Romualdas Požerskis (born 7 July 1951, in Vilnius) is a Lithuanian
photographer
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and a 1990
recipient of the Lithuanian National Prize. He attended
Kaunas
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Kaunas Polytechnic Institute
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from 1969 to 1975 and has been a member of the Lithuanian Union of Art Photographers since 1976.
Požerskis' work has been featured at solo and group exhibitions in
Poznań
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, Poland, at the House of Photography in
Plovdiv
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, Bulgaria, and at the Mala Galerija in
Bratislava
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, Czechoslovakia in 1981, as well as in Tokyo, Berlin, Estonia, Munich, and other international venues. Many of his solo exhibitions have been featured at galleries in Vilnius.
His major works include Victories and Defeats (1974–1976); At a Hospital (1976–1982); Old Towns of Lithuania (1974–1982); Village Festivals (1974–1993); Gardens of Memory (1977–1993); The Last Shelter (1983–1990); Muses (1988–2001); Mirage's Dossier (2002– 2003); and The Little Alfonsas' Miseries and Joys (1992–2003).
References
Biography and gallery
External links
Exhibition in 2007
Exhibition in 2006
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1951 births
Living people
Photographers from Vilnius
Kaunas University of Technology alumni
Herder Prize recipients