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Couples at square dance © Russell Lee

Save the last dance

May 07, 2013  by Bareman, Karin

Karin Bareman elaborates on how dancing has been captured in photography and film.

Ariella Azoulay’s appropriated photograph of the Palestinian town of Kufr Bir’im, loaned to her by second generation refugeee Nahida Zahra

Watching over Palestine

February 18, 2013  by Clarke, Chris

Chris Clarke uses Ariella Azoulay to explain how aerial photography in the Middle East distances combatants from the effects of military action.

Lezing WassinkLundgren 01, 2013 © Foam

Artist talk WassinkLundgren

February 07, 2013  by van Vianen, Margriet

Margriet van Vianen reports on the artist talk with photographer duo WassinkLundgren, held at Foam on Wednesday 30 January.

Hi from Tahir Square, Instagram © Laura El-Tantawy

Hi from Tahir Square

January 28, 2013  by Medde, Elisa

Elisa Medde considers an image from Foam Talent Laura El-Tantawy's instagram account.

Hungry, thirsty children hunt for precious water supplies on the edge of Aleppo, 2012 © Don McCullin

In The Dark

January 15, 2013  by Clarke, Chris

Chris Clarke reviews a Sky Arts Masterclass interview with Don McCullin, where he discusses the ethical intent of images and the era of citizen journalism.

Segbroek College 1 Den Haag, 2005 © Raimond Wouda

From the Archive - School

January 04, 2013  by Crawford, Jonathan

In her hit, The Greatest Love of All, Whitney Houston sang, 'I believe that children are our future'.

Untitled © Joan Colom

From The Archive - El Raval

December 14, 2012  by Crawford, Jonathan

Barcelona fans around the world have been enjoying the fact that they own the world's greatest footballer, Lionel Messi.

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.

Untitled, from the series 'No Man's Land', 2000-2004 © Larry Towell

From the Archive - No Man's Land

November 23, 2012  by Crawford, Jonathan

Hamas and Israel have been battering each other once again over Gaza.

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'.

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.

Halle / Saale II, 1988 © Matthias Hoch

Interrogating 'The Shuttered Society’

October 26, 2012  by Bohr, Marco

Marco Bohr reviews the exhibition 'Geschlossene Gesellschaft', a survey of art photography in the German Democratic Republic 1949-1989.

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.

Dutch Landscapes © Mishka Henner

The Camera Around Your Neck

July 13, 2012  by Kurtis, Seba

Seba Kurtis meets Mishka Henner to talk about appropriation and self-publishing in photography,

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A little shining diamond making a difference

July 12, 2012  by Mertens, Harry

Harry Mertens reviews the Foam Amsterdam's education project, 'Young and Old in New West'.

Montana & Illinois © Michael Christopher Brown

Like Father, Like Son

July 09, 2012  by Brown Michael Christopher

Michael Christopher Brown takes his father on a road trip across America and remarks on the qualities they share.

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The Queen of Versailles

June 15, 2012  by Crawford, Jonathan

Lauren Greenfield, whose work featured in Foam Magazine, is the director of the documentary, The Queen of Versailles.

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Wonder Trailer (Jessica Backhaus)

June 13, 2012  by Crawford, Jonathan

The trailer for 'Wonder', Foam For You's second documentary on professional photographers is out now.

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Foam and Cineville present 'Smash His Camera'

June 06, 2012  by Crawford, Jonathan

'Smash His Camera' will be playing at Kriterion on Sunday, 10 June at 19.30.

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Tbilisi Photo Festival 2012

May 30, 2012  by Crawford, Jonathan

Stanley Greene, who recently exhibited in Foam with 'Black Passport' is now guest of honour at the Tbilisi Photo Festival 2012.

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