Rob Hornstra / The Europeans
@theeuropeans.bsky.social
Photographer working with @arnoldvanbruggen.bsky.social on The Europeans, a ten-year project on Europeans in times of drastic changes. Website: www.robhornstra.com / www.theeuropeans.org. Sign up for newsletter: https://www.robhornstra.com/about.
"Bloemen Bloemen Grote Bossen €5". This 2021 work (71.5 x 86 cm) is waiting in my studio to be picked up today by a renter. Feel free to contact me if you’re interested in renting work — also if your favourite work isn’t shown in the online library.
More information: robhornstra.com/photo-rental
More information: robhornstra.com/photo-rental
December 4, 2025 at 8:16 AM
"Bloemen Bloemen Grote Bossen €5". This 2021 work (71.5 x 86 cm) is waiting in my studio to be picked up today by a renter. Feel free to contact me if you’re interested in renting work — also if your favourite work isn’t shown in the online library.
More information: robhornstra.com/photo-rental
More information: robhornstra.com/photo-rental
Did you miss our Black Friday deals? That’s entirely possible — we don’t do Black Friday. Still looking for a meaningful Christmas gift? Have a look at our The Europeans shop. You can rent artworks or purchase t-shirts and books, and every purchase supports our project The Europeans.
December 3, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Did you miss our Black Friday deals? That’s entirely possible — we don’t do Black Friday. Still looking for a meaningful Christmas gift? Have a look at our The Europeans shop. You can rent artworks or purchase t-shirts and books, and every purchase supports our project The Europeans.
In one of the most prosperous countries in the world, a voters majority once again chose to turn right and support politics that foster hate and division. I photographed every polling station in Bernheze municipality. Many thanks to all the polling station volunteers. 📸 @martijnschmidt.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 8:50 AM
In one of the most prosperous countries in the world, a voters majority once again chose to turn right and support politics that foster hate and division. I photographed every polling station in Bernheze municipality. Many thanks to all the polling station volunteers. 📸 @martijnschmidt.bsky.social
Last year the Forhanna Foundation acquired my work for their collection. This year they choose this work from 'New Botanica'. And they’ve pledged to keep collecting in the years ahead. A wonderful and unique commitment to support long-term projects like The Europeans. @arnoldvanbruggen.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Last year the Forhanna Foundation acquired my work for their collection. This year they choose this work from 'New Botanica'. And they’ve pledged to keep collecting in the years ahead. A wonderful and unique commitment to support long-term projects like The Europeans. @arnoldvanbruggen.bsky.social
Prep for the presentation is in full swing. Looking forward to meet you at Superraum in Dortmund tomorrow (Wednesday) at 7 pm. This is a public talk ahead of a workshop I’ll be giving on Thursday. @arnepiepke.bsky.social @maximilianmann.bsky.social @nordstadtblogger.bsky.social
September 16, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Prep for the presentation is in full swing. Looking forward to meet you at Superraum in Dortmund tomorrow (Wednesday) at 7 pm. This is a public talk ahead of a workshop I’ll be giving on Thursday. @arnepiepke.bsky.social @maximilianmann.bsky.social @nordstadtblogger.bsky.social
Welcome at art fair NAP+ at Markthallen Amsterdam. Join us until Sunday, every day from 11 am until 19 pm. @galeriewvl.bsky.social @arnoldvanbruggen.bsky.social
September 11, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Welcome at art fair NAP+ at Markthallen Amsterdam. Join us until Sunday, every day from 11 am until 19 pm. @galeriewvl.bsky.social @arnoldvanbruggen.bsky.social
After an unapologetically long cycling and hiking family trip across Europe, I’m – just like all of you – back at work. Next week, from September 11–14, work from my brand-new series New Botanica will be shown for the very first time at @galeriewvl.bsky.social during the NAP+ art fair in Amsterdam.
September 3, 2025 at 1:15 PM
After an unapologetically long cycling and hiking family trip across Europe, I’m – just like all of you – back at work. Next week, from September 11–14, work from my brand-new series New Botanica will be shown for the very first time at @galeriewvl.bsky.social during the NAP+ art fair in Amsterdam.
Amid plastic waste and migrant slums, we meet Jan, an infectiously passionate Dutch biologist working for Coexphal, representing most fruit and veg producers. He’s spent his life promoting biological pest control— with success. Change is possible— when the industry demands it.
www.theeuropeans.org
www.theeuropeans.org
June 27, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Amid plastic waste and migrant slums, we meet Jan, an infectiously passionate Dutch biologist working for Coexphal, representing most fruit and veg producers. He’s spent his life promoting biological pest control— with success. Change is possible— when the industry demands it.
www.theeuropeans.org
www.theeuropeans.org
Even photo fridge magnets for sale at the exit!
June 11, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Even photo fridge magnets for sale at the exit!
What a great exhibition by Joel Meyerowitz at Fernán Gómez Centro in Madrid. For ‘My European Trip’, he and his wife Vivian travelled through Europe in ’66–’67, leaving us a historical portrait. Funded by a Guggenheim Fellowship—proof, nearly 60 years later, of the lasting value of such grants.
June 11, 2025 at 3:31 PM
What a great exhibition by Joel Meyerowitz at Fernán Gómez Centro in Madrid. For ‘My European Trip’, he and his wife Vivian travelled through Europe in ’66–’67, leaving us a historical portrait. Funded by a Guggenheim Fellowship—proof, nearly 60 years later, of the lasting value of such grants.
Thanks to a grant from the Dutch Embassy, I’ll be taking part in PHotoESPAÑA PRO Talento a bordo next week — a great opportunity to share new work created in south-east Spain with an international group of curators. The Plastic Sea will become a book and exhibition, to be launched at the end of '25.
June 6, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Thanks to a grant from the Dutch Embassy, I’ll be taking part in PHotoESPAÑA PRO Talento a bordo next week — a great opportunity to share new work created in south-east Spain with an international group of curators. The Plastic Sea will become a book and exhibition, to be launched at the end of '25.
During the EU Parliament elections @arnoldvanbruggen.bsky.social and I photographed every polling station in Den Helder. Important for future history, we believe. The SO Awards jury thought so too—they selected it as one of this year’s winners. Opening tonight 5:30 pm @melkwegamsterdam.bsky.social.
May 9, 2025 at 9:44 AM
During the EU Parliament elections @arnoldvanbruggen.bsky.social and I photographed every polling station in Den Helder. Important for future history, we believe. The SO Awards jury thought so too—they selected it as one of this year’s winners. Opening tonight 5:30 pm @melkwegamsterdam.bsky.social.
At 5 a.m. @arnoldvanbruggen.bsky.social and I are in a tomato greenhouse with manager Antonio, who picked us up an hour earlier with coffee. The day starts early for vegetable pickers, to beat the heat. Working on a new chapter for The Europeans in southeastern Spain.
May 3, 2025 at 9:45 AM
At 5 a.m. @arnoldvanbruggen.bsky.social and I are in a tomato greenhouse with manager Antonio, who picked us up an hour earlier with coffee. The day starts early for vegetable pickers, to beat the heat. Working on a new chapter for The Europeans in southeastern Spain.
The t-shirt fits into a growing trend of clothing with political slogans. Like Dior’s We Should All Be Feminists shirt and the Tax the Rich dress worn by U.S. Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at the Met Gala. And not to forget: President Trump’s Make America Great Again merchandise. Link below
May 2, 2025 at 2:12 PM
The t-shirt fits into a growing trend of clothing with political slogans. Like Dior’s We Should All Be Feminists shirt and the Tax the Rich dress worn by U.S. Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at the Met Gala. And not to forget: President Trump’s Make America Great Again merchandise. Link below
Working together with @arnoldvanbruggen.bsky.social in Europe’s largest vegetable garden: the vast sea of greenhouses around Almería in southeastern Spain and makeshift settlements where - legal and illegal - migrant workers live.
April 27, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Working together with @arnoldvanbruggen.bsky.social in Europe’s largest vegetable garden: the vast sea of greenhouses around Almería in southeastern Spain and makeshift settlements where - legal and illegal - migrant workers live.
There’s always that first photo on every trip. Often a rental car. Sometimes, like here, it’s the road to the first stop. The greenhouses on both sides tell we’re getting close. On the road with @arnoldvanbruggen.bsky.social for The Europeans, documenting the lives of workers in a plastic sea.
April 23, 2025 at 2:15 PM
There’s always that first photo on every trip. Often a rental car. Sometimes, like here, it’s the road to the first stop. The greenhouses on both sides tell we’re getting close. On the road with @arnoldvanbruggen.bsky.social for The Europeans, documenting the lives of workers in a plastic sea.
Watch your head! It’s challenging sometimes for Dutch working in Spain. With @arnoldvanbruggen.bsky.social in Pulpi. #workinprogress #theeuropeans
April 17, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Watch your head! It’s challenging sometimes for Dutch working in Spain. With @arnoldvanbruggen.bsky.social in Pulpi. #workinprogress #theeuropeans
De SO’25 Selection is bekend!
Selected winner is: Rob Hornstra.
Gefeliciteerd met de titel Selection Of Dutch Photography ‘25!
Vanaf 17 april is al het werk te zien in de SO’25 online gallery. En van 9 t/m 11 mei in Melkweg Expo en op digitale abri’s rondom het Leidseplein in Amsterdam.
Selected winner is: Rob Hornstra.
Gefeliciteerd met de titel Selection Of Dutch Photography ‘25!
Vanaf 17 april is al het werk te zien in de SO’25 online gallery. En van 9 t/m 11 mei in Melkweg Expo en op digitale abri’s rondom het Leidseplein in Amsterdam.
April 16, 2025 at 1:24 PM
De SO’25 Selection is bekend!
Selected winner is: Rob Hornstra.
Gefeliciteerd met de titel Selection Of Dutch Photography ‘25!
Vanaf 17 april is al het werk te zien in de SO’25 online gallery. En van 9 t/m 11 mei in Melkweg Expo en op digitale abri’s rondom het Leidseplein in Amsterdam.
Selected winner is: Rob Hornstra.
Gefeliciteerd met de titel Selection Of Dutch Photography ‘25!
Vanaf 17 april is al het werk te zien in de SO’25 online gallery. En van 9 t/m 11 mei in Melkweg Expo en op digitale abri’s rondom het Leidseplein in Amsterdam.
On view until this Saturday, April 19, at the Kunstuitleen in Utrecht: A small preview from a new chapter of The Europeans, for which @arnoldvanbruggen.bsky.social and I are currently creating new work in southeastern Spain.
April 15, 2025 at 2:16 PM
On view until this Saturday, April 19, at the Kunstuitleen in Utrecht: A small preview from a new chapter of The Europeans, for which @arnoldvanbruggen.bsky.social and I are currently creating new work in southeastern Spain.
On the road again with @arnoldvanbruggen.bsky.social for The Europeans in Spain. A chapter about food, migration, plastic and work. New book in progress. Soon more.
April 12, 2025 at 5:49 PM
On the road again with @arnoldvanbruggen.bsky.social for The Europeans in Spain. A chapter about food, migration, plastic and work. New book in progress. Soon more.
New analogue print (50 x 60 cm) of the Space Museum at Orlyonok pioneer camp, made during our travels for The Sochi Project in 2011. Available not only through my own Art Rental, but starting today also at De Kunstuitleen in Utrecht. Walnut frame and UV protective Art glass.
April 5, 2025 at 9:01 AM
New analogue print (50 x 60 cm) of the Space Museum at Orlyonok pioneer camp, made during our travels for The Sochi Project in 2011. Available not only through my own Art Rental, but starting today also at De Kunstuitleen in Utrecht. Walnut frame and UV protective Art glass.
Our European t-shirts are made from soft organic cotton, locally produced and shipped. With your purchase you support our independence as visual storytellers within the context of The Europeans, a portrait of Europe in times drastic change. Link in comments.
April 3, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Our European t-shirts are made from soft organic cotton, locally produced and shipped. With your purchase you support our independence as visual storytellers within the context of The Europeans, a portrait of Europe in times drastic change. Link in comments.
Uit de serie ‘wijze lessen van schoonmoeder’.
April 3, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Uit de serie ‘wijze lessen van schoonmoeder’.
Final Hours: Exclusive 40% Off🚀🎨 My online sell-out is almost over as I prepare to move studios! Most prints and books are gone—this is your last chance to grab something. ✨ Exclusive for Bluesky: Enjoy an extra 40% off until tomorrow night! Use code EUROPEAN at checkout.
www.robhornstra.com/shop
www.robhornstra.com/shop
March 6, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Final Hours: Exclusive 40% Off🚀🎨 My online sell-out is almost over as I prepare to move studios! Most prints and books are gone—this is your last chance to grab something. ✨ Exclusive for Bluesky: Enjoy an extra 40% off until tomorrow night! Use code EUROPEAN at checkout.
www.robhornstra.com/shop
www.robhornstra.com/shop
Last summer, I traveled to Thüringen with @arnoldvanbruggen.bsky.social for our project The Europeans. Longing for the past and old habits is part of Europe's soul. This Medieval Festival is a dream for those who love costumes, steaming pots of soup over open fires and beer and sausage sales.
February 26, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Last summer, I traveled to Thüringen with @arnoldvanbruggen.bsky.social for our project The Europeans. Longing for the past and old habits is part of Europe's soul. This Medieval Festival is a dream for those who love costumes, steaming pots of soup over open fires and beer and sausage sales.