through the lens of collections related to the Second World War and heritage institutions. Hosted by Ahmet Polat, guest speakers 

Re-Enactment

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Preservation is Power: AI in the Archive

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Twee Keer Kijken, 2023

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

Foam Magazine is published once a year. Each issue is dedicated to a specific theme that is explored through work by both world-renowned image makers and newer, emerging talents. Accompanying essays, interviews and opinions by experts in the field come together to shape an in-depth and critical conversation.

Crafted with distinct editorial choices, Foam Magazine has been the recipient of several awards for its high-grade graphic design and quality of content.

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Foam Magazine #59: Histories - The Archival Issue, 2021 

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Image from the series Collection of Unjust Enrichment

Image from the series Where We ve Been, Where We re Going Why

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Created by Alessandro Imbriaco. The artwork is a c-print and displayed at 40 x 30 cm.

Waves from the Web, 2009

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Half hidden in the greenery of a small forgotten marsh somewhere on the outskirts of Rome, Italy, stands a woman named Luba. Her face, only just visible in the soft light of dusk, looks directly at the camera. For his series 

, photographer Alessandro Imbriaco visited this hidden spot at the periphery of one of Europe’s most visited cities. Due to a lack of housing, like so many migrants the Russian Luba and her Italian husband Piero were forced to build a life in all sorts of unconventional locations, for example hidden beneath flyovers and in narrow alleyways. Note how the leaves in the foreground seem to frame Luba’s portrait and create a sense of depth: as if the shrub forms a protective layer between her and the world around.  

, the Italian photographer Alessandro Imbriaco was selected for Foam Talent 2011. The story about Angela’s family’s life was shown as part of the group exhibition and in Foam Magazine #28 Talent. 

Luba from the series Angela's Garden

Luba

, photographer Alessandro Imbriaco seamlessly combines the portrait genre with documentary photography. In this image, traditional portrait photography techniques stand out: the subject is placed at the centre of the image, with the body turned slightly to the right while the head turns back to face the camera. At the same time, Imbriaco creates a somewhat mysterious atmosphere by the poor quality of light that gently falls on her rosy cheeks. This mood is enhanced by the background: dark and wild shrubbery surrounds the timid-looking girl, named Angela. The portrait hides the dire reality of migrants leading a concealed and isolated life in a marshy area at the edge of Rome, Italy. Imbriaco’s comment on this work: “

The colours are interesting and muted, like a Garden of Eden where everything has gone wrong.

Angela from the series Angela's Garden

Angela

Created by Fleur van Dodewaard. The artwork is an inkjet print on aluminum and displayed at 50 x 37.5 cm.

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What does this photograph remind you of?  

Dutch artist Fleur van Dodewaard’s work is all about questioning the way we look at art objects and at the creative process. In her 

, Van Dodewaard offers a unique interpretation of a subject often considered a cliché in the world of photography: the setting sun. 

The yellow reflection in the round mirror serves on the one hand as a minimalist representation of the sun, while it allows the artist to play with the idea of photography as an illusory medium on the other. A mirror always shows something other than itself, namely what it reflects. In this way the artist encourages the viewer to think again about what they really see.  

Apart from presenting her work in the group exhibitions 

. In an interview Van Dodewaard describes how this series came to be. 

#567 from the series Sun Set Series

#567

Sunset may well be one of the most photographed moments ever. The changing colours of the sky, from bright orange to gentle hues of purple when the sun has almost slipped behind the horizon, are admired and recorded by countless people around the world, every day again. What do the colours of a sunset arouse in you? 

 presents a new perspective on the cliché image of a sunset within the world of photography. It consists of a series of images in which artist Fleur van Dodewaard repeatedly shows the different colours created by a sunset in the reflection of a circle-shaped mirror. The result is an abstract and minimalist interpretation of a setting sun, as demonstrated by 

#5 from the series Sun Set Series

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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

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Foam Talent 2024 | Frankfurt

From the series Blaze Orange / High Visibility

Fortune In My Thirties (2023) from the series Interfaces of Predictions

Foam Talent Digital 2024-2025

Studio Targets from the series High Visibility (Blaze Orange), 2021

One-Minute Workshop by Foam Talent Aaryan Sinha

Aaryan Sinha

One-Minute Workshop by Foam Talent Amin Yousefi

Amin Yousefi

One-Minute Workshop by Foam Talent Shwe Wutt Hmon

Shwe Wutt Hmon

One-Minute Workshop by Foam Talent Marisol Mendez

Marisol Mendez

One-Minute Workshop by Foam Talents Andrea Orejarena & Caleb Stein

Andrea Orejarena & Caleb Stein

authenticity (2 chainz) from the series BLACK SNAFU

Thero Makepe, par Cité internationale des arts

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Foam Talent 2024-2025

From the Archive: Medium of Exchange by Sheida Soleimani

Portrait of Janette Beckman

Jean and Chris, East Village, New York City, 1995

Salt-n-Pepa, New York City, 1987

Janette Beckman

How does a new generation of image-makers from Turkey use photography to reflect on the world around them? 

As part of the multi-year project Kısmet, this online group exhibition gives a snapshot of the emerging community of contemporary image-makers from Turkey. Kısmet is inspired by longstanding cultural, diplomatic and economic ties between Turkey and the Netherlands and delves into the diverse and intricate facets of Turkish visual culture, as seen through the lens of different generations of image-makers. Here, we present the work of four talented visual artists, born after 1990, whose voices will shape the vast visual landscape in Turkey, and beyond, in the upcoming years. 

Showing a diverse range of visual styles, what connects these four artists is the profound personal investment they put in their work. Their photography holds a personal dimension that goes beyond ‘merely’ having an affinity for the chosen subject matter. Rather, their practice and the resulting bodies of work reveal a deep connection to their perception of the world around them. What stands out are the distinct translations of their inner worlds, whether this is in the methodology, subject matter or aesthetics. 

For Oğulcan Arslan, the personal comes forward not only through the story he documents, but also through photographic techniques he uses. In 

, he intimately captures a friendship by adjusting light, exposure and composition to the emotions he experiences himself or from his friend. 

Alp Peker finds solace in their photographic practice to voice their protest against unspoken issues and social taboos they experience on a daily basis. Their photographs, shown here under the title 

, are an ode to the community Alp lives in, their goals, struggles, and weirdnesses.  

Kıvılcım S. Güngörün defines her work as autobiographical fiction. The collages in 

are a direct translation of her inner workings: intuitive visual responses to questions that pop into her mind, or new questions that arise during the process.  

, Cansu Yıldıran studies the power dynamics and gender inequality that they encountered in their ancestral village in Northern Turkey. Inspired by the personal stories of the women of their family, Cansu creates emotional atmospheres that investigate their own sense of identity, of belonging and the continuous search for a safe space.

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Oğulcan Arslan 

From the series All the Rivers Flow In the Nuthouse

               

Alp Peker

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From the series Amel Defteri: a notebook of deeds

From the series Amel defteri: A Notebook of Deeds

             

Kıvılcım S. Güngörün 

From the series I lab yu

From the series I Lab Yu

“My day becomes my laboratory, and I lab back.” 

                          

Cansu Yıldıran 

From the series The Dispossessed

      

Image from the series After Anahit, 2023

The Golden Horn, Istanbul

Dad and his Indian Friends, April 2017

Kısmet: New Perspectives. Four Contemporary Image-makers from Turkey

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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

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Foam Talent 2022 Frankfurt

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. 

interview

Young Human
An interview with ShuShu Sieberns

An interview with Seahorse Parents

Northern Winds: Jonathas de Andrade’s Fascination with Jangadeiros

Paolo Cirio
Artist of the Post-Panopticon Era

Ask The Artist:
Felipe Romero Beltrán

In Conversation with Marina Abramović

Preservation is Power: AI in the Archive

Twee Keer Kijken

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Luba

Angela

#567

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Foam Talent 2024 | Frankfurt

Foam Talent 2024-2025

Artists shaping the future of photography

From the Archive: Medium of Exchange by Sheida Soleimani

Kısmet: New Perspectives. Four Contemporary Image-makers from Turkey

Foam Magazine #63: FOOD!

Blind Spots

Tracing identity and championing untold histories.

Foam Talent 2022 Frankfurt

On Belonging

Perspectives of migration.

interview

Young HumanAn interview with ShuShu Sieberns

An interview with Seahorse Parents

Northern Winds: Jonathas de Andrade’s Fascination with Jangadeiros

Paolo CirioArtist of the Post-Panopticon Era

Ask The Artist: Felipe Romero Beltrán

In Conversation with Marina Abramović

Preservation is Power: AI in the Archive

Twee Keer Kijken

Foam Magazine

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Luba

Angela

#567

#5

Magazine

Collection

Foam Talent 2024 | Frankfurt

Foam Talent 2024-2025

Artists shaping the future of photography

From the Archive: Medium of Exchange by Sheida Soleimani

Kısmet: New Perspectives. Four Contemporary Image-makers from Turkey

Foam Magazine #63: FOOD!

Blind Spots

Tracing identity and championing untold histories.

Foam Talent 2022 Frankfurt

On Belonging

Perspectives of migration.

Young Human
An interview with ShuShu Sieberns

Paolo Cirio
Artist of the Post-Panopticon Era

Ask The Artist:
Felipe Romero Beltrán