The Sochi Project
Rob Hornstra & Arnold van Bruggen
Long-term multi platform documentary project
Year: 2009 – 2014
Visual concept, project identity, graphic design, web design & exhibition design: Kummer & Herrman
Publisher retrospective book ‘An Atlas of War and Tourism in the Caucasus’: Aperture Foundation
Technical development website: Thijs Gadiot
New York Photo Book Award 2010 (‘Sanatorium’)
Dutch Canon Prize for Innovative Journalism 2010, honorable mention in the Magnum Expression Award 2010 (‘On the Other Side of the Mountains’)
Photo-eye Best Books of 2010, Shortlist Kassel International Photobook Award 2011 (‘Empty land, Promised land, Forbidden Land’)
Magnum Expression Award, 2011 (‘Safety First’)
World Press Photo - Arts & Entertainment Stories, 2012; Winner Sony World Photography Awards - Arts & Culture, 2012; Winner PDN Photo Annual - Book Category, 2012 (‘Sochi Singers’)
Shortlisted for the IDFA DocLab Awards 2013 (‘The Sochi Project’-website)
European Design Awards 2014 Silver (‘An Atlas of War and Tourism in the Caucasus’)
European Design Awards 2014 Gold (‘The Secret History of Khava Gaisanova’)
Dutch Design Award 2014