Rob Hornstra (born 1975) is a

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photographer and

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work, particularly of areas of the former

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Early life

Hornstra was born in

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, Netherlands.

Career

Hornstra studied Social and Legal Services at Utrecht University of Applied Sciences from 1994 to 1998; for a year from summer 1996, he interned and then worked as a

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. From September 1998, he worked for over eight years as a host and bartender at

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in Utrecht. From 1999 to 2004, he studied photographic design at

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(public), linkedin.com. Accessed 4 January 2011. For his graduation project he spent one month in Russia photographing the lives of the first generation of young people growing up after the fall of communism. In the same year that he graduated he published this series as his first book, ''Communism and Cowgirls''. Since graduation Hornstra has combined editorial work for newspapers and magazines with more personal, longer-term documentary work in the Netherlands,

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, and the former

. Hornstra considers himself a maker of photographic documentaries rather than a photographer; when not photographing for a particular purpose, he does not carry a camera.

Jörg Colberg Jörg M. Colberg (born 15 February 1968)
University of Pittsburgh; archiv ...

,
A conversation with Rob Hornstra
, Conscientious, 10 November 2008. Accessed 4 January 2011. Further, he sees books as more important than exhibitions, and regards his own editing, publication and marketing of books of his photography as an important part of his work. Hornstra prefers to work with

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, in

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ttakes me quite a bit of time to set up my Mamiya medium-format camera and Horseman large-format camera. And that allows me to shoot more spontaneous pictures. Yes, it sounds contradictory. But snapshots aren't always so spontaneous by any means. When people have to pose for a long time, they eventually relax. Then you can really take nice pictures of them.Daniëlle Arets, "Deep Focus: Rob Hornstra, ''Roots of the Rúntur''", Behind the Scene.
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at the Wayback Machine (archived on 5 September 2011).

In 2006, together with the art historian Femke Lutgerink, Hornstra started work on Fotodok,The organization always presents its name in full capitals: "FOTODOK". an Utrecht-based organization that arranges exhibitions and other events for documentary photography. Itself inspired by Fotohof in

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, Fotodok hopes eventually to create an exhibition space for documentary photography in Utrecht. Fotodok was launched in 2008; Hornstra stepped down as creative director in September 2009. Starting with his first collection, ''Communism and Cowgirls,'' Hornstra has published his own books. These skip forewords by other writers, biographical notes,

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s and the other trappings of conventionally published books; by taking advance orders and selling copies directly and also working through a small number of retailers, Hornstra is able to avoid normal distribution channels.Olivier Laurent, "Do it yourself", ''British Journal of Photography,'' 31 August 2010
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at the Wayback Machine (archived 9 September 2010). The page uses Javascript to redirect elsewhere and so should be viewed with Javascript disabled.Johnny Simon, "Bucking the trend: Rob Hornstra finds success publishing photo books", The Photoletariat, 17 May 2010
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at the Wayback Machine (archived on 22 May 2011; a pop-up makes this easier to read with Javascript disabled). Together with the writer and filmmaker Arnold van Bruggen, in 2009 Hornstra started the Sochi Project, which over five years would document the area of

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) and the changes to it during the preparation for the

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. Hornstra and Van Bruggen express surprise that the site chosen for such a large winter event would be one so close to politically volatile areas such as

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and one that by Russian standards has exceptionally mild winters. Under the slogan ''slow journalism,'' the pair request donations from the public for the

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of a project whose timescale is impossible for the mass media. The stories Hornstra and Van Bruggen collected as part of the project have appeared in newspapers, photobooks and online over the course of the five-year period. The project culminated in the retrospective book ''An Atlas of War and Tourism in the Caucasus'' published by

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in 2013, and in 2014 an exhibition that toured Europe, America and Canada. Hornstra and Van Bruggen have also created more democratic exhibitions, made entirely of newsprint, that can be shown on the walls of small galleries with no budget for framed prints or video installations: ''On the Other Side of the Mountains'' (2010), two copies of which create an exhibition;''The Other Side of the Mountains'' can be viewe
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(Issuu). ''Paris Photo Newsprint Exhibition'' (2012), with thirty photographs;''Paris Photo Newsprint Exhibition'' is describe
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in the Indie Photo Library. and three versions of ''Billboard Sochi Singers'', each containing the sheets to assemble either of two posters.A video illustration of how to create a poster i
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(Vimeo). Critic

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, writing in

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, said "Whichever way you look at it, The Sochi Project is an incredible piece of journalism, both visual and written, and a glimpse of the medium's future." In 2019, Hornstra and Van Bruggen announced the start of another long-term project: ''The Europeans'', inspired by

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's 1955 book ''The Europeans'' and prompted by the recent rise of voters and regimes dissatisfied with the European ideal.

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions, and pair exhibitions with Arnold van Bruggen

* ''Communism and Cowgirls'',

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, Salzburg, 2005. * ''Communism and Cowgirls'',

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, Amsterdam, 2006. * ''Roots of the Rúntur'',

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, Reykjavík, 2006. *''101 Billionaires and Other Stories'', Flatland Gallery, Utrecht, 2009. *''The Sochi Project'', Mandeep Photography, Rome; Spazio Labo' – Centro di Fotografia, Bologna, 2010. *''Views from Sochi''.

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, Cardiff, February–March 2011. *''Ivan's Cowshed and Putin's Games: A report on the current state of the Sochi Project''. , Hamburg, April–May 2011. *''On the other side of the mountains''. International Centre of Photography, Kristiansund, Norway; Nordic Light International Festival of Photography, May 2011. *''Empty Land, Promised Land, Forbidden Land''. Savignano Immagini. Galleria Vicini, Savignano sul Rubicone, September 2011. *''Empty Land, Promised Land, Forbidden Land''. Foto8, London, March–April 2012. *''Empty Land, Promised Land, Forbidden Land''. FEM,

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, November–December 2012. *''The Secret History of Khava Gaisanova & The North Caucasus''. Ti Pi Tin, London, May–June 2013. *''101 Billionaires'' and the Sochi Project. Browse Foto-Festival, Berlin, June–July 2013. *''The Sochi Project''. FotoDoc Center for Documentary Photography, Sakharov Center, Moscow, October 2013.'The Sochi Project': Amsterdam-Moskou
, Nederland-Ruslandjaar. Accessed 22 June 2014.Ymke Frijters,
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, Digifoto Pro, 17 October 2013. Accessed 22 June 2014. *''The Sochi Project''.

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, Amsterdam, October 2013. *''The Sochi Project: An Atlas of War and Tourism in the Caucasus''.

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, November 2013 – March 2014. *''Gouden Jaren: Rob Hornstra's Rusland / Golden Years: Rob Hornstra's Russia.''

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, Amsterdam, December 2013 – March 2014. *''The Sochi Project: An Atlas of War and Tourism in the Caucasus.'' DePaul Art Museum,

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, Chicago, January–March 2014. *''The Sochi Project: An Atlas of War and Tourism in the Caucasus.'' Fotohof, Salzburg, January–March 2014. *''The Sochi Project: An Atlas of War and Tourism in the Caucasus.''

Noorderlicht Noorderlicht (Dutch for "Northern Light") is an international platform for photography and lens-based media based in Groningen, The Netherlands. In addition to the Noorderlicht Biennale, Noorderlicht organizes exhibitions, an educational program, ...

, Groningen, April–June 2014. *''The Sochi Project: An Atlas of War and Tourism in the Caucasus.'' Contact Photography Festival, Toronto, May 2014. *''Ballets Russes''. Flatland Gallery, Amsterdam, May–June 2014. *''The Sochi Project: An Atlas of War and Tourism in the Caucasus.''

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, New York City, May–July 2014. *''The Sochi Project.'' PhotoIreland Festival, City Assembly House, Dublin, July 2014. *''The Sochi Project: Atlas of War and Tourism in the Caucasus.'' Kaunas Photo 2015, Mykolas Žilinskas Art Gallery ( M. K. Čiurlionis National Art Museum), Kaunas, January–February 2016.

Other exhibitions

* ''Changing Faces: Work'',

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, Essen, 2006. * ''Up-and-Comers'', GEM Museum of Contemporary Art, The Hague, 2006. * ''Encounters'', Mills Gallery,

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, Boston, 2007. * ''Photography Meets Industry'', GD4PhotoART, Bologna, 2008. *Lumix Festival for Young Photojournalism, Hannover, 2008. Hornstra exhibited part of ''101 Billionaires''. * ''Silverstein Photography Annual'',

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, New York, NY, 2008. * ''Work'', Reg Vardy Gallery, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, 2009. * ''101 Billionaires'', within , Naarden, 2009. * Noorderlicht Photofestival, Groningen, 2009. Hornstra exhibited ''The Brown Room''. * ''Flatland at Madridfoto'' (

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), Feria de Madrid, Madrid, 2009. *''Prix de Rome'',

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, Rotterdam, 2009. *''La Collection de la MEP – Acquisitions et donations récentes'',

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, Paris, 2009. *''Quick Scan NL#01'',

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, Rotterdam, 2010. *''Art Amsterdam 2010'' (Amsterdam), 2010. *''On the Other Side of the Mountains'', in ''Mutations III: Public Images, Private Views'', European Month of Photography. MACRo Testaccio (, Rome); , Monat der Fotografie Wien, Vienna; Bast'Art, 2010, Bratislava;

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, Berlin; Carré Rotondes, Luxembourg. Also at Folkets Hus, Nordic Light International Festival of Photography, Kristiansund, 2011. *''In Your Face'',

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, Utrecht, 2010. *''Empty Land, Promised Land, Forbidden Land'',

and Catharijneconvent, Dutch Doc Days, Utrecht, 2011. With

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(Thijs groot Wassink and Ruben Lundgren), Willem Popelier, Raoul Kramer and Florian Göttke, as nominees for the Dutch Doc award. *''Inside: How any story should ultimately be told''. Flatland Gallery, 2011. Photographs by Hornstra from the Sochi Project, with those by Florian van Roekel from ''How Terry Likes His Coffee.'' *Three Dutch photographers.

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, November 2012. With Florian van Roekel and Jaap Scheeren. *Twente Biënnale.

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, Enschede, May–June 2013. *''The Sochi Project.'' ''Cortona on the Move 2014 – Photography in travel'' festival, Cortona, Italy, July–September 2014. With van Bruggen. *''On the Move'',

Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (; Municipal Museum Amsterdam), colloquially known as the Stedelijk, is a museum for modern art, contemporary art, and design located in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

, August 2014 – February 2015. Includes ''The Sochi Project''.

Exhibitions as curator

*''New Dutch storytellers''. , MACRo Testaccio (Rome), September–October 2011. Works by Anne Geen, Anna Dasovic, Willem Popelier and Hornstra.

Permanent collections

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(

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). * (

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Publications by Hornstra

Books by Rob Hornstra and Arnold van Bruggen

''Communism and Cowgirls''. Self-published, 2004. On the new, post-

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generation of Russians.Images from this are availabl
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at Borotov Archive. Accessed 5 January 2011. ''Rijk: Hoe een ideaal in een kwart eeuw werkelijkheid werd: Stichting de Arm''. Utrecht: Autres Directions, 2005. . By Bram Nijssen; photography by Hornstra. About Stichting de Arm.For a description, see

, Bint Photobooks, 26 February 2009. Accessed 4 January 2011. ''Changing Faces: Work 1''. Photography by Stein and Issa, Orri, Thomas Neumann, Renja Leino, Arturas Valiauga, and Hornstra. Edited by Agnes Matthias. Essen: Museum Volkwang, 2006; Steidl, 2006. . ''Roots of the Rúntur''. Rit Thjódhminjasafns Íslands, 10. Reykjavík: Thjódhminjasafn Íslands, 2006. Photography by Hornstra, text by Hornstra and Ingvar Högni Ragnarsson. About what were previously fishing communities in Iceland.For sample photographs, see "Project: ''Roots of the Rúntur,'' Rob Hornstra", Behind the Scene

at the Wayback Machine (archived on 26 August 2011). More images are availabl
here
at Borotov Archive. Accessed 4 January 2011. (''Rúntur'', literally "round tour", and elsewhere a

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or a drive around a circular course or even repeatedly around a single

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, here means a repeated drive around the perimeter road of a village.) ''101 Billionaires''. Utrecht: Borotov Photography, 2008. With text by Hans Loos and van Bruggen. The title derives from the assertion in the Russian magazine ''Finans'' that Russia then had 101 (US dollar)

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s. However, the book depicts not these Russians but rather those who were "forgotten by capitalism".The phrase is from
Forgotten by capitalism
, ''Design Mind,'' n.d. (the first of a series of slides that illustrate the book). For an extended sample see Rob Hornstra,
101 Billionaires
, ''Guernica,'' March 2010. For images se
here
at Borotov Archive. For an article on the book, partly based on an interview with Hornstra, see Liza de Rijk,
'Ik heb het idee dat iedereen bang is.' Rusland door de camera van Rob Hornstra
, ''Metropolis M,'' 3 December 2008. See Jeff Ladd'

of ''101 Billionaires,'' 5B4 Photography and Books, 4 December 2008. All accessed 4–5 January 2011. The book was nominated for the New York Photo Awards 2009 and listed among ''Photo-Eyes best ten photobooks for 2008. ''101 Billionaires'', 2nd edition. Utrecht: Borotov Photography, 2009. A cheaper edition (no

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s) with slightly updated text, whose publication was prompted by the news that the number of billionaires had plummeted to 49. Referred to by Hornstra and in reviews and notices as the ''2009 Crisis Edition.'' ''Sanatorium''. N.p.: The Sochi Project, 2009. Photography by Hornstra, text by van Bruggen. The first of a series of annual publications from the Sochi Project, this booklet is about Sanatorium Metallurg at

, which, like the other Soviet-era sanatoria in the area, appeared likely to be demolished and replaced with an expensive hotel in time for the

.For a sample, see "Russia's last resort", London ''Sunday Times Magazine Spectrum,'' 8 August 2010, pp. 36–37, reproduce
here
(PDF) at Borotov.com. For more, se
here
at Borotov Archive. For description/reviews, see Andrew Phelps,

, Buffet, 27 December 2009; and

Jörg Colberg Jörg M. Colberg (born 15 February 1968)
University of Pittsburgh; archiv ...

,
Review: ''Sanatorium'' by Rob Hornstra and Arnold van Bruggen
, Conscientious, 4 December 2009; Jeff Ladd,

, 5B4 Photography and Books, 31 December 2009. All accessed 4–5 January 2011. ''Sanatorium'' won the "Photographic Book" category of the New York Photo Awards in 2010. ''Empty Land Promised Land Forbidden Land''. N.p.: The Sochi Project, 2010. Photography by Hornstra, text by van Bruggen. This 271-page book is the second in the series of annual publications of the Sochi Project. A portrait of

, and of

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and

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exiled from Abkhazia.Images of the book are availabl
here
at Borotov Archive. For reviews, see "Empty Land, Promised Land, Forbidden Land", Bastard Title, 27 November 2010
here
at the Wayback Machine (archived 25 June 2011); Andrew Phelps,

, Buffet, 28 November 2010;

Jörg Colberg Jörg M. Colberg (born 15 February 1968)
University of Pittsburgh; archiv ...

,
Review: ''Empty land, Promised land, Forbidden land'' by Rob Hornstra and Arnold van Bruggen
, Conscientious, 3 December 2010. All accessed 4–5 January 2011. The book was listed among ''Photo-Eyes best photobooks for 2010 and was nominated for the 2011 Dutch Doc award. ''Empty Land Promised Land Forbidden Land''. 2nd edition. N.p.: The Sochi Project, 2012. Smaller format than the original, and updated. ''On the Other Side of the Mountains''. N.p.: The Sochi Project, 2010. Photography by Hornstra, text by van Bruggen. A photograph album on newsprint (tabloid format) about the village of Krasny Vostok, in

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. On p. 63 appear instructions on how to arrange pp. 3–62 of two copies into an exhibition, as was done during the 2010 European Month of Photography. Hornstra and Van Bruggen chose Krasny Vostok, on the other side of the mountains from Sochi, because nothing unusual happens there.For images, se
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at Borotov Archive. For an account of the editing process see Rob Hornstra,

, Ahorn Magazine. Accessed 4–5 January 2011. ''One Day: Ten Photographers''. Heidelberg: Kehrer, 2011. . A boxed set, edited by Harvey Benge, of ten books of photographs taken on 20 June 2010, each book by one of Jessica Backhaus,

Gerry Badger Gerald David "Gerry" Badger (born 1946) is an English writer and curator of photography, and a photographer. In 2018, he received the J Dudley Johnston Award from the Royal Photographic Society. Life and career Badger was born in 1946 in North ...

, Benge,

John Gossage John Gossage (born 1946) is an American photographer, noted for his artist's books and other publications using his photographs to explore under-recognised elements of the urban environment such as abandoned tracts of land, debris and garbage, and ...

Todd Hido Todd Hido (born 25 August 1968) is an American photographer. He has produced 17 books, had his work exhibited widely and included in various public collections. Hido is currently an adjunct professor at the California College of the Arts in San F ...

, Hornstra,

Rinko Kawauchi Rinko Kawauchi HonFRPS (川内倫子, ''Kawauchi Rinko,'' born 1972) is a Japanese photographer. "Her work is characterized by a serene, poetic style, depicting the ordinary moments in life." Life and work Kawauchi became interested in photogr ...

, Eva Maria Ocherbauer,

Martin Parr Martin Parr (born 23 May 1952) is a British documentary photographer, photojournalist and photobook collector. He is known for his photographic projects that take an intimate, satirical and anthropological look at aspects of modern life, in p ...

and

Alec Soth Alec Soth (born 1969) is an American photographer, based in Minneapolis. Soth makes "large-scale American projects" featuring the midwestern United States. ''New York Times'' art critic Hilarie M. Sheets wrote that he has made a "photographic care ...

. ''Safety First''. Sketchbook Series. N.p.: The Sochi Project,

011 International direct dialing (IDD) or international subscriber dialling (ISD) is placing an international telephone call, dialed directly by a telephone subscriber, rather than by a telephone operator. Subscriber dialing of international calls t ...

Photography by Hornstra, text by van Bruggen. Photographs of

Grozny Grozny (, ; ) is the capital city of Chechnya, Russia. The city lies on the Sunzha River. According to the 2021 Russian census, 2021 census, it had a population of 328,533 — up from 210,720 recorded in the 2002 Russian Census, 2002 ce ...

, damaged by an

X-ray scanner An X-ray (also known in many languages as Röntgen radiation) is a form of high-energy electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength shorter than those of ultraviolet rays and longer than those of gamma rays. Roughly, X-rays have a wavelength ran ...

in Grozny. ''Sochi Singers''. N.p.: The Sochi Project, 2011. Photography by Hornstra, text by van Bruggen. Singers performing ''

chanson A (, ; , ) is generally any Lyrics, lyric-driven French song. The term is most commonly used in English to refer either to the secular polyphonic French songs of late medieval music, medieval and Renaissance music or to a specific style of ...

s/popsa'' in the restaurants of

and nearby resorts. ''Life Here is Serious''. Sketchbook Series. N.p.: The Sochi Project,

012 012 may refer to: * Tyrrell 012, a Formula One racing car * The dialing code for Pretoria Pretoria ( ; ) is the Capital of South Africa, administrative capital of South Africa, serving as the seat of the Executive (government), executive br ...

Photography by Hornstra, text by van Bruggen. Photographs of young wrestlers in

Dagestan Dagestan ( ; ; ), officially the Republic of Dagestan, is a republic of Russia situated in the North Caucasus of Eastern Europe, along the Caspian Sea. It is located north of the Greater Caucasus, and is a part of the North Caucasian Fede ...

.Short video of the boo
here
''Kiev''. Sketchbook Series. N.p.: The Sochi Project,

Photography and short text by Hornstra. Photographs of Sochi and its area, taken with a

Kiev Kyiv, also Kiev, is the capital and most populous List of cities in Ukraine, city of Ukraine. Located in the north-central part of the country, it straddles both sides of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2022, its population was 2, ...

6S camera.This particular model of Kiev, in Cyrillic script "Киев-6C", is shown and describe
here
''The Secret History of Khava Gaisanova: And the North Caucasus''. N.p.: The Sochi Project, 2013. Photography by Hornstra, text by van Bruggen. The story of one resident of Chermen,

North Ossetia North is one of the four compass points or cardinal directions. It is the opposite of south and is perpendicular to east and west. ''North'' is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography. Etymology The word ''north'' is ...

. ''De Geheime Geschiedenis van Khava Gaisanova''. N.p.: The Sochi Project, 2013. Dutch-language edition of the above. ''An Atlas of War and Tourism in the Caucasus''. New York: Aperture, 2013. . ''An Atlas of War and Tourism in the Caucasus''. 2nd edition. New York: Aperture, 2015. . Smaller format than the original. ''Man Next Door''. Utrecht: self-published, 2017. Edition of 800 copies. Photographic portrait of a neighbour friend, with some captions. ''The Europeans (the Former Capital)''. Utrecht: self-published; Kaunas, Lithuania: Kaunas Photography Gallery, 2020. Photography by Hornstra, text by van Bruggen. Bilingual (French and Lithuanian). Soft cover; edition of 1000 copies. Hard cover; edition of 120 copies. ''The Europeans: the Naval Base''. Utrecht: self-published, 2021. Photography by Hornstra, text by van Bruggen. Soft cover; edition of 1000 copies. Hard cover; edition of 120 copies. ''The Europeans: Our Ancestral Home''. Utrecht: self-published, 2022. Photography by Hornstra, text by van Bruggen. Bilingual (French and English). Soft cover; edition of 1000 copies. Hard cover; edition of 120 copies. ''Money Always Wins / L'Argent Gagne Toujours''. Utrecht: self-published, 2022. Photography by Hornstra, text by van Bruggen. 16-page newspaper.

Awards

*2011: 2010 Canon prize awarded to Hornstra for ''On the Other Side of the Mountain,'' . *2011: ''Safety First,'' from ''The Sochi Project'', winner, Magnum Expression Award from

Magnum Photos Magnum Photos is an international photographic cooperative owned by its photographer-members, with offices in Paris, New York City, London and Tokyo. It was founded in 1947 in Paris by photographers Robert Capa, David Seymour (photographer), Davi ...

. *2012: ''Sochi Singers'' from ''The Sochi Project'', winner, Professional Arts and Culture,

Sony World Photography Awards The World Photography Organisation is a British company best known for its annual Sony World Photography Awards. The company was founded in 2007 by Scott Gray, and is now a subsidiary of Gray's art events company Creo. The World Photography Org ...

World Photography Organisation The World Photography Organisation is a British company best known for its annual Sony World Photography Awards. The company was founded in 2007 by Scott Gray, and is now a subsidiary of Gray's art events company Creo. The World Photography Org ...

. *2012: ''The Sochi Project: Sochi Singers,'' 1st prize, Stories, Arts and Entertainment,

World Press Photo World Press Photo Foundation is an independent, non-profit organization based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Founded in 1955, the organization holds the annual World Press Photo Contest for press photography. Since 2011, World Press Photo has orga ...

Awards 2012. *2013: Canon prize awarded to Hornstra and van Bruggen for ''The Sochi Project: An Atlas of War and Tourism in the Caucasus,'' Zilveren Camera. *2014: Dutch Doc Photo Award 2014 awarded to Hornstra and van Bruggen for ''The Sochi Project''.

Early life

Career

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions, and pair exhibitions with Arnold van Bruggen

Other exhibitions

Exhibitions as curator

Permanent collections

Publications by Hornstra

Awards

Notes

References

External links