Antanas Sutkus (1939) is a renowned Lithuanian photographer
and recipient of the Lithuanian National Prize and Order of the Lithuanian
Grand Duke Gediminas.
Sutkus's series People of Lithuania is considered one of his
most important works. It is a continuing project begun in 1976 to document the
changing life and people of Lithuania. Working at the time when Lithuania (as
the Lithuanian SSR) was part of the Soviet Union, Sutkus focused on black and
white portraits of ordinary people in their everyday life rather than the model
citizens and workers promoted by Soviet propaganda.
Sutkus had an opportunity to spend time with Jean-Paul
Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir in 1965 when they visited Lithuania.
No comments:
Post a Comment