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Joel Sternfeld | Color Photographs since 1970
16 December 2011 - 14 March 2012

Foam will present the first major retrospective exhibition in the Netherlands of the work of Joel Sternfeld (1944, New York), one of the pioneers of color photography. Foam will be showing more than one hundred photos from ten different series in an exhibition spanning two floors. A highlight is Sternfeld's early work from the 1970s, which has never been previously exhibited. A large selection from famed series such as American Prospects, the result of his legendary journey through the United States, and Stranger Passing will also be on show. A constant factor in his work is his native land America, its inhabitants and the traces left by people on the landscape. With a subtle feeling for irony and an exceptional feeling for color, Sternfeld offers us an image of daily life in America over the last three decades.

 More info: http://www.foam.org/foam-amsterdam/exhibitions/joel_sternfeld

Vignette : New York City, Series Rush Hour, (#1) 1976 © Joel Sternfeld

Stanley Greene | Black Passport
16 December 2011 - 5 February 2012

Foam presents Black Passport, a project by and about the American conflict photographer Stanley Greene (New York, 1949). Black Passport shows photos of conflicts and disasters combined with photos of Greene's private life. The result is a revealing portrait of a photographer who is addicted to the adrenaline rush of being on the move, but at the same time realises the sacrifices he makes in his personal life. Stanley Greene has photographed in regions such as Chechnya, Iraq, Rwanda and Sudan and is one of the founders of the international photo agency NOOR.

 More info: http://www.foam.org/foam-amsterdam/exhibitions/black-passport

Black Passport © Stanley Greene / NOOR

 

Sara-Lena Maierhofer | Dear Clark,
16 December 2011 - 8 February 2012

In Dear Clark, Sara-Lena Maierhofer seeks rapprochement to a fraudster, a crook whose life consists of adopting and abandoning different identities. When she fails to arrange a meeting with the person in question, she decides to study him from a distance. Step by step, the artist comes closer to getting to know her subject; his appearance, his peculiarities, his intentions. How can one construct a profile of someone who constantly readjusts himself? What characterizes a man who systematically defies character? How do you grab someone who constantly aims to breakaway?

 More info: http://www.foam.org/foam-amsterdam/exhibitions/sara-lena_maierhofer

© Sara-Lena Maierhofer