Rob Hornstra is one of the greatest innovators as a photographer in the documentary field. He is the first photographer in the Netherlands who found a new way of financing his projects: crowd funding.

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Rob Hornstra (1975) first did social studies and after that he graduated Cum Laude at the artacademy in Utrecht (HKU) in 2004. From the beginning of his career he worked on long projects in- and outside the Netherlands, besides assignments by newspapers and magazines. In the 6 years of him being a photographer he published 4 books.

The Sochi Project goes Rome! from The Sochi Project on Vimeo.

Video of Hornstra’s The Sochi Project with posters during an exhibition in Rome, Italy. A couple of posters were stolen from the walls in the city.

His most important project till now is the project he is working on since 2009. Together with journalist and writer Arnold van Bruggen he started The Sochi Project. This project will show the changes in Sochi (Russia) where in 2014 the Olympic wintergames will take place. The way Russia deals with this big event is documented in photography, film and text. But the most exiting and new part is, that the project is not only funded by publishing in magazines, but also by private funding. Look here and find out if you want to become a golden member or not!