Rob Hornstra (born 14 March 1975, The Netherlands) is a Dutch photographer and self-publisher of documentary work, particularly of areas of the former Soviet Union. Rob Hornstra studied Social and Legal Services at the Utrecht University of Applied Sciences from 1994 to 1998; for a year from summer 1996 he interned and then worked as a probation officer. From September 1998 he worked for over eight years as a host and bartender at Muziekcentru…
Rob Hornstra, Arnold van Bruggen, Jeroen Kummer – Workshop
The Sochi Project Unveiled Rob Hornstra is currently finishing the 5-year documentary “The Sochi Project” with writer and filmmaker Arnold van Bruggen, and graphic designer Jeroen Kummer. The Sochi Project documents regional changes in the conflict ridden North Caucasus, preparing for the 2014 Olympic Winter Games. The trio will give a one-day interdisciplinary workshop entitled, “The Sochi Project Unveiled.” In the workshop, they will discuss t…
The Sochi Project
Ballroom, Pitsunda, ABKHAZIA, 2009, © Rob Hornstra / Courtsey Flatland Gallery NL | Paris Mapping a future for photojournalism by Rob Hornstra and Arnold van Bruggen In 2009 dutch author and filmmaker Arnold van Bruggen and the dutch photographer Rob Hornstra started their 5year project on Sochi (Russia). The small city at the Black Sea is the location for the Winter Olympics early in 2014. The duo wants to document the change the city is goin…
Mapping a future for photojournalism
One of the groundbreaking examples for “Good Practice” that can be seen at this years festival is the work of dutch photographer Rob Hornstra. Thus several of his projects will be on display - “Sotchi-Project“ as well as „101 Billionaires”. In an interdisciplinary workshop by Hornstra, the author Arnold van Bruggen and the designer Jeroen Kummer tshare their experiences and knowledge about long-term photojournalistic pro…
101 Billionaires
Title: Aleksander Zelekson, Nizhny Novgorod, RUSSIA, 2007 © Rob Hornstra / courtesy Flatland Gallery NL | Paris Under Vladimir Putin’s rule, Russia has reclaimed its position among the superpowers of the world in the past eight years, the economic recession and the tumultuous nineties seemingly all but forgotten. Thanks to the country’s huge abundance of raw materials such oil and natural gas, the Russian economy is flourishing as never before…
Open the Shutters – Conflict Photography in Europe and beyond
…#8220;Open the Shutters” at Berlin Fotofestival presents a series of lectures, screenings and workshops by international conflict and documentary photographers (i.e. Kai Wiedenhöfer, Robert King, Geert van Kesteren, Rob Hornstra, Wolf Böwig) and media experts looking at various styles and means of communication and public impact of photography in situiations of societal conflict and war and discuss contemporary challenges of finding new way…
Arnold van Bruggen
…ly life in the small, unknown country of Abkhazia. His articles reflect his personal engagement in and love for the tragic absurdity of the documentary stories he looks for. Since 2006 Arnold cooperates with photographer Rob Hornstra, first by travelling together to tiny Abkhazia, then by co-writing on his book 101 Billionaires and the past 5 years as writer in The Sochi Project, a 5 year-long documentary project in text and photography about th…
Workshops
… today’s twenty-first century photojournalists. Topics will include the possibilities of the DSLR, filming, video-editing, and how photographers can apply this critical knowledge in a changing field. Date: 16.6.2013 Rob Hornstra is currently working on the Sochi Project with colleagues, writer and filmmaker Arnold van Bruggen, and graphic designer Jeroen Kummer. The Sochi Project seeks to document the development of the Black Sea city in pr…
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