Foam Talent 2024 | Frankfurt
Foam and the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation present the third edition of the Talent exhibition in Frankfurt – Foam Talent 2024. The show contains works from a new generation of visual artists from 13 different nations, selected through the Foam Talent Call. The Foam Talent exhibition was presented in Amsterdam last year and will now be on show from 28 March in The Cube, Eschborn/Frankfurt, the headquarters of Deutsche Börse.
Press Release | Amsterdam, March 2025
The Cube, Deutsche Börse AG, Mergenthalerallee 61 Eschborn/Frankfurt
The works in the group exhibition provide extraordinary insights into current issues and discourses that the artists are engaging with. With determination and an impressive grasp of the complexity of our times, the artists in the exhibition reflect upon the dynamics, conflicts and contradictions posed by our globalised world. In their photographic, film-based and installation works, this year’s Foam Talents deliberately challenge traditional approaches and familiar points of view. The exhibition is part of the Foam Talent programme, offering young artists a springboard for their future career while bringing current developments in contemporary photography to the forefront. The Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation has been supporting the talent programme as one of the main partners since 2017 and acquires works by one of the artists with each edition of the Foam Talent programme.
Among the themes addressed in their works are the invisible dangers of internet algorithms, the deconstruction of gender stereotypes and the lasting implications of colonialism. Their artistic methods are as diverse as the thematic range: the artists combine traditional photography with new technologies, delve into archives, bring forgotten stories to light, and experiment with digital imagery. Their varied approaches are a re-exploration of the medium’s boundaries, providing a glimpse at future developments. Thus, showing the ways in which photography may be used to visualise social and cultural dynamics, they invite viewers to reflect upon their own position in an ever-changing world.
The Service from the series A Study on Waitressing, 2020 – present © Eleonora Agostini
Wedding day from the series Las Flores mueren dos veces, 2022 © Cristóbal Ascencio
Image from the series POST, 2023 © Sander Coers.
Hajja in her garden from the series The Longing Of The Stranger Whose Path Has Been Broken, 2022 © Rehab Eldalil.
Image from the series Magic Wand Tool, 2022 © Xin Li.
Daughter of Elephants from the series People of Clay, 2023 © Akshay Mahajan
Wait from the series We Didn't Choose to be Born Here, 2022 © Thero Makepe.
Killa from the series Madre © Marisol Mendez
Presenting Foam Talents 2024
Eleonora Agostini, Cristóbal Ascencio, Sander Coers, Rehab Eldalil, Xin Li, Akshay Mahajan, Thero Makepe, Marisol Mendez, Ricardo Nagaoka, Andrea Orejarena & Caleb Stein, André Ramos-Woodard, Aaryan Sinha, MAryam Touzani, Jaclyn Wright, Shwe Wutt Hmon, Cansu Yıldıran, Sheung Yiu and Amin Yousefi.
Press preview: 27 March 2025, The Cube
A press preview for the exhibition will take place on Thursday, 27 March 2025, at 11 a.m. in The Cube, Mergenthalerallee 61, in Eschborn. Anne-Marie Beckmann, Director of the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation and Aya Musa, curator at Foam, will guide through the presentation. Additionally, some of the artists will be present. They will give insights into their respective artistic projects and be available for interviews. Please register by 21 March via e-mail to isabelle.hammer@deutsche-boerse.com.
Joe from the series At last I see you, 2022 © Ricardo Nagaoka.
Abraham Lincoln & Drone from the series American Glitch, 2021 © Andrea Orejarena & Caleb Stein
authenticity (2 CHAINZ) from the series BLACK SNAFU, 2022 © André Ramos-Woodard
In a sandstone mine 1 from the series This isn't Divide and Conquer © Aaryan Sinha
Sadaqah from the series Maktub, 2023 © MAryam Touzani.
Studio Targets from the series High Visibility (Blaze Orange), 2021 © Jaclyn Wright
Image from the series I Do Miss Hospital Visit, 2023 © Shwe Wutt Hmon.
Image from the series Fathom, 2020 © Cansu Yıldıran
Between Two Charts from the series Interfaces of Predictions, 2023 © Sheung Yiu.
Untitled from the series Eyes Dazzle as They Search for the Truth, 2022 © Amin Yousefi
Information for visitors
The exhibition is on display until 17 August 2025 in The Cube, the headquarters of Deutsche Börse in Eschborn. Admission is free. Visiting is possible as part of a guided tour with prior registration, on the “Open Saturdays” on 14 June and 16 August 2025 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. without registration as well as during the “Night of the Museums” on 10 May 2025. Registration for guided tours is possible via the Photography Foundation website: www.deutscheboersephotographyfoundation.org
The Foam Talent programme
Every two years, Foam invites talented emerging photographers between the ages of 18 and 40 to submit their portfolios via a talent call. The selected artists are supported by a comprehensive promotion programme, including a publication in the talent issue of the Foam Magazine, exhibitions in Amsterdam, Eschborn and other locations, such as Berlin or London, as well as networking and mentoring events. In this edition 2,480 artists from 106 countries applied for the talent call.
About the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation
The Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation is a non-profit organisation based in Frankfurt/Main, Germany, dedicated to collecting, exhibiting and promoting contemporary photography. The Foundation is responsible for the development and presentation of the Art Collection Deutsche Börse, which now comprises over 2,400 photographic works by around 170 artists from 38 nations. It shows several public exhibitions a year in its exhibition space in Eschborn near Frankfurt am Main. The Foundation supports young artists through awards, scholarships and the biennial Foam Talent programme. The Foundation also works on exhibitions with international museums and institutions, as well as creating platforms for academic dialogue and research on photography.
Note to editors
The Foam Talent programme and the Talent Issue of Foam Magazine are supported by the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation, the VandenEnde Foundation and MPB.
Foam Magazine is sponsored by Igepa Netherlands BV, supplier of excellent paper.
