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.

This first episode of Foam Talks: Talent Edition is a conversation with New York based photographer Philip Montgomery, and the Director of Photography of The New York Times Magazine, Kathy Ryan. They have worked together on the occasion of different editorial assignments Ryan gave to Montgomery, in which both constantly seek to balance the fine line between photojournalism and fine art. Starting point of the conversation is Montgomery’s series Flash Points, with which he features in Foam Magazine’s Talent Issue of 2020 and the subsequent exhibition.

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. In addition, each conversation features a special guest that has a shared professional or personal connection to the artist. The encounters are moderated by Mirjam Kooiman, curator of this year's Foam Talent exhibition.

Image from the series Flash Points

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Picturing Tragedy with Philip Montgomery & Kathy Ryan

Foam Talent 2020: Flash Points by Philip Montgomery

Philip Montgomery documents America as if it was a crime scene. Each frame arresting; each composition rigorous; each scene, nuanced so as to let the action and inaction extend beyond the edges, beyond the moment, beyond what is taken.

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On 1 June 2021, Foam Talent Philip Montgomery and Managing Director Anne-Marie Beckmann from the Deutsche B&ouml;rse Photography Foundation will go into a live conversation about the latest acquisition of Philip's work for the Art Collection Deutsche B&ouml;rse.

There are many benefits of becoming a Foam Talent.&nbsp;As a valued sponsor of the Foam Talent Programme, each year the <a href="https://www.deutscheboersephotographyfoundation.org/en/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Deutsche B&ouml;rse Photography Foundation</a> acquires new works by the selected Foam Talent(s) to add to their international collection of contemporary photography. On 1 June 2021, Foam Talent Philip Montgomery will go into conversation with Anne-Marie Beckmann about the acquisition of works from Philip's series Flash Points.
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<img src="https://a.storyblok.com/f/113697/595x833/3e811fce31/595_montgomeryfoamtalent-014.jpg" alt="" width="595" height="833" />Image from the series Flash Points &copy; Philip Montgomery, courtesy of the artist.
ABOUT THE SERIES The series Flash Points is a portrait of American volatility&mdash;a view of a nation in flux, torn between its future and its past.&nbsp;The subjects of Montgomery&rsquo;s images are everyday Americans caught between moments of grief, crisis, anger, euphoria, fear, and relief. While working in the tradition of documentary photography, Montgomery&rsquo;s approach is markedly more cinematic, capturing in sharp relief a nation frozen like a film still&mdash;a tragedy unfolding without end.
DEUTSCHE B&Ouml;RSE PHOTOGRAPHY FOUNDATION Each year, the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.deutscheboersephotographyfoundation.org/en/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cke-saved-href="https://www.deutscheboersephotographyfoundation.org/en/">Deutsche B&ouml;rse Photography Foundation</a>&nbsp;acquires works by the selected Foam Talent(s) to add to their international collection of contemporary photography. Being included in a prestigious collection like the Art Collection Deutsche B&ouml;rse means getting a chance to further develop a career. It ensures that a wide audience of both professionals and the public at large will get to know the work of young artists. Established in 1999, the Art Collection Deutsche B&ouml;rse is considered one of the most important collections of contemporary photography and currently comprises over 2,000 works by about 130 international artists.
The Foam Talent Programme and the annual Talent issue of Foam Magazine are supported by&nbsp;the Deutsche B&ouml;rse Photography Foundation and the VandenEnde Foundation.
Foam Magazine is sponsored by Igepa Netherlands BV, supplier of excellent paper.
Foam is supported by the BankGiro Loterij, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, Foam Members, Gemeente Amsterdamand the VandenEnde Foundation.
In 2021 Foam receives additional support from Kickstart Cultuurfonds and the Mondriaan Fund.

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1 June 2021
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TIME 18.30 hrs CET
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Picturing Tragedy with Philip Montgomery & Kathy Ryan

Livestream: Philip Montgomery and Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation