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FOMU's image collection now consists of more than 900,000 images that illustrate the development of international photography and Belgian photography, in particular. The FOMU collects both historical and contemporary photography, art and documentary photography, as well as free and applied photography. The collection is also representative of the history of photography in terms of printing techniques and includes daguerreotypy, glass plates, autochromes, negatives, slide positives, contact prints and photo publications. In addition to international legends, it also contains a large number of leading Belgian names.
The collection started with the Association Belge de Photographie archives and those of the publication department of the company Gevaert. Over the years, the collection has made valuable acquisitions, such as part of Fritz L. Grüber's private collection, the Agfa-Gevaert Historical Archives and archives of Belgian photographers. The collection is still growing as the FOMU consistently purchases work by young Belgian talent and acquires images that tell the story of (Belgian) photography.
William Klein, St. Patricks Day, Rockefeller Center, Fifth Avenue, 1954 -1955, Collection FOMU, P/2002/196, © William Klein
Boris Mikhailov, Untitled, 1997-1998, Collection FOMU, 2016/16, © Boris Mikhailov
Alvin Langdon Coburn, The Edge of the Black Country, 1911, Collection FOMU, P/1997/114/4, © Alvin Langdon Coburn
Joseph Ernest Buschmann, Ossenmarkt, 1845-1850, Collection FOMU, P/1977/34/7
Julien Coulommier, L'Homme coupé en deux par une fenêtre (André Breton), 1954, Collection FOMU, P/1992/243, © Julien Coulommier / SOFAM
Alexandre, World Ehbibition Antwerp 1894, Old Antwerp, Saint-Margriet and the dragon, Antwerp procession, 1894, stereo card Collection FOMU, P/1971/498/5
Max Pinckers & Sam Weerdmeester, Controversy, 2016, Collection FOMU, 2017/57, © Max Pinckers, Sam Weerdmeester / Gallery Sofie Van de Velde
Bieke Depoorter, Ou Menya, 2009, Collection FOMU, P/2014/323/2 ©Bieke Depoorter-Magnum Photos
Harry Gruyaert, Carnival, Antwerp, Belgium, 1992, Collection FOMU, 2020/86/6, © Copyright Harry Gruyaert
Dirk Braeckman, Self-portrait, 1989, Collection FOMU, P/1992/144, © Dirk Braeckman
Anonymous, Studio photo of a middle-aged man, bust, with bow around the collar., 1850, Collection FOMU, P/2014/274
Frères Géruzet, Vignetted portrait of a woman, Collection FOMU, P/1972/129/3
Annemie Augustijns, Refugees in blue building, Brussels 2009, Collection FOMU, 2017/46, © Annemie Augustijns
Zanele Muholi, Phaphama at Cassihaus, North Carolina, 2016, Collection FOMU, 2020/89, © Zanele Muholi. Courtesy of Stevenson, Cape Town/Johannesburg, and Yancey Richardson, New York
Nick Hannes, Asylum seekers, Athens, Greece, Collection FOMU, 2015/34/4, © Nick Hannes / SOFAM
Nadar, Mademoiselle Yvonne Lévy, 1892, Collection FOMU, P/1996/130/2
Eadweard Muybridge, Daisy jumping a hurdle, saddled, preparing for the leap, 1887, Collection FOMU, P/2002/14
Lynne Cohen, Untitled (Abstraction), 2002-2012, Collection FOMU, 2021/34, © Lynne Cohen
Jozef Emiel Borrenbergen, Wakende Vleugels (Watchful Wings), 1949, Collection FOMU, P/1973/164/2, © Jozef Emiel Borrenbergen
Germaine Van Parys, Albert Einstein on the Antwerp Scheldedocks, 1930, Collection FOMU, P/2003/7/2, © Germaine Van Parys / Stichting Germaine Van Parys
Anonymous, Group portrait of three students, 1870, ambrotype, Collection FOMU, P/1973/228
Jan Hoek, Maria (33 years), animal keeper. 2nd choice, 2013, Collection FOMU, 2016/6/2, © Jan Hoek
Tom Callemin, Examination, 2015, Collection FOMU, 2016/12, © Tom Callemin
Vincent Delbrouck, Sweetest things, 2016, Collection FOMU, 2020/45 © Vincent Delbrouck
Freya Maes, Antwerpen: Grote Markt., 1994, Collection FOMU, P/1995/47/42, © Freya Maes
Lucas Leffler, Old Factory, 2017, Collection FOMU 2020/10, © Lucas Leffler
Léonard Misonne, Anvers sous la Pluie, 1932, Collection FOMU, P/1967/44
W. & D. Downey, The Misses Dene, Woodburytype, circa 1893, Collection FOMU, P/1972/20/1
Man Ray, Solarisation Fingers, 1931, Collection FOMU, P/1978/150/25, © Man Ray / SABAM
William Henry Fox Talbot, Leaves, 1840, Collection FOMU, P/1971/4/2
Sébastien Reuzé, Soleil#01-06-F08, 2017, Collection FOMU, 2020/76 © Sébastien Réuze
Paul Sano, Skull of a feline (glass plate positive), 1909, Collection FOMU
James Barnor, Self-portrait with a model during James Barnor's training at the Agfa-Gevaert laboratory in Mortsel, Belgium, 1969, Collection FOMU, 2022/24, © James Barnor
Louis Ghémar, Leopold I, salt print, 1856, Collection FoOMU, P/1992/187
Anonymous, Portrait of a gentleman with a little girl on his lap, daguerreotype, 1840 - 1865, Collection FOMU, P/1966/3
de Lattre & Vandewinckel, Studio portrait of a lady with bicycle, cabinet photo, daylight collodion silver print, 1910, Collection FOMU, 2015/13, © de Lattre & Vandewinckel
Allain De Torbéchet & Cie., The Juggler, albumen paper print, 1862-1864, Collection FOMU, P/1970/92
