Foam Talent 2026

Foam Talents 2026

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Foam proudly presents Foam Talent 2026. A group exhibition showcasing work of an extraordinary new wave of image-makers shaping the future of photography. This year’s exhibition features the work of 15 extraordinary artists, chosen from nearly 2,892 submissions from 107 countries. The 15 Foam Talents in the exhibition reflect the energy, diversity, and global reach of emerging photographic practices today. Together, their practices point towards bold new directions in the medium and present a strong commitment to storytelling across a range of narratives, perspectives, and artistic approaches. Foam Magazine will launch the newest Talent Issue #68 alongside the opening of the exhibition at Foam.

At a time marked by constant global change and uncertainty, the Foam Talent’s engage with some of the most pressing themes in photography and society today: political oppression, grief, and mental health, religion and faith, conflict, displacement, cultural identity, and technological innovation. Yet across these different bodies of work, one theme repeatedly comes to the surface: home. For many of the artists, home is not defined as a fixed place, but as a network of memories, relationships and emotional connections. Through their work – whether by embracing faith, confronting traumatic experiences, or imagining new forms of resilience – they suggest that home is not only where we come from, but something we continue to shape and carry within ourselves.

Sean Cham, Yiding Chen, Sara De Brito Faustino, Liubov Durakova, Nad E Ali, Nazanin Hafez, Paola Jimenez, Ramona Jingru Wang, Daniel Mebarek, Ali Monis Naqvi, Alvin Ng, Adam Rouhana, Ammar Yassir, Farren van Wyk and Sasha Velichko.

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