Foam Magazine
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Foam Magazine is an international photography magazine, founded in 2001 by Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam
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Vandejong Amsterdam. The Magazine is a place for the publication and exhibition of photography worldwide and is distributed in 25 countries. Quarterly, Foam Magazine presents eight portfolios around a single theme. Attention is given to all facets of photography, from documentary to fashion, from contemporary to historical, from world-renowned to upcoming talent. Foam Magazine links an international network of photography enthusiasts: photographers, picture editors, designers and many others. Each autumn the magazine publishes a double issue with the theme, Talent. Young and undiscovered photography talent is given the opportunity to submit work for international publication. A selection of work from the magazine is available for purchase from Foam Editions or is exhibited at Foam Amsterdam.
Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam
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Vandejong Amsterdam. The Magazine is a place for the publication and exhibition of photography worldwide and is distributed in 25 countries. Quarterly, Foam Magazine presents eight portfolios around a single theme. Attention is given to all facets of photography, from documentary to fashion, from contemporary to historical, from world-renowned to upcoming talent. Foam Magazine links an international network of photography enthusiasts: photographers, picture editors, designers and many others. Each autumn the magazine publishes a double issue with the theme, Talent. Young and undiscovered photography talent is given the opportunity to submit work for international publication. A selection of work from the magazine is available for purchase from Foam Editions or is exhibited at Foam Amsterdam.
Foam Talent
Foam Magazine publishes a yearly talent issue. Young talent up to 35 years old can submit work for this issue. Sixteen photographers get the chance to show their work in the magazine. In 2010 1.000 young photographers submitted their work.Awards
Foam Magazine has won several awards:- The ADCN Silverlamp
- A Distinctive Merit Award from the New York Art Directors Club
- A D&D Award in the category ‘Magazine & Newspaper design’
- A nomination for the Lucie Award in the category ‘Best Photopraphy Magazine of the year 2008’
Europe
Netherlands, Belgium, France, Great Britain, Switzerland, Austria, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Italy, GreeceWorldwide
USA, Canada, Thailand, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, Lebanon, Singapore, Turkey, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.2006
- Jessica DimmockJessica DimmockJessica Dimmock is a documentary photojournalist based in New York City. Her main body of work, The Ninth Floor, has documented the lives of a group of young heroin users over the course of several years. She began the project when she was shooting photographs on the street one day and was...
- Joel SternfeldJoel SternfeldJoel Sternfeld, , is a fine-art color photographer noted for his large-format documentary pictures of the United States and helping establish color photography as a respected artistic medium. He has many works in the permanent collections of the MOMA in New York City and the Getty Center in Los...
- Stephen GillStephen Gill (photographer)Stephen Gill is a British photographer and artist.-Early life:Gill began photography at a young age. In 1985, while still at school, Gill began work with a Bristol-based photography company, copying and restoring old photographs...
2007
- Raphaël Dallaporta
- Taryn SimonTaryn SimonTaryn Simon is an American photographer. She is a graduate of Brown University and a Guggenheim Fellow. She was born in New York.Her photography and writing have been featured in numerous publications and broadcasts including the New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, CNN, BBC, Frontline, and NPR...
- Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin
2010
- Joel SternfeldJoel SternfeldJoel Sternfeld, , is a fine-art color photographer noted for his large-format documentary pictures of the United States and helping establish color photography as a respected artistic medium. He has many works in the permanent collections of the MOMA in New York City and the Getty Center in Los...
- Michael WolfMichael Wolf (photographer)Michael Wolf is a German artist and photographer who lives and works in Hong Kong and Paris.-Biography:Wolf was born in Germany and was raised in the United States, Europe, and Canada. He attended the North Toronto Collegiate Institute and the University of California, Berkeley...
- Takashi Homma