DUTCHDELIGHT
13 December 2001 – 10 March 2002
_{Untitled, 1998 (detail) © Hellen van Meene}

dutchdelight features a selection of photographs focusing on the country’s unique light. Guest curator Erik Kessels shows photographers such as George Breitner, Ed van der Elsken and Johan van der Keuken, in whose work Dutch light plays either a prominent or an entirely natural role.  The exhibition catalogue doubles as the very first issue of Foam Magazine.

FOAM IN THE VONDELPARK
17 May – 30 June 2002

_{Bosnië, 2000 (detail) © Ilse Frech}

Foam goes outside! This exhibition shows a varied selection of everything that photography has to offer, from commercial to sport photography, from professionals to amateurs, and everything in between. The photographs are attached to lampposts throughout the park.

REGIE: PAUL HUF
7 June – 12 September 2002

_{Fotomodel Sophie van Kleef drinkt ranja met een rietje, 1965 (detail) © Paul Huf}

The retrospective Regie: Paul Huf ("Directed by Paul Huf") features some of the finest photos by one of Holland’s best-known photographers, a pioneer and grand master of commercial, fashion and portrait photography, Paul Huf (1924 – 2002). This exhibition is especially significant for Foam because Huf, who passed away last January, was one of the founders of the museum, together with Eva Besnyö. This is Foam’s first show following three months of renovation work at Keizersgracht 609.

> The accompanying magazine is still for sale here.

RAIMOND WOUDA & HENK WILDSCHUT –  HELD UP AT 52°-23,5 N 04°-54 E’
23 August –  29 September 2002

_{Sandrien crew, 2002 (detail) © Henk Wildschut en Raimond Wouda}

The ship Sandrien, full of asbestos and poisonous materials, was forbidden by the Dutch environmental inspection to continue its journey to an Indian shipyard – and as thus spent a year and a half on a chain in the Amsterdam harbour. But what about the crew? Held up at 52°-23,5 N 04°-54 E’ is a photographic testament of the daily life of a lost crew in a silent ship by Raimond Wouda and Henk Wildschut.

DON MCCULLIN OR THE BUSINESS OF BEING HUMAN
20 september –  8 december 2002

_{Installation Don McCullin exhibition in Foam, 2002 © Foam}

A retrospective on the British documentary photographer Don McCullin (1935), with work from the period 1958-2002: haunting pictures straight from the frontlines in Vietnam, Ireland and African countries, interspersed with McCullin’s quiet British landscapes.

Curated by Robert Pledge. Made possible by the British Council. 

YOUNG PHOTOGRAPHERS
18 October – 24 November 2002

_{Rebis I, 2002 (detail) © Koen Hauser}

Young Photographers shows the work of five recent photography graduates: Koen Hauser (1972), Linn de Kort (1980), Holger Niehaus (1975), Wouter Stelwagen (1977) and Alex de Vocht (1975). A diversity of different disciplines within photography is on show, to provide the viewer with an idea of the breadth of the medium and the current  photographic movements in the academies.

OTHER EXHIBITIONS

Annie van Gemert | Wijnanda Deroo | Carel Blazer

Foam is supported by the BankGiro Loterij, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, City of Amsterdam, Delta Lloyd, Olympus and the VandenEnde Foundation.