Province, Dzukija
Photograph
1969 (photographed)
1969 (photographed)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Antanus Sutkus started his photographic career as a photojournalist. Since 1969, he has been working as an independent photographer based in Vilnius, Lithunania. He was one of the co-founders and President of the Photography Art Society of Lithuania (PASL), which championed photography as an art form and is credited with gaining recognition for Lithuanian photographers on the national and international scene. Sutkus's main subject is man in all situations and moods. Amongst his most important work is his series 'People of Lithuania', a continuing project begun in 1976 which documents the changing life of Sutkus's homeland. His aim, he has written, is 'to make an attempt at drawing a psychological portrait of contemporary man….because future generations will judge our way of life, our culture and our inner world on the basis of photographs'.
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Province, Dzukija (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Gelatin-silver print |
| Brief description | Sutkus, Antanas; 'Providence, Dzukija, 1966', gelatin silver print. |
| Physical description | Photograph |
| Dimensions |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Signed in graphite on the back, Antanas Sutkus, 1966 |
| Credit line | Copyright Antanus Sutkus |
| Object history | Antanus Sutkus started his photographic career as a photojournalist. Since 1969 has been working as an independent photographer based in Vilnius, Lithunania. He was one of the co-founders and President of the Photography Art Society of Lithuania (PASL), which championed photography as an art form and is credited with gaining recognition for Lithuanian photographers on the national and international scene. Sutkus's main subject is man in all situations and moods. Amongst his most important work is his series 'People of Lithuania', a continuing project begun in 1976 which documents the changing life of Sutkus's homeland. His aim, he has written, is 'to make an attempt at drawing a psychological portrait of contemporary man….because future generations will judge our way of life, our culture and our inner world on the basis of photographs'. |
| Subject depicted | |
| Summary | Antanus Sutkus started his photographic career as a photojournalist. Since 1969, he has been working as an independent photographer based in Vilnius, Lithunania. He was one of the co-founders and President of the Photography Art Society of Lithuania (PASL), which championed photography as an art form and is credited with gaining recognition for Lithuanian photographers on the national and international scene. Sutkus's main subject is man in all situations and moods. Amongst his most important work is his series 'People of Lithuania', a continuing project begun in 1976 which documents the changing life of Sutkus's homeland. His aim, he has written, is 'to make an attempt at drawing a psychological portrait of contemporary man….because future generations will judge our way of life, our culture and our inner world on the basis of photographs'. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.826-1997 |
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| Record created | July 30, 2003 |
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