Speciale selectie
De werken van de kunstenaars zijn geselecteerd naar aanleiding van de Talent Call die als doel heeft fotografietalent onder de 35 jaar te ontdekken. Uiteindelijk creëerde Foam samen met de twintig talenten een tentoonstelling die hun eigen visie op de huidige staat van de fotografie toont.

Van monarchie tot terrorisme
De talenten fotograferen beslist geen luchtige onderwerpen, maar dat laat dan ook meteen zien waar de fotograaf van nú zich juist mee bezighoudt. Zo uiten zij onder andere hun zorg over sociaal-politieke onderwerpen als de goddelijke status van de monarchie in Thailand tot hoe beeldvorming de angst voor terrorisme aanwakkert.

Waar? In Amsterdam
De tentoonstelling van de talenten is tot en met 12 november te zien in het Amsterdamse fotografiemuseum Foam. De officiële opening van Foam Talents vindt plaats op 22 september om 17.30 uur.

Dit is hoe het talent van de fotografen eruitziet. 

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Want to gain insight into collecting photography by up-and-coming artists? With the Foam Talent exhibition as a backdrop, experts from the field come together to discuss the art market for work by emerging artists, on Monday 18 September. The Masterclass Collecting Photography costs €65 and includes drinks and a brand new @foam_magazine Talent Issue. If you’re interested, please sign up here: foam.org/collecting18sep . Image from the series Mt. Meru, 2017 © Harit Srikhao / Foam Talent #foamamsterdam #foameditions #foamtalent #collectingphotography #startcollecting #print #masterclass #foammagazine

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Vasantha Yogananthan (1985, FR) travelled the length of India and Nepal over the course of five years. His poetic images form a modern-day reading of the Ramayana, a foundational text dating from 300 BC. In A Myth of Two Souls, Yogananthan tells the ancient story by juxtaposing three formally unique sets of images: landscapes, hand-painted staged portraits and illustrated black-and-white photographs. . Boy Playing Girl, from the series A Myth of Two Souls, Janakpur, Nepal, 2016 © Vasantha Yogananthan #foamamsterdam #foamtalent #indianculture #ramayana

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🌟 Introducing Foam Talent: David De Beyter (France) 2/20 . Auto Sculpture I, from the series Big Bangers, 2014-2017 © David De Beyter #foammagazine #foamtalent #upcomingartists #talentissue

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Thank you so much 😊🙏🏽💋🔝#Repost @tangteachingmuseum (@get_repost) ・・・ Hannah Traore '17: “Namsa Leuba uses photography in order to get closer to her African heritage and blend it with her Swiss identity. The artist has said, “There is great richness in being of mixed cultures,” and she works to display this within her portraits. The use of color and lively pattern in 'Damien' gives the piece a dreamlike, rhythmic feeling, pointing to the colorful and exotic stereotypes that the west places on Africa. The yellow color of the skin may refer to a masking of identity that is imposed by the West on those with darker skin to make blackness more digestible. By layering another color onto the skin of her subject, Leuba draws attention to the complex layers that can exist between Africa and the West, black and white, viewer and subject.” — @hannahtraore . Namsa Leuba, Damien, from the series NGL, 2015, fibre pigment print on Dibond, edition 2 of 5, #TangCollection . #tangcollectivecatalog #NamsaLeuba #AfricaPopStudio #color #contemporaryart #photography #Saratoga #SkidmoreCollege #teachingmuseum

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We can't wait to see Foam Talent in @foam_amsterdam. Up to 1790 artist responded to their call for talent for the latest Talent Issue of Foam Magazine. The top 20 are included in the exhibition, reflecting on trends in society and maintaining a contemporary view on photography. ⠀ ⠀ Can you ever get enough of the colorful photography by Erik Madigan Heck (@erikmadiganheck)? Check out his work in September at @foam_amsterdam. The new Foam Magazine's Talent issue and exhibition will open on 22 September. #wearepublic #amsterdam #iheartart #iheartphotography #foamamsterdam #foamtalent #foammagazine #erikmadiganheck #kasiastruss ⠀

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🌟 Introducing Foam Talents: Martin Errichiello & Filippo Menichetti (Italy) 13/20 Italia Viaduct Controlled Demolion, from the series In Quarta Persona/In Fourth Person © Martin Errichiello & Filippo Menichetti #foammagazine #foamtalent #upcomingartists#talentissue

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En hier de aankondiging van de Foam Talents.