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Lithuania

1970
Materials: Поздняя печать с подписью
40 см x 50 см
Category: photography
Item Number: 105471
230 000
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About the Artist

Born on June 27, 1939, in the village of Klūoniškiai, Kaunas District, Lithuania. From 1958 to 1964, he studied journalism at Vilnius State University. He began filming in 1958 while still a student.

In 1969, he became one of the founders of the Lithuanian Photographic Art Society. From 1968 to 1969, he was chairman of the Society's organizing committee, and from 1989, he was chairman of the Lithuanian Photographic Art Union. From 1980 to 1989, he was chairman of the Lithuanian Photographic Art Society.

From 1989 to 1990 and from 1996 to April 2009, he was chairman of the Lithuanian Photographic Art Union.

In 2001–2002, he received a scholarship from the Erna and Victor Hasselblad Foundation (Sweden) for “Documentation and Conservation of the Antanas Sutkus Photo Archive.”