Foam proudly presents the first overview of the work of South African photographer Ernest Cole. The exhibition includes parts of his archive, which had long been considered lost. As one of the first Black freelance photographers, Cole offered with his work an unprecedented view from the inside. Born in a township, Cole experienced the strains of apartheid first-hand.

The exhibition will be opened on Thursday 26 January in the presence of Leslie Matlaisane and James Sanders, representatives of the Ernest Cole Family Trust. You are welcome from 17.30 to 21.00 hrs at Foam. Register for free.

South Africa,  1960s

Foam

South Africa, 1960s

Opening Ernest Cole

On 18 January, Foam is hosting a special evening with Ariella Aïsha Azoulay, in collaboration with the Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis (ASCA) - a research community of the University of Amsterdam. 

The focus of the evening is the independent curator, writer and filmmaker’s newest film  

the world like a jewel in the hand – unlearning imperial plunder II

focuses on the destruction of the Jewish Muslim world that existed in North Africa and insists on making it imaginable and inhabitable again. It argues that objects held captive in museums and archives outside of the places from where they were looted are only the tip of the iceberg of the mass colonial plunder of Africa. 

After the film screening, Azoulay will go into conversation with 

 (Associate Professor in Film and Visual Culture at the Media Studies department, UvA) and 

 (Lecturer in Visual Culture, Amsterdam University College and Ph.D. Candidate at ASCA) to give further insight into her research on history, archives and imperialism.

Film still from the world like a jewel in the hand, 2022

Books, written and unwritten orders, archival documents, photographs, postcards, treaties and declarations, serve as the sites where imperial triumph is declared. The violence entwined with such a triumph is celebrated as the throes of history. But instead of accepting the verdict and treating these documents as sealed or these objects as pieces of art and relics of ‘history’, the film presents them as invitations to resistance, reinterpretation, and reclamation of a world deemed ‘lost’.

Film screening + talk with Ariella Azoulay 

Come and celebrate the opening of our newest exhibitions: 

by Bebe Blanco Agterberg. The exhibitions will be opened on 8 December by French style icon 

Join us from 18.30 until 22.00 hrs for this festive opening with free entrance, drinks, and music.

Untitled, 2022.

Untitled, 2020

Opening Paul Kooiker + Bebe Blanco Agterberg

by Mous Lamrabat in a unique way. Based on the expertise of young students, they will guide you through the exhibition with short interactive assignments.

The tour guides of Foam Forward all participated in a long term educational project at Foam. The students have a big heart for Foam and feel it is important to take visitors through the exhibition in their own refreshing way.

Ana love you more than my life, 2021

Mashallah with extra cheese, 2021

Liz Johnson Artur - of life of love of sex of movement of hope

Untitled, 2021

Foam Forward Tour Mous Lamrabat

Visit Foam during Museumnacht Amsterdam and participate in a number of fun and engaging activities. Join one of the surprise performances where the artists of 

 will start singing, dancing, or reciting a spoken word when you least expect it. Listen to the exclusive playlist by 

, or take your own portrait inspired by the museum's exhibitions: step into the colourful utopia of Mous Lamrabat or get to work with the visual language of the new Foam Talents.

Join us with your Museumnacht Amsterdam ticket on 5 November from 19.00 - 02.00 hrs.

Museumnacht Amsterdam, 2022

Museumnacht Amsterdam, 2021

Foam Fusion, 2017

Museumnacht Amsterdam, 2019

Museumnacht Amsterdam 2022

Do you want to learn how to make better portraits? Do you practise photography, but want to perfect your skills? Join our photography workshop for CJP members (18 - 30 years).

Nike See, Nike Do, 2019

Inner Journey

CJP Portrait Photography

Book launch Jaap Scheeren

Foam Editions is happy to welcome you to the festive book presentation of 

, a photo book made by Zindzi Zwietering, on Thursday 13 October at Foam's in-house gallery. During this event, we will present an exclusive and limited special edition of this book.

BRON © Zindzi Zwietering

Foam Editions

Book presentation Zindzi Zwietering

, we invite you to dive deeper into the exhibition together with the Foam Talents of 2022. 

Through a dynamic two-part programme, we will learn more about the work through personal presentations and interactive guided tours.

The event will start with a talk about how an artist's location influences their artistic practice. After a short break, we will move into the exhibition to speak with the talents about their installation. Additionally, they will speak about how the presentation of their work was developed for the exhibition.

Foam Talents who will be present during the event: 

Lina Geoushy, Czar Kristoff, Linn Phyllis Seeger and Donavon Smallwood. The full lineup of artists will be announced soon.

Languor

The Feast Inside, from the series Paintings Dreams and Love

Tours and Talks: Meet the Talents of 2022

Foam proudly presents the work of a new generation of artists in the group exhibition 

. The 20 participating artists look closely at both the world around us, and the one within - without shying away from discomfort or pain. Climate change, political conflict, discrimination, displacement, and social justice issues: the works address the pressing problems of our times and remind us that photography has the potential to capture the unspeakable.

Malign Influences/The Holy Mountains

Home/Leaving One for Another

Le Grand Voyage – Version Courte

Image from the series Inner Journey

Opening Foam Talent, 2022

Impression Foam Talent 2022

Impression of the exhibition

Foam Magazine 61 Talent. Image: Paintings, Dreams and Love

Foam Magazine #61: Talent, 2022

Featured in Foam Magazine #61

Foam Talent 2022

. The exhibition will be opened on 15 September in the presence of artists Diego Moreno, Marwan Bassiouni, Yushi Li and more. Join us from 18.30 until 22.00 hrs for this festive opening with free entrance, drinks and music.

Foam Talents that will be present during the opening: 

Ritsch Sisters, Czar Kristoff, Diego Moreno, Donavon	Smallwood, Donja Nasseri, Ghazaleh Rezaei, Laura Chen, Lina Geoushy, Linn Phyllis Seeger, Marvel Harris, Marwan Bassiouni, Olgaç Bozalp, Pavo Marinović, Yushi Li, 

Foam Talent 2022 Opening

In a series of online workshops, we offer practical advice on how to navigate working on assignments in the photo-media industry. The series offers an insight into best practices, tips and tricks. With guest speakers Eefje Ludwig and DOCKS Collective.

This online workshop dives deeper into the topics discussed in the online talk 

Navigating the Media Industry - Photographer's Perspective

People on the balcony of a house in Ahrweiler. On the first day after the flood, the extent of the destruction was difficult to assess, so there was a disastrous shortage of equipment and emergency personnel in the flooded area. Ahrweiler, July 15, 2021

Online (via Zoom)

From the series I can’t stand to see you cry

Archive of Public Protests

Collaborations, Collectives and Copyright

Workshop: Collaborations, Collectives & Copyright

Do you want to photograph the streets of Amsterdam and improve your creativity and photography skills? Foam's weekly Street Photography Course starts on 3 September. In four weeks, you will work towards a personal series of street photos.

Every week, we focus on a different aspect of street photography. You will get a specific assignment as a starting point and will obtain lots of tips along the way. Since you learn the most when you practice, we will spend most time dedicated to taking photos and working on your series. In the end, all results will be discussed within the group to learn to look critically and to find your own style.

Resultaat Straatfotografie Cursus, 2017

Resultaat Cursus Straatfotografie, 2018

Street Photography Course

For many photographers today – and especially for those whose practice is documentary - accepting and pursuing commissions and assignments within the media industry helps to build and contribute to a sustainable career. Through a series of talks and online courses, we will take a closer look at the dynamics of this industry. 

Sign up for the conversation on 17 August and learn more about how to navigate the territory between your own practice and the media industry at large. This second edition will focus on working on assignments from the perspective of the photographer.

we will dive deeper into the subject during the online course 

Navigating the Media Industry - Media Perspective

watch it back

From the series Tell The Trees To Smile

Navigating the media industry - Photographer's Perspective

Magnum On Assignment - Zooming In 2

Do you want to learn more about the photo narratives that helped shape Suriname's history? On the occasion of the exhibition 

, we are joined by author and co-curator Lucia Nankoe and programmer Raïsha Zeegelaar to dive deeper into the stories featured in the exhibition.

Lievendag-Overeem 

Gaitri-Sweeb 

Stories around Surinamese Wedding Portraits

Come and celebrate the opening of the new exhibition 

 by Anton Shebetko. At 18.00 hrs, Jim van Geel (Coordinator Public Programme at Rijksakademie and Curator Public Programme Young Design at Design Museum) will host a Q&A with Anton Shebetko.

You are welcome from 17.30 until 21.00 hrs during this festive opening with free entrance and drinks. In addition, the publication 

A Very Brief and Subjective Queer History of Ukraine

 will also be available during the opening.

Laslo, from the series To Know Us Better

Kinder Limo, from the series To Know Us Better

Opening Anton Shebetko

 portrays Queer Ukrainians who are living or temporarily staying in

Europe. The series shows people who moved to Europe after Russia's occupation of Crimea, the war in the East in 2014 and Russia's full invasion in 2022. The portraits and heartfelt interviews in this exhibition document their experiences and hopes for a better future.

Swan Wing Rock, 2021

Anton Shebetko - To Know Us Better 

In a series of online workshops, we offer practical advice on how to navigate working on assignments in the photo-media industry. The series offers an insight into best practices, tips and tricks. With guest speakers Tara Pixley and Rozette Rago.

This online workshop dives deeper into the topics discussed in 

Navigating the Media Industry - Media Perspective 

San Francisco Mayor London Breed photographed at a rally marking the first anniversary of Vicha Ratanapakdee's killing, photographed for Stand With Asian Americans, a non profit organisation.

Workshop: Photo Commissioning Practices

captures the artist's emotional reunion with his brother in the online video game PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), while they haven't been able to see each other in real life for ten years. 

Becoming a Ghost. Meeting Moment

Maybe my eyes turned blue, 2021

Interview with Giath Taha

Watch the interview with Giath Taha

Giath Taha

Come and celebrate the opening of a new exhibition at 

. The exhibition will open on 14 July in the presence of the artist. You are welcome from 17.30 pm until 21.00 hrs during this festive opening with free entrance and drinks.

Teaser

Opening Giath Taha

This spring, Foam will collaborate with Pakhuis de Zwijger on their ongoing 

series. In this special three-part series, we will connect the exhibited artists at Foam with two other experts.

In this third edition, we welcome artist Mous Lamrabat whose work is currently on show in 

 at Foam. Moderator Dymphie Braun will talk with Mous about his work and his take on the worlds he discloses. With guest speakers 

X-Rated#1, 2017

Pakhuis de Zwijger

Still from talk: Celebrating Moroccan heritage with Mous Lamrabat: Foam x Pakhuis de Zwijger

Celebrating Moroccan heritage with Mous Lamrabat: Foam x Pakhuis de Zwijger

Watch it back: 

Foam x Pakhuis de Zwijger:  Mous Lamrabat

Foam x Pakhuis de Zwijger: Mous Lamrabat

 is a collection of memorable photographs. The portraits come from the period from 1846 to 1954, when Suriname was still a Dutch colony. Together they cover almost a century of Surinamese history. The family photos and stories show the extent to which Surinamese people, under Dutch administration, migrated to all corners of the world. They often found their partner elsewhere, in places like Aruba, Curaçao or Bonaire, in the former Dutch East Indies, the Netherlands or North America. The strength of this collection of personal photos, therefore, lies in the many different connections that stretched all over the world.

Gaitri Sweeb 

Piare-Parabirsing

Lang-Kort 

Surinaamse Trouwportretten

 on 23 June in the presence of guest curator Lucia Nankoe, the initiator of this exhibition. Join the festive opening from 17.30 hrs onwards with free entrance and drinks. The official opening is at 18.00 hrs.

Opening Surinaamse Trouwportretten

Sign up for the talk on 22 June and learn more about how to navigate the territory between your own practice and the media industry at large. This first edition will approach working on assignments from the perspective of the photo-media industry at large. 

Want to learn more? On 27 July, we will dive deeper into the subject during the online course 

The Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Moscow, 2016

Watch it back: Navigating the Media Industry - Media Perspective

Magnum On Assignment - Zooming In 1

Dark Moon: Tales of the Afro-Turkish Diaspora

by Ahmet Polat during our two-day festival on 10 and 11 June. Through a series of fun and inspiring events, we will learn more about the 

Afro-Turkish diaspora and Turkey's plural heritage. 

On 10 June, we will explore an evening of coffee readings through warm conversations around the collective practice of drinking and reading Turkish coffee. On 11 June, we will organise a performance and talk at Galerie Mercatorplein.

Ahmet Sezer being photographed by his son Ahmet, Dark Moon Tales of the Afro-Turkish Diaspora, 2005-2022

MAQAM / Mercatorplein

Emir Ayse Kara Yavas photographed in Dalaman in 2009, Dark Moon Tales of the Afro-Turkish Diaspora, 2005-2022

Galerie Mercatorplein: Ahmet Polat – Dark Moon: Tales of the Afro-Turkish Diaspora, 2022

Dark Moon 2-Day Festival

Photographer Jaap Scheeren has a long history with Foam, starting with the exhibition 

 in 2006 together with Anouk Kruithof. On Thursday 9 June, he will return to present his new photo novel 

 in Foam Editions. During this festive evening, Jaap will present and sign his new book.

archived events

Opening Ernest Cole
House of Bondage

Film screening + talk with Ariella Azoulay the  world like a jewel in the hand

Opening Paul Kooiker FASHION and Bebe Blanco Agterberg Theater of Broken Memories

Interactive Tour:
Mous Lamrabat Blessings from Mousganistan

Museumnacht Amsterdam

Portrait Photography

Book presentation Zindzi Zwietering Bron

Meet the Foam Talents of 2022

Foam Talent 2022

Opening Foam Talent 2022

Collaborations, Collectives and Copyright

Street Photography Course

Navigating the media industry - Photographer's Perspective

Stories around Surinamese Wedding Portraits

Opening Anton Shebetko
To Know Us Better

Anton Shebetko
To Know Us Better

Photo Commissioning Practices

Foam 3h: Giath Taha
Becoming a Ghost

Opening Giath Taha
Becoming a Ghost

Foam x Pakhuis de Zwijger: Mous Lamrabat

Surinamese Wedding Portraits

Opening Surinamese Wedding Portraits

Navigating the Media Industry - Media Perspective

Two-day festival Dark Moon

Book launch Jaap Scheeren
Flipping the Bird

archived events

Opening Ernest Cole House of Bondage

Film screening + talk with Ariella Azoulay the world like a jewel in the hand

Opening Paul Kooiker FASHION and Bebe Blanco Agterberg Theater of Broken Memories

Interactive Tour: Mous Lamrabat Blessings from Mousganistan

Museumnacht Amsterdam

Portrait Photography

Book presentation Zindzi Zwietering Bron

Meet the Foam Talents of 2022

Foam Talent 2022

Opening Foam Talent 2022

Collaborations, Collectives and Copyright

Street Photography Course

Navigating the media industry - Photographer's Perspective

Stories around Surinamese Wedding Portraits

Opening Anton Shebetko To Know Us Better

Anton ShebetkoTo Know Us Better

Photo Commissioning Practices

Foam 3h: Giath Taha Becoming a Ghost

Opening Giath Taha Becoming a Ghost

Foam x Pakhuis de Zwijger: Mous Lamrabat

Surinamese Wedding Portraits

Opening Surinamese Wedding Portraits

Navigating the Media Industry - Media Perspective

Two-day festival Dark Moon

Book launch Jaap ScheerenFlipping the Bird

Opening Ernest Cole
House of Bondage

Film screening + talk with Ariella Azoulay the  world like a jewel in the hand

Interactive Tour:
Mous Lamrabat Blessings from Mousganistan

Opening Anton Shebetko
To Know Us Better

Anton Shebetko
To Know Us Better

Foam 3h: Giath Taha
Becoming a Ghost

Opening Giath Taha
Becoming a Ghost

Book launch Jaap Scheeren
Flipping the Bird