From the series People of Clay

Archival

Collage

Akshay Mahajan

From the series A Study on Waitressing

Collaborative

Eleonora Agostini

From the series I Do Miss Hospital Visit

Plants

Shwe Wutt Hmon

From the series Broer (2017 – present)

Portrait

Florian Braakman

In a Sandstone Mine

Landscape

Aaryan Sinha

Fortune in My Thirties (2023), from the series Interfaces of Predictions

Digital Manipulation

Sheung Yiu

Durazno, from the series Madre

Marisol Mendez

From the series Frantz Fanon, Me, and The Questions

Illustration

Issam Larkat

Students of Tsinghua University showing their prestige with an a4 white paper.

Xin Li

Margarito, from the series Las Flores Mueren Dos Veces. Data bending on archival photography.

Cristóbal Ascencio

From the series POST, 2023

Sander Coers

Untitled from Eyes Dazzle As they Search for The Truth.

Amin Yousefi

From the series The Longing of the Stranger Whose Path Has Been Broken

Rehab Eldalil

From the series Fathom

Cansu Yıldıran

From the series Blaze Orange / High Visibility

Jaclyn Wright

Squeeze (Justin), 2022

Ricardo Nagaoka

Under Surveillance, 2021, from the series We Didn't Choose to be Born Here

Thero Makepe

Authenticity (2 CHAINZ), 2022, from the series BLACK SNAFU

André Ramos-Woodard

From the series: Argania: Lack of Information Is My Family History

MAryam Touzani

Andrea Orejarena & Caleb Stein

selected artists

Welcome to Talent 2024-2025 – the digital exhibition.

Here, Foam proudly presents 20 selected Talents in their very own online universe. Out of a dazzling 2,480 submissions, this final curation of exceptional work defines the new horizons of the medium of photography, thematically and technically. Highlighting the connections, this interactive network brings all Talents together and maps out their distinct artistic viewpoints.

Spanning across the globe, the stories told by these artists reflect a universal yearning for belonging—a profound desire to anchor, to establish a connection with the past and carve out a sense of place. A driving force underpinning their work is the quest to trace heritage, untangle family lines, and explore personal identity.

Acknowledging the constructed nature of history, memory, or even their own thoughts, these artists boldly confront existing narratives. They embark on a journey of unlearning, challenging established stories, and turn to the expansive nature of photography to build new understandings and narratives, resonating more authentically with their lived experiences.

Noteworthy in their approach is the harmonious balance between tradition and innovation. The artists seamlessly blend traditional photographic techniques with cutting-edge developments, including the much-discussed realm of artificial intelligence, and other mediums such as moving image, embroidery and music. 

Select one of the filters to zoom in on these different techniques and mediums.

This digital exhibition presents the work in a truly multi-medial way, inviting you to 

about Foam Talent Digital

artists shaping the future of photography

Foam is supported by the VriendenLoterij, Foam Members, the VandenEnde Foundation and the City of Amsterdam.

The Foam Talent programme and the annual Talent Issue of Foam Magazine are supported by:

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