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The Europeans
The Europeans is a portrait of modern Europe. Traveling from region to region and theme to theme in this multi-year project, photographer Rob Hornstra and writer/filmmaker Arnold van Bruggen will create a 21st-century historical record of the European heartland. Hornstra and Van Bruggen see Europe on the brink of drastic change: populism and authoritarianism are on the rise, a territorial war is ravaging the continent, and ghosts from the past seem to be returning.
In 1955, photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson published his book Les Européens. He looked beyond nationalism and local customs in individual countries, searching for evidence of a broader identity—a European resemblance shared by people and landscapes alike. More than sixty years later, Hornstra and Van Bruggen share this ambition. The time has come for a new version of The Europeans.