Les Adu

On 26 June, Foam and photographer Les Adu are inviting you to become part of the project I Am. Take a seat in front of the camera, get your portrait taken and become part of an important, ongoing conversation.

Photographer Les Adu was deeply affected by the death of George Floyd and the subsequent outcry of the Black Lives Matter movement worldwide.&nbsp;As a reaction, Adu created over one hundred powerful portraits of his family, friends and acquaintances. The individual photographs voice their strength, resilience and pride.
How do we experience the world one year after the death of George Floyd? How can we come together and create a better world? Take a seat in front of the camera and get your portrait taken by Les Adu.&nbsp;During the photo session, Les Adu will ask you questions that make you think about important themes featured in the exhibition.
-&gt; Your entrance ticket gives you access to this event, which is held in the exhibition space on the third floor of the museum from 13.00 - 16.00 hrs. Send an email to <a href="mailto:projects@foam.org">projects@foam.org</a>&nbsp;to sign up. Part of the exhibition <a href="https://www.foam.org/museum/programme/foam-3h-les-adu-i-am">Foam 3h: Les Adu - I Am</a>.
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kQwE59ytzCs" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>Images from the series I Am, 2020 &copy; Les Adu, courtesy of the artist. Video by Yuri Yabi Blaak.
The exhibition is made possible by the Van Bijlevelt Foundation, the Leeuwensteinstichting and&nbsp;Kleurgamma Fine-Art Photolab.
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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26 June 2021
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TIME 13.00 - 16.00 hrs
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PRICE Your entrance ticket gives you access to this event on the third floor of the museum. Send an email to <a href="mailto:projects@foam.org">projects@foam.org</a>&nbsp;to sign up.</div>

Photo session Foam 3h: Les Adu - I Am

Foam 3h presents the work of photographer Les Adu. The series 

 consists of over one hundred powerful portraits that capture the strength and pride of his community who Adu documented in response to the death of George Floyd.

Image from the series I Am, 2020

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Discover the Magnum Contact Sheets exhibition during the free We Are Public tour on Saturday 14 November.

Magnum Contact Sheets shows the magic surrounding the all-encompassing 'decisive moment&rsquo; and how iconic images come to exist. This exhibition offers insight into the working methods of the world&rsquo;s most famed journalistic photographers, by looking at their original contact sheets. The exhibition consists of 60 contact sheets and associated single images and offers a chronological overview of outstanding historical moments from the 1930s to 2010. Subjects range from reportages of WOII, Prague Spring, icons such as Che Guevara, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King to the Balkan Wars and conflict in the Middle East.&nbsp;

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Saturday&nbsp;14 November 12.00 - 13.00 hrs.
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PRICE Free for <a href="http://wearepublic.nl/en/" target="_blank">We Are Public</a> members. Please remember to bring your pass.&nbsp;</div>

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Photo session Foam 3h: Les Adu - I Am

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