Atkurta atmintis
Algirdas Musneckis
Kaunas Photography Gallery
Lithuanian, English
Text by Virginijus Kinčinaitis.
Edited by Gintaras Česonis.
Designed by Tomas Mrazauskas.
Softcover
Edition of 500
38 pages
175 x 245 mm
2011
ISBN 9786099514673
Algirdas Musneckis collects instant cameras. He acquires them in auctions or at flea markets, very often with exposed films inside, which he develops and prints, and becomes the owner of images from different parts of the world and events that are often very personal. The images are particularly timely and relevant, recovering collective and personal memories. Unlike most professionals, Musneckis is not afraid of naive photographic amateurishness. While standing back as an author, erasing himself as an artist, he gives space to incredibly sincere and dramatic images of lost families, travel, festive or incidental photographs. This is precisely how the images have become public. It is precisely why they can address us and show their unexpected resemblance to conceptual Postmodern photography. Atkurta atmintis translates to ‘Recovered Memory’ in English. The photobook features an attached essay on the front and back of the book – the front in Lithuanian and the back in English.
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About the Artist
Algirdas Musneckis was born in 1936 in Lithuania. He has operated a photolab, worked as a curator and cataloguer of photographs throughout his career.
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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