Empty land Promised land Forbidden land (The Sochi Project)

Empty land Promised land Forbidden land (The Sochi Project) by Rob Hornstra and Arnold van Bruggen. First edition (2010). First impression. Medium format hardback in fine condition. Signed and dated by Rob Hornstra and Arnold van Bruggen to title page. Also, comes with a loosely laid in postcard dedicated to photographer Michael Marten from Rob Hornstra. No markings. Pages clean, binding firm. Slight shelf wear to boards. Please see pictures. Paypal accepted, any questions please get in touch.

About Empty land Promised land Forbidden land

This book is the result of four trips together with writer Arnold van Bruggen between 2007 and 2013 to the tiny country of Abkhazia. Abkhazia is isolated, ruined, and seemingly without ambition. The country broke away from Georgia after a short, violent civil war in ’92-’93 and was recognized as independent in 2008 by Russia, Venezuela, Nicaragua and the atoll of Nauru. The story is particularly tragic for the thousands of refugees who fled in the early nineties and have little prospect of returning. We visited the refugees in Georgia and then described the attempts made by the Abkhazian government to repopulate the empty, war-ravaged country with new immigrants.

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