John Edmonds

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

John Edmonds (1989, US) is the winner of the Foam Paul Huf Award 2021. Part of this prize is the solo exhibition 

In his work, Edmonds examines issues of identity and power from an African-American perspective in an apparently simple yet essentially culturally complex way.

Face As Mask II, 2018

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Holding a Sculpture from the Ashanti, 2019

A Guard for the Gods, 2020

Still Life II, 2018

Anatolli & Collection, 2019

John Edmonds A Sidelong Glance

Opening Foam Talent | London, 2019

We can't live – without each other, 2019

Ka 2phisi yaka e pinky II, 2013, Her Story series

Tell the Trees to Smile

There Is Nothing New Under the Sun/See Daylight

The Act of Sitting

Malign Influences/The Holy Mountains

Koraal Tabak, 2016

[2016] Untitled from the series Color Photographs, 2015

Opening Foam Talent, 2022

Meet the Foam Talents, 2022

Woman I from the series FLAT DEATH and other pictures, 2015

Pictures of Women Working installation view Columbus Museum of Art 

From the series Home Leaving One for Another

Meet Foam Talents

Foam Talent Call 2023 now open!

Being selected as a Foam Talent puts you in the spotlight of the international photography world.

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Dialect, 2020

An internationally acclaimed photography prize awarded to artists whose creative vision speaks to our current time.

Foam Paul Huf Award

A fixed exhibition space in the museum that is exclusively oriented towards the innovative work of young talent from the Netherlands and abroad.

Foam 3h

Exhibition series that aims to introduce the public to innovative art created by young visual makers with ground-breaking use of photography.

Next Level

Grant established in memory of Florentine Riem Vis with the goal of supporting young photographic talents.

Florentine Riem Vis Grant

Opening de Meervaart 

Youth development programme that focusses on up-and-coming talent within various cultural houses in Amsterdam.

Foam Forward

Talent Programmes

Image from the series Dialect

wins Foam Paul Huf 
Award 2023

Felipe Romero Beltrán

A biennial fellowship for three promising emerging photographers working in the artistic field.

recommended Olympus Fellowship

Foam was one of the founding partners of Unseen Amsterdam. Each year, Unseen is the place where many renowned galleries worldwide reveal artist's work

Unseen Photo Fair

Your Foam, 2021

The Your Foam team consists of MBO students from a variety of educations.

Your Foam

Foam Lab was a cultural traineeship for young professionals that offered suitable work experience within the museum. 

Foam Lab

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Talent

John Edmonds - A Sidelong Glance, 2022

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Winner Foam Paul Huf Award 2023

Jury 2023

In his Dialect series, Romero Beltrán works with young people who have illegally crossed the maritime border between Morocco and Spain and are waiting for their migratory status to be resolved in Seville. The photographs are explorations of these young people's experiences, in which the body engages in dialogue with their memories and the time spent waiting in the migratory centre. 

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Other talent inititatives

Image from the series Arrival

Image from the series Tell the trees to smile

Image from the series Where I was Born

Image from the series Italia o Italia

Image from the series Tupamaras Technophallus

Image from the series Dairy Character

Image from the series Except the clouds

Image from the series Trans Human Nature

Image from the series Evidence

Image from the series Mr & Mrs Das

Image from the series Escaping the Heatwave

Image from the series Languor

Image from the series Hidden

Mom (detail), 2016

Felipe Romero Beltrán wins FPHA 2023

Club Foam is a dynamic group of photography and art enthusiasts between the ages of 25 and 40 who are actively involved with Foam.

Tree #1, from the series Tree, 2006

Untitled (Two Girls Embrace), 2018

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For photography lovers who like to visit Foam with friends and family. You get free admission to Foam with up to four people and annual invitations to two previews of new exhibitions.

Free Guided Tour, 2022

Pink Ladies and Pear, 2012

Resultaat Straatfotografie Cursus, 2017

Folder #1 from the series Building Images, 2010

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Share your membership with someone and never visit the museum alone. Foam Fan+ members also receive annually an issue of Foam Magazine and an invitation to a Foam photography workshop.

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Foam Fan+

Foam Fan Plus

Start your annual membership with Foam at entry level. Foam Fans are lovers of photography who want to support the art form and the museum itself.

The red bags are used for the seeds, 2021

New Western Views

Nike See, Nike Do, 2019

Opening Liz Johnson Artur & Foam 3H 

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Foam Fan

On Tuesday 8 and Friday 18 March, the museum will open its doors exclusively for Foam Members. Come and see the new exhibitions 

 by John Edmonds before opening hours, from 08.00 - 10.00 hrs.

Member Hours are open to Foam Fans(+) and Family, members of Club Foam, Foam Fund, and employees of Foam's Corporate Partners. Showing your Foam pass or employee pass will give you access to the museum.

Francis Bacon on Primrose Hill, London, 1963

Elephant & Castle Underground, 1940

Member Hours: Bill Brandt and John Edmonds

Member Hours Bill Brandt & John Edmonds

Are you a member of Foam Fund or Club Foam? On Thursday 17 February, we offer an exclusive preview of the upcoming exhibitions 

Bill Brandt - The Beautiful and the Sinister

 for Foam Members prior to the public opening.

Exclusive preview of Bill Brandt and John Edmonds

Preview Bill Brandt and John Edmonds

john-edmonds

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

John Edmonds
A Sidelong Glance

Talent

Foam Paul Huf Award

Felipe Romero Beltrán wins Foam Paul Huf Award 2023

Club Foam

Foam Family

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Foam Fan

Member Hours: Bill Brandt and John Edmonds

Exclusive preview of Bill Brandt and John Edmonds

john-edmonds

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

John EdmondsA Sidelong Glance

Talent

Foam Paul Huf Award

Felipe Romero Beltrán wins Foam Paul Huf Award 2023

Club Foam

Foam Family

Foam Fan Plus

Foam Fan

Member Hours: Bill Brandt and John Edmonds

Exclusive preview of Bill Brandt and John Edmonds

John Edmonds
A Sidelong Glance