FOAM 2017 | Thomas Kuijpers: 'FOAM Talent'

This year Foam presents - for the first time - the Foam Talent exhibition in Amsterdam. The presentation highlights the work of 20 international artists, consisting of countless subjects and techniques.

The works of the 20 artists selected for the annual Talent Call, which this year is the largest to date with 1,790 submissions from 75 different countries, represent an overview of current developments in photography in this exhibition.

The work of the new Foam Talents shows a current look at the ever-evolving medium and reveals various trends and tendencies. In this time of global uncertainty, many artists express their concerns by visualizing various socio-political topics in their work. Issues such as identity and representativeness also remain important themes for a new generation of photographers. In addition to portfolios with a clear aesthetic appeal, the editors of Foam Magazine saw many long-term projects this year that acquire deeper meaning and more layering over time. What is striking is the wide range of media use by emerging photographers, who rarely limit themselves to the camera alone.

The Foam Magazine Talent Issue serves as the exhibition catalog and provides a more detailed description of the work of the selected artists.

In recent years, the Foam Talent exhibition, based on Foam Magazine's annual Talent Issue, has traveled internationally to various cities such as Paris, Brussels, New York and London. This year, the work of the selected photographers will again go on tour, starting with the exhibition in Foam.

PHOTOGRAPHERS
Sushant Chhabria (India), David De Beyter (France), Mark Dorf (USA), Alinka Echeverría (Mexico / UK), Weronika Gęsicka (Poland), Wang Juyan (China), Thomas Kuijpers (Netherlands), Quentin Lacombe (France) , Clément Lambelet (Switzerland), Namsa Leuba (Switzerland / Guinea) Erik Madigan Heck (USA), Alix Marie (France), Martin Errichiello & Filippo Menichetti (Italy), Wang Nan (China), Kai Oh (South Korea / Germany) , Viacheslav Poliakov (Ukraine), Ben Schonberger (USA), Sadegh Souri (Iran), Harit Srikhao (Thailand) and Vasantha Yogananthan (France).