Stanislovas Žvirgždas (born 13 September 1941) is a Lithuanian photographer, particularly of landscapes, and a photography historian.

Life and work

Born in

Balbieriškis Balbieriškis ( pl, Balwierzyszki; german: Bauwerischeck, Bauwersk; russian: Бальвержишки, Бальберишкис; yi, באַלבירישאָק, Balbirishok) is a small town in Kaunas County in central Lithuania. It is situated o ...

( Prienai), Žvirgždas studied history at Vilnius University in 1960–61, but after participating in an event in which the banned Lithuanian flag was raised he was sentenced to Gulag

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s, served in Mordovia (in DubravlagA list by ''Memorial''
''Quote'': Жвиргждас Станисловас сын Альбертаса Родился в 1941 г., ЛитССР, Пренайский р-н, М. Бальберишкис; литовец; образование среднее; Токарь. Проживал: ЛитССР, Вильнюс. Арестован 4 марта 1961 г. Приговорен: Верховным судом ЛитССР 26 мая 1961 г., обв.: ст.70 ч.1 УК РСФСР, 72, 182 ч.1 УК РСФСР. Приговор: 4 г. Срок отбывал в Дубравлаге Источник: НИПЦ "Мемориал", Москва; retrieved December 18, 2022) until 1965. In 1972 he studied photography at the University of Popular Art ( Moscow) and thereafter worked as a photographer.Stanislovas Žvirgždas
'' Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija'', vol. XV, 2014 Žvirgždas has had solo exhibitions in Kishinev (1982), Yevpatoria (1983), Zaragoza (1984), Moscow (1985, 2000), Nyíregyháza (1988, 2002), Severomorsk (1988), Tel Aviv (1990),

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(1990), Hamburg (1991), Frankfurt (1992),

St Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

(1992),

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(1994), Paris (1994), Tokyo (1997), Yaroslavl (2001), and Lviv (2003); as well as within Lithuania.

Books by Žvirgždas

*''Fotografija'' / ''Photographs.'' Vilnius: Lietuvos fotomenininkų sąjunga, 1995. *''Vilnijos peizažai.'' Vilnius: Lietuvos fotomenininkų sąjunga, 1999. *''Susipynusios vieno medžiošakos.'' Vilnius: Lietuvos fotomenininkų sąjunga, 1995. *(With S. Valiulis.) ''Fotografijos slėpiniai.'' Vilnius: Lietuvos fotomenininkų sąjunga, 2002. *''Mūsų miestelių fotografai.'' Vilnius: Lietuvos fotomenininkų sąjunga, 2003. *''Lietuviški peizažai'' / ''Lithuanian Landscapes.'' N.p.: VAGA, 2004.

References

External links

Gallery of landscapes

On ''Lietuviški peizažai''

On ''Lietuviški peizažai''

Vienos dienos mokykla

1941 births Lithuanian photographers Living people Vilnius University alumni Recipients of the Lithuanian National Prize Dubravlag detainees {{Europe-photographer-stub