The Sochi Project
The Sochi Project
January 12, 2014
Brothers Zashrikwa (17) and Edrese (14), Kuabchara, Abkhazia, 2009
© Rob Hornstra / Flatland Gallery. From: An Atlas of War and Tourism in the Caucasus (Aperture, 2013)
Transformation beyond recognition
"Never before have the Olympics been held in a place that stands in sharper contrast to the Games than Sochi," explains Arnold van Bruggen. "The conflict zone of Abkhazia is a mere 20 kilometres away. To the East, the Caucasus Mountains lead on to impoverished breakaway regions such as the Republic of North Ossetia and Chechnya. On the coast, old Soviet sanatoriums are standing side-by-side with the most upmarket hotels and clubs of the Russian Riviera. By 2014, the Sochi region is set to be transformed beyond recognition."
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Brothers Zashrikwa (17) and Edrese (14), Kuabchara, Abkhazia, 2009
© Rob Hornstra / Flatland Gallery. From: An Atlas of War and Tourism in the Caucasus (Aperture, 2013)
Young Dima, Matsesta, Russia, 2009
© Rob Hornstra / Flatland Gallery. From: An Atlas of War and Tourism in the Caucasus (Aperture, 2013)
Mikhail Pavelivich Karabelnikov (77), Sochi, Russia, 2009
© Rob Hornstra / Flatland Gallery. From: An Atlas of War and Tourism in the Caucasus (Aperture, 2013)
"The Sochi Project: An Atlas of War and Tourism in the Caucasus"