[ad_1]
Nine photographers – Lukas Balandis, Ričardas Vitkus, Justinas Stacevičius, Laura Vansevičienė, Arnas Čemerka, Aistė Ridikaitė, Kęstutis Vanagas, Virgilijus Usinavičius-Augulis and Asta Sabonytė-Jankauskienė – received the Golden Shots. In addition, the traditional “Colleagues Award” was awarded, which is one of the most popular photos collected by the contest participants and included in the yearbook and exhibition. This year’s “Peer Prize” went to Paul Peleckis for his portrait of a coal miner from the Lugansk region of Ukraine.
The event was attended and presented by the Commander of the Gediminas General Staff Battalion of the Lithuanian Armed Forces, Lieutenant Colonel Egidijus Čiūtas, President of the Union of Journalists of Lithuania Dainius Radzevičius, representatives of the Municipality of Vilnius, faithful sponsor of the contest of Lithuania Press Photography. Jonas Staselis, the director of the Lithuanian Photographers Club, Evgenia Levin, the president of the Press Photographers Division of the Lithuanian Union of Journalists and the winners of last year’s contest. Members of the competition evaluation commission, press photographers Tatsiana Tkačova (Belarus), Dragan Kujundzic (Serbia), Zenonas Nekrošius (Lithuania), graphic artist, photographer Daiva Kairevičiūtė and cultural producer Jonas Staselis, shared their thoughts and wishes in video format.
“This year there are many indirect messages in the photographs, beginning with the frame, where the quarantine is conveyed through dancers reflected in the glass part of an empty basketball court, and ending with the series of indulgences by Virgilijus Usinavičius, when the The format of the photo itself gives us a semantic meaning “, Staselis. Although much of our lives were locked in a pandemic last year, more than 110 photographers from around the country participated in the contest, submitting nearly 3,200 photos. According to the organizers, the “Lithuanian Press Photography” contest directly contributes to the continuation of the tradition of Lithuanian humanist photography.
For twenty years, it has invited the country’s photographers to pay more attention to the participants and observers of the events, to better understand, to transmit their experiences, to seek a unique approach by visually informing the public about significant events and life in our country. country. and the world. This year, among the works in the traditional category of the “Portrait” contest, there are many emotionally strong and deeply moving shots that remain with the viewer for a long time. The photos presented in the category “Culture and entertainment” show how we know how to enjoy the simple things, and “As always”, the Army immediately moves into the world of various difficult Lithuanian soldiers, who are rarely seen up close.
“I was impressed by the quality of the photos, the variety of subjects and the visual language used by the photographers. It was not easy to select a winner in the “Photographic History” category, as there were many interesting series in the last round of voting, “said Commissioner Tatsiana Tkachova. The competition and the accompanying yearbook encourage photographers to look again. their environment, rethinking their work, giving them the opportunity to look back and evaluate not only the past year, but often their entire photographic career.
[ad_2]
