Photographer / Visual storyteller
Gruttersdijk 12 - 109
3514 BG Utrecht / NL
+31 6 14365936
studio@robhornstra.com
www.theeuropeans.org
KvK 30182322 / VAT NL001654162B78
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Education
- 2004
- Graduated with honours from the Academy of Arts Utrecht, Photographic Design.
- 1998
- Graduated from the University for Professional Education Utrecht, Social and Legal Services.
Biography
Rob Hornstra (Borne, 1975) is a Dutch photographer who works on long-term documentary projects, both in the Netherlands and abroad. His work appears internationally in books, newspapers, magazines, and exhibitions, and is part of collections such as Kunstmuseum Den Haag, Huis Marseille Amsterdam, Maison Européenne de la Photographie Paris, Musée de la Photographie Charleroi, and Fondazione MAST, Bologna. In addition to being a photographer, he has been co-head for more than five years of the Bachelor’s and Master’s Photography programs at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague (KABK) and he is the driving force behind the live talk show FOTODOK Book Talks at TivoliVredenburg.
Publications
- 2023
- Ordinary People (Lannoo)
- The Europeans - The Black Country (Self-published)
- 2022
- The Unknown (Kominek)
- The Europeans - Our Ancestral Home (Self-published)
- 2021
- The Europeans - The Naval Base (Self-published)
- 2020
- The Europeans - The Former Capital (Self-published)
- 2017
- Man Next Door (Self-published)
- 2015
- An Atlas of War and Tourism in the Caucasus (Aperture, New York)
- 2013
- An Atlas of War and Tourism in the Caucasus (Aperture, New York)
- The Secret History of Khava Gaisanova (Self-published)
- 2012
- KIEV (Self-published)
- Life Here is Serious (Self-published)
- 2011
- Sochi Singers (Self-published)
- Safety First (Self-published)
- 2010
- One Day (Kehrer Verlag)
- Empty land, Promised land, Forbidden land (Self-published)
- On the Other Side of the Mountains (Self-published)
- 2009
- Sanatorium (Self-published)
- 101 Billionaires - Crisis Edition (Self-published)
- 2008
- 101 Billionaires (Self-published)
- 2006
- Roots of the Rúntur (Self-published)
- 2004
- Communism & Cowgirls (Self-published)
Awards
- 2025
- Dupho SO Award
- 2021
- Zilveren Camera Storytelling Award
- 2014
- Dutch Doc Award
- Zilveren Camera Storytelling Award
- 2012
- Sony World Photography Award
- World Press Photo Award
- 2011
- Magnum Expression Award
- Zilveren Camera Storytelling Award
- 2010
- New York Photo Book Award
- 2007
- GD4ART International Competition
- 2004
- Dutch Photo Academy Award
Exhibitions (non-institutional)
- 2023
The Europeans in empty former H&M fashion store in Kroonpassage Den Helder, NL
- 2022
Money Always Wins at a roundabout on the busy access road to city centre Bayonne, FR
- 2021
Man Next Door in former house of deceased neighbour in working class disctrict in Utrecht, NL
- The Europeans in Mondriaan residency Pompgemaal in Huisduinen, NL
Exhibitions (institutional)
- 2024
- Fotomuseum Den Haag (solo)
- 2020
- Breda Photo
- Kaunas Gallery (solo)
- 2018
- Centraal Museum, Utrecht (solo)
- 2017
- Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede
- FotoForum, Bolzano (solo)
- 2016
- Cech Art Space, Minsk (solo)
- EFTI, Madrid (solo)
- National M.K.Ciurlionis Museum, Kaunas (solo)
- 2015
- Indira Ghandi National Art Gallery, New Delhi (festival)
- Klovićevi Dvori Gallery, Zagreb (festival)
- CFD, Barcelona (solo)
- 2014
- Center for Contemporary Art, Warsaw (solo)
- Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (group)
- Aperture Gallery, New York (solo)
- Contact Gallery, Toronto (solo)
- Noorderlicht Galerie, Groningen (solo)
- DePaul Art Museum, Chicago (solo)
- Fotohof, Salzburg (solo)
- 2013
- Huis Marseille, Amsterdam (solo)
- FoMu, Antwerp (solo)
- 2012
- Foto8, London (UK)
- 2011
- Freelens Gallery, Hamburg (Germany)
- SiFest Savignano (Italy)
Workshops
Utrecht, NL, Warsaw, PL, Valencia ES, Bolzano IT, Luxembourg LU, Bristol UK, Minsk BY, New Delhi IN, Zagreb HR, Barcelona ES, Brighton UK, Cortona IT, Dublin IE, New York US, Vienna AT, London UK, Toronto CA
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