When visitors enter Viviane Sassen’s “PHOSPHOR, Art and Fashion” at Foam—the photography museum of Amsterdam, a series of fleshy, surrealist collages hang in the entry area near a narrow staircase. Women’s bodies, missing fingers and lengthy limbs come cobbled together, making a bold statement. This isn’t just any career retrospective of another playful fashion photographer. This is a show of artistry and passion. Sassen spent the earlier part of her career as a fashion model and studied fashion design in Utrecht, so of course, the work here is stylish. But there’s much more to it.

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After its initial showing at the Museum of European Photography in Paris, “PHOSPHOR” coming to Amsterdam is a sort of homecoming for Sassen, a native of the Dutch capital. It’ll head to Fotografiska Shanghai next, but only here will it include her most current work among her earlier experiments.

“This marks........

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