Stanislovas Žvirgždas
Stanislovas Žvirgždas (born 13 September 1941) is a Lithuanian photographer, particularly of landscapes,[1] and a photography historian.[2]
Life and work[edit]
Born in Balbieriškis (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 labor camps, served in Mordovia (in Dubravlag[3]) until 1965. In 1972 he studied photography at the University of Popular Art (Moscow) and thereafter worked as a photographer.[2]
Žvirgždas has had solo exhibitions in Kishinev (1982), Yevpatoria (1983), Zaragoza (1984), Moscow (1985, 2000), Nyíregyháza (1988, 2002), Severomorsk (1988), Tel Aviv (1990), Homyel (1990), Hamburg (1991), Frankfurt (1992), St Petersburg (1992), Portland (1994), Paris (1994), Tokyo (1997), Yaroslavl (2001), and Lviv (2003); as well as within Lithuania.[citation needed]
Books by Žvirgždas[edit]
- 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. ISBN 5-415-01737-2
References[edit]
- ^ Biographical information is from the CV within Žvirgždas' book Lietuviški peizažai / Lithuanian Landscapes (pp. 100–101), supplemented by Skirmantas Valiulis' introduction to the same work (pp. 11–15)
- ^ a b Stanislovas Žvirgždas, Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija, vol. XV, 2014
- ^ A 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
External links[edit]
- (in Lithuanian) Gallery of landscapes
- (in Lithuanian) On Lietuviški peizažai
- (in Lithuanian) On Lietuviški peizažai
- (in Lithuanian) Vienos dienos mokykla
- (in German) Biography
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