HORNSTRA, Rob

About the Dutch photographer Rob Hornstra, (b.1975)

Rob HORNSTRA is a photographer of predominantly long-term documentary projects, both at home and around the world. In 2009, he and writer/filmmaker Arnold van Bruggen started 'The Sochi Project', culminating in the retrospective book. He is the founder and former artistic director of FOTODOK – Space for Documentary Photography. Four times per year he runs a popular live talkshow about photo books in his home town Utrecht. He is head of the photography department at the Royal Academy of Arts in The Hague.

Photo books by Rob HORNSTRA

'The Europeans. The Former Capital' (2020); 'Man Next Door' (2017); 'An Atlas of War and Tourism in the Caucasus' (2015, 2013); 'The Secret History of Khava Gaisanova' (2013); 'KIEV' (2012); 'Life Here is Serious' (2012); 'Sochi Singers' (2011); 'Safety First' (2011); 'One Day' (2010); 'Empty land, Promised land, Forbidden land' (2010); 'On the Other Side of the Mountains' (2010); 'Sanatorium' (2009); '101 Billionaires. Crisis Edition' (2009); '101 Billionaires' (2008); 'Roots of the Rúntur' (2006); 'Communism & Cowgirls' (2004)