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Augusta Curiel – Yere Mi Sten: Foam celebrates 50 years of Srefidensi
On 25 November 1975, Suriname gained independence from the Netherlands. To mark the occasion, we look back on Augusta Curiel – Yere Mi Sten (Hear My Voice), the first retrospective exhibition in the Netherlands of one of the most significant photographers in the history of Suriname, which was on display at Foam from May until November 2025.
4 min readby Jilke Golbach
Ismail Ferdous: The Shared Pulse of Image and Sound
Foam celebrates its 25th anniversary in Paris with Ismail Ferdous, whose photography and DJ practice blend together into a rhythm of care, collectivity, and shared presence.
4 min readby Aya Musa
Foam Talent x Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation: acquisition of Aaryan Sinha's project This Isn't Divide and Conquer
The Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation announces the acquisition of work by Foam Talent 2024–2025 artist Aaryan Sinha. His series This Isn’t Divide and Conquer explores the enduring impact of the 1947 Partition of India through his family archive. This acquisition continues the Foundation’s long-standing support of Foam’s Talent Programme, through which one artist’s work is selected from each edition.
Foam Talent now highlights new developments and fresh work from previous Foam Talents. Anne-Marie Beckmann, Director of the Foundation and Curator of the collection, speaks with artist Aaryan Sinha about the evolution of his project and the significance of this acquisition.
6 min readby Anne-Marie Beckmann
I Can Make You Feel Good by Tyler Mitchell
Mitchell’s visions of radical joy, utopian settings, and lush landscapes reclaim and reimagine the representation of Black bodies, pointing, as Berghout writes, towards more generative futures.
Foam Magazine’s latest issue, Test of Time, celebrates the image-makers whose work has resonated most powerfully throughout our 25-year history.
4 min readby Mirelva Berghout
Amsterdam 750: Mounir Raji Captures the People Who Shape the City
As Amsterdam marks its 750th anniversary, Foam reflects on the people who quietly shape the city’s daily life. Through Mounir Raji’s lens, we turn our attention to the neighbourhoods, routines, and relationships that give Amsterdam its human heartbeat.
3 min readby Harriët Mbonjani
Hajar Benjida: Atlanta Made Us Famous
In 2021, Hajar Benjida was selected as one of 20 Foam Talents – young artists shaping the future of photography. Now her acclaimed series Atlanta Made Us Famous returns to Foam in expanded form, transforming the museum’s walls into an immersive evocation of Atlanta’s strip club scene.
Foam Talent now brings new developments and fresh work to the forefront from previous Foam Talents.
5 min readby Aya Musa
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Augusta Curiel – Yere Mi Sten: Foam celebrates 50 years of Srefidensi
On 25 November 1975, Suriname gained independence from the Netherlands. To mark the occasion, we look back on Augusta Curiel – Yere Mi Sten (Hear My Voice), the first retrospective exhibition in the Netherlands of one of the most significant photographers in the history of Suriname, which was on display at Foam from May until November 2025.
4 min readby Jilke Golbach
Ismail Ferdous: The Shared Pulse of Image and Sound
Foam celebrates its 25th anniversary in Paris with Ismail Ferdous, whose photography and DJ practice blend together into a rhythm of care, collectivity, and shared presence.
4 min readby Aya Musa
Foam Talent x Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation: acquisition of Aaryan Sinha's project This Isn't Divide and Conquer
The Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation announces the acquisition of work by Foam Talent 2024–2025 artist Aaryan Sinha. His series This Isn’t Divide and Conquer explores the enduring impact of the 1947 Partition of India through his family archive. This acquisition continues the Foundation’s long-standing support of Foam’s Talent Programme, through which one artist’s work is selected from each edition.
Foam Talent now highlights new developments and fresh work from previous Foam Talents. Anne-Marie Beckmann, Director of the Foundation and Curator of the collection, speaks with artist Aaryan Sinha about the evolution of his project and the significance of this acquisition.
6 min readby Anne-Marie Beckmann
With Myself by Annegret Soltau
On the occasion of Annegret Soltau’s long-overdue retrospective in Germany, Foam curator Claartje van Dijk reflects on a key work by the pioneering feminist artist, whose fearless exploration of the body, identity, and self-representation has long captivated her.
On Our Radar showcases images from today’s photographic talent—works that challenge, inspire, connect, and excite us.
2 min readby Claartje van Dijk
In Conversation with Marina Abramović
Foam Magazine’s Managing Editor Katy Hundertmark talks to iconic performance artist Marina Abramović about her relationship with photography and the efforts she has made to preserve her work through photography over the years. Where does the collaboration between performance and camera start, and where does it end?
5 min readby Katy Hundertmark
Amsterdam 750: Mounir Raji Captures the People Who Shape the City
As Amsterdam marks its 750th anniversary, Foam reflects on the people who quietly shape the city’s daily life. Through Mounir Raji’s lens, we turn our attention to the neighbourhoods, routines, and relationships that give Amsterdam its human heartbeat.
3 min readby Harriët Mbonjani
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