Sochi Singers

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Written by Hornstra, Rob

Sochi Singers

As a photographer I tell stories in the form of documentaries. With my photography I try to raise questions about the society in which we live. It is a challenge for me to allow people to question their ideas and prejudices. In my documentaries I combine portraits with interiors and landscapes. My aim is that each image makes an intrinsic contribution within the documentary, but can also hold its own as an autonomous image. The photo is not so much a recording of a place or person, but an archetype of that place or person. My goal is that the image becomes timeless as a result and stands as an example for a larger whole, whereby the viewer is forced to make their own interpretation of the image. I am convinced that this has more effect than images that already contain all the answers.

Novomikhailovsky, RUSSIA, 2011 - It's common for Sochi restaurants (and eateries throughout the country) to feature singers who, night after night, rely on a fixed repertoire of Russian chansons. The term background music is a foreign concept to these performers (often the volume is cranked up to 11) and instead of talking, patrons dance and sing.

1-17 | Marika Bajur sings Kuriu ("I'm smoking") | Eurasia restaurant, Sochi.

2-17 | Dimitri Bum sings Digi Digi | Lilya restaurant, Lazarevskaya.

3-17 | Sergey Ivanov sings Zelenoglazoe taksi ("Green taxi") | Zhemchuzhina restaurant, Novomikhailovsky.

4-17 | Irina Hodus sings Vspominay menya ("Remember me") | Volna restaurant, Adler.

5-17 | Olga Baisheva sings "I have lost my ring," the restaurant "Idyll".

6-17 | Giorgi sings A dlya vas ya nikto ("But for you I am nobody") | Yug restaurant, Kudepsta.

7-17 | Narek Hakobyan sings "Kayfuem" Restaurant "Sabrina".

8-17 | Tigran Tarazdarian sings Bez tebya ("Without you") | Slaviansky Dvorik restaurant, Sochi.

9-17 | Sasha Savchuk sings Nu vot i vse ("And that's all") | Raduga restaurant, Khosta.

10-17 | George and Mary sing "Four Sea" Restaurant "David".

11-17 | Angelina Petrova sings "My love" at the restaurant "Monya".

12-17 | Erik Demirchan. Regatta.

13-17 | An Zhadelyan (25) from Karachayevo Cherkessia in restaurant ?U Morya? in Novomikhailovsky.

14-17 | Aleksander Setrakovich Gamalyan sings Bez Tebya ("Without you") | Astoria restaurant, Novomikhailovsky.

15-17 | Vladislav Novradov (24) in restaurant Tre Kedra.

16-17 | Lena Shirayeva in cafe Sochi.

17-17 | Katherine sings "Tell" in the restaurant "Caucasus" in the Lazarev, Greater Sochi.

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