For Foam Fan+ members, Foam organises three photography workshops in November based on Marubi&rsquo;s studio portraits.

Please note: the workshop is in Dutch.
Portrait photography is one of the oldest genres of photography. People who had their portraits taken back in the day wanted to utilize the photograph as a way to show their personality and status. They achieved this by having photographs taken of themselves alongside their most precious belongings, such as medals or costumes.
Nowadays we see self-portraits on a daily basis without maybe even realizing it. Selfies are practically inevitable in our environment since the digital camera and camera phones became accessible for almost everyone.
In the exhibition <a href="/museum/programme/dynasty-marubi">Dynasty Marubi</a> &ndash; <a href="/museum/programme/dynasty-marubi">A Hundred Years of Albanian Studio Photography</a>, Foam shows a selection of photos from the archive of the Albanian photo studio Marubi (1856-1959). Marubi&rsquo;s exhibition, where portrait and studio photography of the 19th century and nowadays are the central theme, is used as inspiration for the upcoming workshop in October.
THE WORKSHOP During this workshop you challenge yourself to think about the way people take a portrait photograph. You are encouraged to reflect on the methods we use to make portraits nowadays in comparison to decades ago. By using Marubi&rsquo;s work as an example, we will discuss and compare the changes that have occurred during the previous century. How has the way we take photographs changed and do we need more photographs to create a fair portrayal of our image?
The goal of this workshop is to create two portraits of each other; one in an old-fashioned way where you &lsquo;catch&rsquo; the subject in one image, and the other will be a modern portrait where you perhaps need to create a narrative.
DATE AND TIME You can sign up for one of three dates: Workshop 1: <a href="/nl/boek-een-bezoek/publiek/foam-fan-workshop-portretfotografie/25-11-2016">Friday 25 November&nbsp;2016 from 15.00 - 18.00 hrs</a> Workshop 2: <a href="/nl/boek-een-bezoek/publiek/foam-fan-workshop-portretfotografie/26-11-2016">Saturday 26 November&nbsp;2016 from 14.00 - 17.00 hrs</a> Workshop 3: <a href="/nl/boek-een-bezoek/publiek/foam-fan-workshop-portretfotografie/27-11-2016">Sunday 27 November&nbsp;2016 from 14.00 - 17.00 hrs</a>
SIGN UP This workshop is free for Foam Fan+ members.&nbsp;It is possible to bring one guest. This person pays the regular rate of &euro; 50,-.
Foam provides Olympus OM-D cameras for this workshop. Of course, you are free to use your own camera if you prefer. In that case, remember to bring a fully charged battery, an empty SD card and a transfer cable. The use of your own materials is at your own risk.
Foam is supported by the BankGiro Loterij, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, Delta Lloyd, City of Amsterdam, Olympus and the VandenEnde Foundation.

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25 November 2016 15.00 - 18.00 hrs
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27 November&nbsp;2016 14.00 - 17.00 hrs
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PRICE This workshop is free for Foam Fan+ members.&nbsp;
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Foam Fan+ workshop Portrait photography

Special workshop for CJP members (18 until 30) who love photography. 

<a href="/beheer/museum/programme/workshops">&gt; See our current workshop programme here.</a>
Foam offers a workshop on how to create a striking photographic portrait. This workshop will help you take even better photos of your friends and family!
Challenge yourself to think differently during the CJP portrait workshop at Foam! In this workshop, you learn all about portrait photography. To get inspired, you examine and discuss the work of professional photographers and then get to work with the camera yourself. You will improve your photos with the immediate feedback from our knowledgeable museum educators.
ABOUT THE WORKSHOP The CJP workshop starts with an active tour of the museum during which you will become familiar with the principles and visual elements of photography. During the workshop you and your fellow students take each other's portraits, with a focus on making conscious choices before pressing the shutter. As you shoot, the experienced museum educator will give you tips on how to improve your photos. At the end of the workshop, all results will be reviewed and discussed in the group.
This workshop will delve more deeply into the&nbsp;<a href="/museum/programme/helmut-newton">Helmut Newton</a>&nbsp;exhibition.
Foam provides digital compact Olympus cameras for this workshop. You are free to use your own camera in case you prefer so. In that case, remember to bring a fully charged battery, an empty SD card and a transfer cable. The use of your own materials is at your own risk.
Please note: this workshop is in Dutch.
Foam is supported by the BankGiro Loterij, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, City of Amsterdam, Delta Lloyd, Olympus and the VandenEnde Foundation.

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6 August 2016 14.00 - 16.00 hrs. PRICE &euro;20 incl. VAT. The price includes museum admission and the use of all workshop materials.&nbsp;Suitable for CJP members (18 to 30).&nbsp;
 This workshop is in Dutch
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If you have any questions or special requests, please contact the Education department through +31 (0)20 551 6500 or&nbsp;<a href="mailto:educatie@foam.org">educatie@foam.org</a>.</div>

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Do you want to learn how to make better portraits? Do you practise photography, but want to perfect your skills? Join our photography workshop for CJP members (18 - 30 years).

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Created by Alessandro Imbriaco. The artwork is a c-print and displayed at 40 x 30 cm.

Waves from the Web, 2009

Visible in

, photographer Alessandro Imbriaco seamlessly combines the portrait genre with documentary photography. In this image, traditional portrait photography techniques stand out: the subject is placed at the centre of the image, with the body turned slightly to the right while the head turns back to face the camera. At the same time, Imbriaco creates a somewhat mysterious atmosphere by the poor quality of light that gently falls on her rosy cheeks. This mood is enhanced by the background: dark and wild shrubbery surrounds the timid-looking girl, named Angela. The portrait hides the dire reality of migrants leading a concealed and isolated life in a marshy area at the edge of Rome, Italy. Imbriaco’s comment on this work: “

The colours are interesting and muted, like a Garden of Eden where everything has gone wrong.

, the Italian photographer Alessandro Imbriaco was selected for Foam Talent 2011. The story about Angela’s family’s life was shown as part of the group exhibition and in Foam Magazine #28 Talent. 

Angela from the series Angela's Garden

Angela

 in 2016. Using C-print as the medium, the artwork is displayed at 100 x 80 cm.

Untitled, 2016

Foam is supported by the VriendenLoterij, Foam Members, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, the VandenEnde Foundation and the City of Amsterdam.

In 2021 Foam receives additional support from the Mondriaan Fund and Kickstart Cultuurfonds

visible in

This photograph comes from a shoot that Harley Weir did for the 'Female Gaze Issue' from i-D Magazine (August 2016). For the first time in the history of the famous youth culture magazine, it devoted an entire number to women seen through the lens of only female photographers. How do women look at women? It is a theme that Harley Weir has been involved in for some time. While working in the context of the fashion industry, her photographs show a different approach to women - one that does not necessarily meet the standard beauty ideal. For example, she refuses to brush away something like pigmentation marks on the body of a model in her photos. Time and again she seeks out the tension between the erotic and functional meaning of the erogenous zones of the female body.

Untitled Harley Weir

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In a four-part series led by acclaimed Polaroid artists Rhiannon Adams, Ellen Carey & John Reuter, and Marcel Veldman and Foam 3h alumnus Ece Gökalp, the participating students were able to use the recently launched Polaroid I-2 camera – the first advanced instant camera with built-in manual controls. Moreover, they had the chance to discuss their perspectives about the possibilities of storytelling and the enduring relevancy of this unique medium.

Students as well as young, self-made creatives approached the medium from various angles and shed light on its artistic, social, and technological significance by pushing the boundaries of what instant film can achieve. The results of their collective efforts are now on display as part of an exclusive online exhibition.

This programme is made possible with the support of Polaroid.

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

PORTRAITURE
AND
THE PHYSICAL
PHOTOGRAPH

“Polaroid photo processes are completed in situ, there is no external hand involved. It’s pure – just me, the camera, the environment, and the film.” 

POLAROID PHOTOGRAPHY 
AS AN ARTISTIC MEDIUM

CAPTURING 
REAL 
               LIFE

“In between all the skateboard tricks and stuff, I like something contrasty. Instant film for me is the perfect way to do this. It gives you an example of the free life aside from the actual skateboard.”

Polaroid Photography in Multiple Perspectives

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Foam is proud to present the long-term educational project Twee Keer Kijken. In this teaching program Foam aims to bring two different generations together through photography. Come and see in the Lichthof space this winter.

The Foam Talent programme and the annual Talent issue of Foam Magazine are supported by The Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation, the VandenEnde Foundation and the Niemeijer Fund.

Foam Talent is made possible by Kleurgamma Fine-Art Photolab, Starframe, Oschatz Visuelle Medien and the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia.

Foam Magazine is sponsored by Igepa Netherlands BV, supplier of excellent paper.

In 2021 Foam receives additional support from the Mondriaan Fund and Kickstart Cultuurfonds.

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Foam Talent 2020

Foam presents the exhibition Foam Talent 2020, with works from a new generation of visual artists at Kuhlhaus Berlin from 22 October - 1 November.

Each year, Foam invites photographers to submit their portfolios via the <a href="/talent/foam-talent-call">Talent Cal</a>l, an international search for exceptionally talented photographers under the age of 35. Selected photographers gain international exposure and recognition within the photography industry through a number of career-building opportunities offered by Foam, including publication in Foam Magazine, participation in a travelling group exhibition and the opportunity for their work to be added to the prestigious Art Collection Deutsche B&ouml;rse of the Deutsche B&ouml;rse Photography Foundation in Frankfurt.
EXCEPTIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY TALENT This year 19 artists were selected as Foam Talents 2020: A&agrave;desokan (Nigeria), Sofia Borges (Brazil), Adji Dieye (Senegal/Italy), Rahima Gambo (Nigeria), Karla Hiraldo Voleau (France/Dominican Republic), Beno&icirc;t Jeannet (Switzerland), Luther Konadu (Canada/Ghana), Matthew Leifheit (United States), Douglas Mandry (Switzerland), Philip Montgomery (United States), Camillo Pasquarelli (Italy), Simone Sapienza (Italy), Micha Serraf (Zimbabwe/South Africa), Hashem Shakeri (Iran), Gao Shang (China), Kamonlak Sukchai (Thailand), Guanyu Xu (China/United States), Yorgos Yatromanolakis (Greece), Alba Zari (Italy/Thailand).
These exceptional young photographers were selected out of 1.619 received submissions from 69 countries. Their portfolios were published in the internationally distributed Foam Magazine #55: Talent. Subsequently Foam will now present their work in a travelling group exhibition.
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PORTRAIT Although Foam Talent symbolizes a rich range of genres and uses of photography, the edition of Foam Talent 2020 is characterized by (sometimes lengthy) research, in which the role of the portrait is a recurring theme. Where Alba Zari tries to construct a portrait of her unknown biological father through old family photos and computer technology, Luther Konadu's work is a reflection of the photographic portrait itself: through cutting and pasting he investigates the construction of identity.
Adji Dieye responds to economically determined stereotypes and traditional roles by reinventing an African tradition of studio portrait photography. Karla Hiraldo Voleau distorts fact and fiction and undermines the male gaze through selfies and intimate portraits of her Latin lovers. The diverse series and artworks in Foam Talent 2020 show individuals and communities that have long remained invisible or in the margins, exploring who we are and how we see ourselves in a constantly changing reality: between the analogue and the digital, between myths and belief systems, between the private and public and between fact and fiction.
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In collaboration with the Deutsche B&ouml;rse Photography Foundation and C/O Berlin, Foam organized an evening full of artist talks and Q&amp;As around the opening of the exhibition Foam Talent | Berlin on 21 October 2020.
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fipDZOUgRc&amp;t=899s">Click here to watch the full video.</a>
INTERNATIONAL TOUR Foam Talent 2020 will be on show at the following locations:
22 October - 1 November Foam Talent | Berlin K&uuml;hlhausBerlin
18 December 2020 &ndash; 10 March 2021 Foam Talent | Amsterdam Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam
The&nbsp;Foam Talent&nbsp;programme and the annual&nbsp;Talent&nbsp;issue of Foam Magazine are supported by The Deutsche B&ouml;rse Photography Foundation,&nbsp;the VandenEnde Foundation and&nbsp;the Niemeijer Fund.
Foam Talent is made possible by Kleurgamma Fine-Art Photolab,&nbsp;Starframe, Oschatz Visuelle Medien&nbsp;and the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia.
Foam Talent Berlin is supported by Outset Germany_Switzerland.
<div>Foam Magazine is sponsored by Igepa Netherlands BV, supplier of excellent paper.</div>
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<div>Media partner: DAZED</div>
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<div>Foam is supported by the BankGiro Loterij, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, City of Amsterdam, Foam Members and Olympus.</div>

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22 October - 1 November 2020
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LOCATION K&uuml;hlhausBerlin Luckenwalder Str. 3 10963 Berlin Germany</div>

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