Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam
| Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam | |
Museum at the Keizersgracht in 2011
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 Location in the city center of Amsterdam
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| Established | 13 December 2001 |
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| Location |
Keizersgracht 609 Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Coordinates | 52°21′50″N 4°53′37″E / 52.36389°N 4.89361°ECoordinates: 52°21′50″N 4°53′37″E / 52.36389°N 4.89361°E |
| Type | Photography museum |
| Visitors | 210,000 (2011) |
| Director | Marloes Krijnen |
| President | Leontine van der Goes-Hijmans |
| Curator | Marcel FeilKim Knoppers Mirjam KooimanZippora Elders |
| Public transit access | Keizersgracht Tram lines 16 and 24 |
| Website | www |
Foam or Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam is a photography museum located at the 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. 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 will present a major Helmut Newton retrospective exhibition. Next to large exhibitions by well-known photographers, Foam also shows the work of young and upcoming photographers, in shorter running exhibitions. The museum contains a café, a library, a commercial gallery called FoamEditions and a bookshop.
The museum also publishes a quarterly photography magazine called Foam Magazine.
The building on the Keizersgracht canal in which Foam is located has a history dating back to Carel Joseph Fodor (1801–1860). Fodor first bought Keizersgracht 611, and later also bought the adjacent warehouse and residential house at Keizersgracht 609. Fodor destined the warehouse in his testament as the exhibition space that should receive the name Museum Fodor. Between 1863 and 1994, Museum Fodor was open to the public. Between 1994 and 2001 the Nederlands Vormgevingsinstituut was located in these buildings.
Foam received permission in November 2001 from the city council for the start-up. On December 13, 2001, Foam opened its first exhibition Dutch Delight. More than 7000 people visited the exhibition in which Dutch light played a prominent or self-evident role.
After the opening exhibition the museum closed for renovation. Architects BenthemCrouwel turned three buildings at the Keizersgracht into a modern museum. The first exhibition in the new museum, was called Regie: Paul Huf, Paul Huf together with Eva Besnyö being the originator of the museum. The official opening took place on June 6, 2002. The exhibition was visited by approximately 8000 people.
Every year Foam organises four large exhibitions by particularly notable photographers, usually running for about three months. In conjunction about 16 shorter running exhibitions are organised by the museum, which can be very different in character: either the work of relatively young photographers, or a specific project, work that is currently relevant, small retrospectives or the presentation of new developments within the medium. Emphasis is generally on documentary photography, street photography, portrait and glamour photography, and young and upcoming talents.
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