Reinis Hofmanis
Reinis Hofmanis (1985) is an artist and photographer. He studied photography at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Hannover, Germany, and obtained a master's degree from the Visual Communication Department of the Art Academy of Latvia. The artist’s works are characterised by a socio-anthropological point of view, which manifests in an interest in typifying different groups of society, their behavioural patterns and effect on the surrounding environment.
Reinis received the main prize at Archifoto in 2012 and 2013, and 2nd place in the Architecture category of the Sony World Photography Awards. In 2024, he was one of the recipients of the Fujifilm GFX Challenge Global Grant Award, receiving $10,000 to complete his photo series Shared Horizon. He was also nominated for the Purvītis Prize for his solo exhibition Room No. 13 at ISSP Gallery. His works have been featured in publications such as the New York Times, Financial Times, Spiegel, Zeit Magazin, Esquire, Bloomberg, Le Monde, The Globe and Mail, and The British Journal of Photography.
from the series Telpa Nr. 13