Fotomuseum Antwerp, also known as FOMU, is a museum of photography in

Antwerp Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504,

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History and programme

The museum opened in 1986. The Fotomuseum in Antwerp has a historical and contemporary collection of photography that is given a new presentation every year. Alongside the collection are frequently changing photography exhibitions. Between 1986 and 2018, 106 solo exhibitions have taken place at the museum. 86,7 percent of these exhibitions concerned male photographers. Amongst others, a retrospective of Anton Corbijn was presented. 1997 was the only year in which more women than men had a solo exhibition.

Sally Mann Sally Mann HonFRPS (born Sally Turner Munger; May 1, 1951) is an American photographer who has made large format black and white photographs—at first of her young children, then later of landscapes suggesting decay and death. Early life and e ...

, Annie van Gemert and Stephen Feldman were exhibited back then. The 2018 group exhibition Claude, Samuel, Zanele included work of the non-binary artist

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and of Claude Cahun. The museum publishes the magazine ''.tiff'' in Dutch that presents articles on photography with a particular emphasis on fine art photography. The museum also produces ''Trigger,'' an English-language magazine first published in November 2019. The current director is Elviera Velghe, who took over the role from Christoph Ruys.Fotomuseum/Team
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Publications

*''Trigger: Impact.'' Amsterdam: Fw; Antwerp: FOMU, 2019. .

References

External links

Official site of the museum
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