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Van Bruggen

"The Sochi Project" is a multimedia endeavor to show the side of Sochi most Olympic tourists don't see. Photographer Robert Hornstra captures various characters from the region like Olga, the manager of strip club in the center of Sochi.

These photos show a side of Sochi most Olympic tourists won’t see

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Arnold Van Bruggen has been visiting Sochi and the Northern Caucasus since 2007 to document the transformation of Sochi. He filmed and photographed his journeys as part of “The Sochi Project”. What he found was a region of contrasts where most residents are unaffected by the $50 billion spent on the Sochi Winter Olympics.