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Kiss Exam by Pixy Liao
On Our Radar showcases images from today’s photographic talent—works that challenge, inspire, connect, and excite us.
2 min readby Lujaina Youssef
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
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Kiss Exam by Pixy Liao
On Our Radar showcases images from today’s photographic talent—works that challenge, inspire, connect, and excite us.
2 min readby Lujaina Youssef
Ramos by Julio Bittencourt
Closing in on bodies dripping with heat, sweat and water, Bittencourt dives in and becomes part of the crowd at Rio de Janeiro’s artificial Ramos beach where temperatures can reach 42 degrees Celsius.
From the Archive highlights previous writings on photography from Foam Magazine to cast light on current topics and ongoing debates in the world of photography and beyond.
4 min readby Thyago Noguiera
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
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