Daily Life: Lithuanian Photography 1963-2013
Kaunas Photography Gallery
Lithuanian and English
Edited by Gintaras Česonis.
Text by Agnė Narušytė.
Designed by Tomas Mrazauskas.
Softcover
112 pages
201 x 204 mm
2016
ISBN 9786098099164
The catalogue for exhibition Daily Life is a visual story of everyday life in Lithuania, where on the horizon for the past fifty years, more and more new things, actualities, spirits and tonalities were appearing. During this period, three generations of photographers were formed. Each of these generations distinguished by its topics, their special manner, but they always show the actualities of their time. Our whole life consists of daily things. In daily life everything is understandable and becomes unnoticeable because of this, but still very important. The exhibition catalogue presents works of such Lithuanian photographers as: Romualdas Požerskis, Algirdas Šeškus, Vitas Luckus, Arturas Valiauga, Mindaugas Kavaliauskas, Aleksandras Macijauskas, Donatas Stankevičius, Antanas Sutkus, Gintaras Česonis, Algimantas Kunčius and Romualdas Rakauskas.
Each of the sixteen photographers presented in this publication observe and capture the signs of daily routine which are constantly being changed, replaced and erased. In the transformation of daily routine the concept we create is merely an abstraction just as the mentioned generations of photographers, each of which is heterogeneous, diverse in sensibility, insights and experiences of one’s own world.
(https://www.thelibraryproject.ie/collections/photobooks/products/daily-life-lithuanian-photography-1963-2013)
About the Editor
Gintaras Cesonis (LT) – curator, Kaunas Photography Gallery, Residency and Publishing House, assoc. professor in Vilnius Art academy, head of Lithuania Photographers’ association.
Gintaras Cesonis has graduated in Art History at the Vytautas Magnus University studied photography in Kaunas photography school, Ecole Nationale de la Photographie in Arles. In 2009 she started working as a head of Lithuanian Photographers Association Kaunas department, where he successfully started gallery reconstruction, converting the gallery space to important national multifunctional center including education, residency and publishing activities.
Responsible for the Kaunas photography gallery and international art residencies program, has curated personal and group exhibitions, produced around 10 books of Lithuanian and foreign photographers. Since 2009 he does portfolio reviews at various local and international photography events. Since 2016 he works for Lithuanian Photographers’ association that has more important activities and coordinates gallery spaces around the country.
(source: https://www.materaeuropeanphotography.org/visions_from_europe/gintaras_cesonis-34)
About the Publisher
The Kaunas Photography Gallery extends the long publishing tradition in Lithuania, and now not only concentrates on simply presenting photographers, but also on continuing research into Lithuanian photography. Thanks to its successful publishing activities, Lithuanian photography is winning greater recognition than ever before. It is gradually becoming more acknowledged on the international scene, and is featured at major international photography book events.
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