The best works of Soviet Lithuanian photographers

In the 60s of the last century, thanks to young photographers from Lithuania, an unusual and innovative style burst into Soviet photography, which opened a new breath in photography, forever changing the course of its history.

We present to you the most interesting and vivid works of representatives of the Soviet Lithuanian school.

Antanas Sutkus

In his pictures, random strangers seem to turn into confidential interlocutors of the viewer…

"Marathon on the street", 1959

Antanas Sutkus, 1971

"On the Baltic Sea", 1970.

Vitas Lutskus

Vitas Lutskus, 1960s

Vaclovas Straukas, from the series "Last Call"

Vaclovas Straukas, from the series "Last Call"

"The main lyricist of the Lithuanian photography school, the unsurpassed singer of "graces", - so the writer Lev Anninsky called Romualdas Rakauskas.

Romualdas Rakauskas, 1960s

Romualdas Rakauskas. From the series "Everyday Life of Vilnius" (1960-1965)

Rimantas Dikhavicius went down in the history of Soviet photography as a "born romantic". It was the romantic touch that helped him become the first photographer who somehow miraculously released in In the Soviet Union, a publication celebrating female beauty. His photo album was called "Flowers among Flowers" and was presented at the international book Fair in Moscow in 1987. The album was a truly colossal success.

Rimantas Dihavicius, "The Sun"

Alexandras Maciauskas

Alexandras Matsiauskas. From the series "Collective farm market". 1969-1970.

Alexandras Matsiauskas. "Summer", 1982. Photo: Lumiere Brothers Photography Center