Photographer Romualdas Augūnas photographic journey through connections of images and time

Photographer  Romualdas Augūnas  photographic journey through the connections of images and time .

Currently, the Birštonas Cultural Center is hosting a personal photography exhibition by photographer Romualdas Augūnas, traveling around Lithuania, titled “Flight Above Everyday Life”. Before that, the personal photography exhibition and album of photographer Romualdas Augūnas was presented in Kaunas. Photo artist Romualdas Augūnas has been interested in photography since 1965. The artist creates in the field of experimental photography, in the documentary genre. This computer technology gives the author the opportunity to transform images, use altered visual images, attract, intrigue. Although the photographs of photographer Romualdas Augūnas cover various topics, the theme of Kaunas city, architectural and natural motifs, and everyday motifs dominate. Photo artist Romualdas Augūnas has published several photographic art albums. R. Augūnas has a unique photographic style in his work, in his work the author presents unexpected images of famous places, buildings, objects, monuments of Kaunas, which, using various colors and shapes, acquire unexpected color combinations. The author of the photographs presents about ten artistic photographs from the catalog and the exhibition in the international art magazine “Contrasts”. In the works presented in the artistic photography album and the exhibition, the author mostly captures places in his city of Kaunas: Žaliakalnis, the Kaunas city surroundings in the Kaunas lagoon, the railway station surroundings, the IXth fort of the Kaunas fortress. The artistic photography album “Flight above everyday life” presents photographs created in the documentary genre. The photographer’s unique approach to the world of everyday images surrounding him is engaging, makes you think and compare what is real. In the album, the author occasionally presents a real black-and-white photograph of a building, object, monument, and later a transformed phantasmagorical image that raises philosophical questions and considerations.In addition to the already mentioned urban architectural images, natural motifs also appear in the album, the transformed details of which complement the photographic composition and give the image dynamic expression. It can be seen that the author of the photographs symbolizes well-known places in Kaunas, as if creating new symbols of Kaunas. What are they? Intriguing and engaging, transitioning into mystically mysterious forms, connecting earthly and cosmic reality.The photographic world of the photographer Romualdas Augūnas: exhibition and photography album “Flight above everyday life” invites its viewer to an interesting visual adventure that has not yet been experienced. The author sees everyday life from extraordinary perspectives. The connections of symbols, colors and forms, time, and images are extremely important in the artistic composition of each photograph. This author's exhibition encourages every viewer to think about how special moments encountered in everyday life can be. Art critic Gabrielė Kuizinaitė