Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam
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.
Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam | |
Museum at the Keizersgracht in 2011 | |
Location in the city center of Amsterdam | |
| Established | 13 December 2001 |
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| Location | Keizersgracht 609 Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Coordinates | 52°21′50″N 4°53′37″E |
| Type | Photography museum |
| Visitors | 210,000 (2011) |
| Director | Karin van Gilst |
| Public transit access | Keizersgracht Tram lines 16 and 24 |
| Website | www |
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.