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‘This dog, I saw it on a bike with his owner. I really wanted to photograph this dog, but the owner wanted to have sex with me. So I had to make a thousand nude pictures, before I could make this one picture of the dog.’, 2012 © Jan Hoek courtesy Galerie Ron Mandos

Jan Hoek - Me & My Models

January 23, 2013  by Crawford, Jonathan

Laura Koenen, from the Department of Man and Communication at the Design Academy in Eindhoven, has made this trailer for the Foam 3h show, Jan Hoek - Me & My Models.

Woman with Pearls, 1967 © Vivian Maier

The City As Playground

January 21, 2013  by Bareman, Karin

Karin Bareman shares her thoughts on the works of photographer Vivian Maier and artist Ai Weiwei who both portrayed urban America.

Bill Henson, from Lux et Nox, 2002

On Drowning and Burning: Photography and Swimming

January 10, 2013  by Teichmann, Esther

"The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears or the sea." (Isak Dinesen)

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Doug Aitken: The Source - Stephen Shore

January 09, 2013  by Crawford, Jonathan

Doug Aitken talks to photographer Stephen Shore about his work, his methods and his time spent as a young photographer at The Factory in New York with Andy Warhol.

Chicago © Ray Metzker

Metzker’s Composites

January 07, 2013  by Engman, Chris

Between 1964 and 1968, Ray Metzker made a group of extraordinary composited images.

Hand stencils, El Castillo, Spain

Images and Emergence

January 03, 2013  by Schles, Ken

Ken Schles considers how image-making, like other forms of technology, has implications far beyond its primary purpose.

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Gifts, Greetings and Books (of the year)

December 21, 2012  by Schles, Ken

Ken Schles wraps up 2012 with an overview of his book publishing projects.

Canadian Art Photography and the Canadian Imagination, Penny Cousineau-Levine

No Canada

December 13, 2012  by Clarke, Chris

Chris Clarke looks at the notion of Canadian photography after rediscovering 'Faking Death' in a Belfast bookshop.

Is This Place Great or What? © Brian Ulrich

Patriotic Shopping

December 06, 2012  by Kurtis, Seba

Seba Kurtis meets up with Brian Ulrich to talk about his book based on the idea of patriotic shopping in the US.

Untitled, from Mythologies, 2012 © Esther Teichmann

Inside The Camera's Belly

December 03, 2012  by Teichmann, Esther

Esther Teichmann, one of this year's Foam Magazine Talents, is inspired by the camera obscura in her first piece for Foam Blog.

Gangster © Weegee

From the Archive - Weegee

November 30, 2012  by Crawford, Jonathan

On Monday this week, not a single incident of crime was recorded in the city of New York.

MGM recording Leo the Lion (whose real name was Jackie) roaring for its official movie title logo which was first used for MGM's first talking picture 'White Shadows in the South Seas' in 1928. Jackie was used as the MGM logo for all of their films from 1928 to 1956 and was the first lion to appear in a Technicolor film in 1932 (courtesy The John Kobal Foundation)

Jackie The Lion

November 14, 2012  by Best, Suky

Suky Best looks at MGM's use of the big cat in their company's logo and title sequence.

Faro and Doris Caudill Homesteaders Pie Town NM, 1940 © Russell Lee

From the Archive - Bound For Glory

November 09, 2012  by Crawford, Jonathan

So Obama won a second term as President of the United States of America. And as he said in his victory speech, 'the best is yet to come'.

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Representation And Its Double

November 08, 2012  by Schles, Ken

Ken Schles explains photography's infinite capacity to distort our understanding of reality as well as add to it.

Palmyra Street New Orleans © Diederik Meijer

From The Archive - Diederik Meijer

November 02, 2012  by Crawford, Jonathan

The arrival of storm Sandy on the east coast of the US this week made me wonder how this kind of natural disaster has been portrayed by photographers in the past.

Spiral Jetty, landscape art by Robert Smithson © Chris Engman

Greetings from a Pilgrimage

October 16, 2012  by Engman, Chris

Chris Engman takes a trip to see Robert Smithson's landscape artwork, Spiral Jetty, from 1970.

Marine Layer, from the book, Oculus © Ken Schles

The Scale of Reality

October 08, 2012  by Schles, Ken

For all creatures the scale and order of their reality mimics their physical and sensory abilities.

from the series 'The Spectre of Theatre' © Victor Cobo

An Interview with Victor Cobo

October 05, 2012  by Brown Michael Christopher

Michael Christopher Brown interviews fellow photographer Victor Cobo.

Stolen Moments © Yasmine Chatila

Stolen Moments Stories 03

September 14, 2012  by Chatila, Yasmine

Yasmine Chatila is back to share another diary extract from her surveillance project.

Working on Commission © Evan Baden

Working on Commission

September 07, 2012  by Baden, Evan

Evan Baden reports on aiming for the right balance between commissioned work and personal photography projects.

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