Foam Talent
Shaping the Future of Contemporary Photography

22 April – 22 May 2016
Beaconsfield Gallery Vauxhall, London SE11 6AY
Wednesday – Sunday 11am – 5pm

Breakfast tours during Photo London
19 and 21 May 10–11am | Tours by Mirjam Kooiman, Foam curator | RSVP essential pressoffice@foam.org
20 May 9.30-11am | Breakfast Talks with the artists and authors of Foam Magazine. Moderated by Marcel Feil, Foam Deputy Director Artistic Affairs | RSVP essential pressoffice@foam.org
20 May 11am–12pm | Tour by Marcel Feil, exclusively for Photo London VIP guests

Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam and Beaconsfield Gallery Vauxhall in London proudly present Foam Talent, a group exhibition featuring 21 photography talents who represent an international range of innovative image-makers under the age of 35. With work by:
Aaron Blum (United States), Alessandro Calabrese (Italy), Tom Callemin (Belgium), Sara Cwynar (Canada), David Favrod (Switzerland), Dominic Hawgood (United Kingdom), Guo Peng (China), Heikki Kaski (Finland), Matthew Leifheit & Cynthia Talmadge (United States), Mariam Medvedeva (France), Abel Minnée (The Netherlands), Marton Perlaki (Hungary), Constantin Schlachter (France), Sjoerd Knibbeler (The Netherlands), Justin James Reed (United States), Johan Rosenmunthe (Denmark), Jean-Vincent Simonet (France), Danila Tkachenko (Russia), Naohiro Utagawa (Japan), Christian Vium (Denmark) and Manon Wertenbroek (Switzerland).

The synergy between Amsterdam’s leading photography museum and London’s laboratory and presentation space for contemporary art and artists, lies in their focus on identifying and developing new talent. Foam and Beaconsfield both direct their energies into providing a platform for the current generation of contemporary young artists, facilitating their exposure to a growing international audience.

Exhibition
With more than 100 photographs, varying from digital work, to colourful lightboxes to analogue black and white prints and several discrete installations, the exhibition showcases a new generation of inspiring photographers who deploy their skills to address topics ranging from advertorial and commercial influences to reinterpreting the documentary qualities of the medium and its truth values. Through this diversely installed exhibition hosted by Beaconsfield, Foam presents its views on the current state of photography, creating a platform that introduces emerging talents in the international world of photography.

Foam Magazine
The 21 photographers in the exhibition were originally selected to be featured in the annual Foam Magazine Talent Issue. This issue, Foam Magazine #42 serves as a catalogue for the show, featuring portfolios and bios on the photographers, plus extensive essays by several leading international experts.
Foam Magazine #42

This exhibition is made possible thanks to the generous support of principal benefactors Spaces and WeTransfer, with additional support from The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in London, United Kingdom. Foam Talent is made possible with support from Kleurgamma Fine-Art Photolab. The annual Foam Magazine Talent Issue and the related Talent Program is supported by the Niemeijer Fund. Foam Magazine is sponsored by Igepa Netherlands BV and Hexspoor webshop support.