Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam

Foam
Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam
Three-story building in grey stone with the text "Anno 1861." on the facade
Museum at the Keizersgracht in 2011
Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam is located in Amsterdam
Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam
Location in the city center of Amsterdam
Established13 December 2001 (2001-12-13)
LocationKeizersgracht 609[1]
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Coordinates52°21′50″N 4°53′37″E / 52.36389°N 4.89361°E / 52.36389; 4.89361
TypePhotography museum
Visitors210,000 (2011)[2]
DirectorKarin van Gilst [3]
Public transit accessKeizersgracht
Tram lines 16 and 24[1]
Websitewww.foam.org

Foam or Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam is a photography museum located on Keizersgracht in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The museum has four different exhibitions at any given time in which different photographic genres are shown, such as documentary, art and fashion. Next to large exhibitions by well-known photographers, Foam also shows the work of young and upcoming photographers, in shorter running exhibitions.[4]

Two notable shows were Henri Cartier-Bresson - A Retrospective, work by Henri Cartier-Bresson, and Richard Avedon - Photographs 1946–2004, a major retrospective of Richard Avedon. In summer 2016, Foam presented a major Helmut Newton retrospective exhibition.

The museum contains a café, a library, a bookshop, and a commercial gallery called Foam Editions. The museum also publishes a quarterly international photography magazine called Foam Magazine.

  1. ^ a b Visitor Information, Foam. Retrieved on 9 August 2014.
  2. ^ (in Dutch) Recordjaar voor Amsterdamse musea, NOS Nieuws, 2012. Retrieved on 9 August 2014.
  3. ^ [1], Retrieved on 15 December 2023.
  4. ^ "About Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam". www.foam.org. Retrieved 2023-12-15.