Foam is excited to present twenty exceptional artists in the Talent 2024 - 2025 group exhibition. The artists’ works signify a bold, new direction in photographic art. The talents were selected during the biennial Foam Talent Call, for which an astounding 2,500 photographers from over 106 countries submitted their work. The exhibition emphasizes the role of photography as a powerful medium for storytelling, cultural critique, and personal expression. In a time of increasing polarization, this year’s talents challenge the viewer to reflect on the viewpoints of others and invite empathy.
authenticity (2 CHAINZ) from the series BLACK SNAFU, 2022 © André Ramos-Woodard.
Mayisa, uzaklar mi sana bakiyorsen mi uzaklara? from the series The Dispossessed, 2019 © Cansu Yıldıran.
Joe from the series Autobiographies, 2020 © Ricardo Nagaoka.
A Ranked Amateur from the series To My Darling Love © Aaryan Sinha.
Daughter of Elephants from the series People of Clay, 2023 © Akshay Mahajan.
Untitled from the series Eyes Dazzle as They Search for the Truth © Amin Yousefi / Source: Michel Setboun, Days of Revolution.
Abraham Lincoln and Drone from the series American Glitch, 2021 © Andrea Orejarena and Caleb Stein / Courtesy of Palo Gallery in New York.
BURIAL from the series Las flores mueren dos veces, 2022 © Cristóbal Ascencio.
Untitled from the series A Study on Waitressing, 2023 © Eleonora Agostini.
Image from the series Broer, 2017 – present © Florian Braakman.
At the heart of the exhibition lies the exploration of urgent societal issues, where artists introspectively examine both themselves and the world. The topics of interest range from migration to the danger of internet algorithms, and from questioning gender roles to a reflection on the impact of colonialism. Looking to broaden the medium of photography, this year’s talents present us with innovative approaches, from embroideries on photos and the use of photogrammetry to the use of Artificial Intelligence. The selection celebrates photographers who dare to push the boundaries of creative expression.
In addition to the physical exhibition, Talent 2024-2025 is accompanied by a digital exhibition on the online platform Foam Explore, as well as Foam Magazine #65 TALENT which will be entirely devoted to this new generation of talents. In 2025, the exhibition will travel internationally. As part of the Talent program, the selected artists are invited to participate in various networking activities, mentoring, with the opportunity to have their work added to the prestigious collection of the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation.
Image from the series Frantz Fanon, Me and The Question, 2022 © Issam Larkat.
Studio Targets, I from the series High Visibility Blaze Orange, 2021 © Jaclyn Wright.
killa from the series Madre © Marisol Mendez.
Oma Praying from the series Maktub, 2022 © MAryam Touzani.
Nadia from the series The Longing Of The Stranger Whose Path Has Been Broken, 2022 © Rehab Eldalil.
POST No. 11 from the series POST, 2023 © Sander Coers.
Fortune in My Thirties from the series (Inter)Faces of Predictions, 2023 © Sheung Yiu.
Image from the series I Do Miss Hospital Visit, 2023 © Shwe Wutt Hmon.
Re A Hlopela (Tombstone Unveiling) from the series We Didn’t Choose to be Born Here, 2019 © Thero Makepe.
Image from the series Magic Wand Tool, 2022 © Xin Li.
Artists Foam Talent 2024-2025
Aaryan Sinha, Akshay Mahajan, Amin Yousefi, Andrea Orejarena & Caleb Stein, André Ramos-Woodard, Cansu Yıldıran, Cristóbal Ascencio, Eleonora Agostini, Florian Braakman, Issam Larkat, Jaclyn Wright, Marisol Mendez, MAryam Touzani, Rehab Eldalil, Ricardo Nagaoka, Sander Coers, Sheung Yiu, Shwe Wutt Hmon, Thero Makepe, Xin Li.
Foam Talent 2024-2025 is on view from 23 February – 22 May 2024 at Foam. Open daily 10 am – 6 pm, Thu/Fri 10am – 9pm.
The Talent Issue of Foam Magazine (#65) will be released in February 2024.
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Note to editors
The biannual Foam Talent programme and the Talent Issue of Foam Magazine are supported by the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation, the VandenEnde Foundation and MPB.
The exhibition is made possible by the support of De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, Mondriaan Fonds, Kleurgamma Fine-Arts Photolab and Oschatz Visuelle Medien.
Foam Magazine is sponsored by Igepa Netherlands BV, supplier of excellent paper.
