Vilnius- Photographs of Old Town by Kęstutis Stoškus

I have chosen to discuss photographer Kęstutis Stoškus’s exhibition ‘Photographs of Old Town’ as I was attracted by his monochrome style of photography.  I found that Stoškus’s focus in his work is not the everyday people but the actual physicality of the city.  This is clear as you see in many of his photographs that he blurs these people out as if to almost allow the viewer to concentrate solely on the city aspect of the piece. 

I found this exhibition to be enjoyable and interesting, I was drawn into these photographs as to me they told a story which you had to figure out yourself, unlike the other exhibition ‘Unfixed’ which contains photos of people who don’t seem to tell much of a story.  The photographs in this exhibition are all landscape unlike the ‘Unfixed’ exhibition which featured mainly portrait photographs of people.  I found that Stoškus’s work also shows how effective the shadows are to create tones in the photographs.

The photograph which interested me the most from Stoškus’s exhibition was ‘Rasu Cemetery in winter’.  An aspect of this piece which I admired was the clarity of its themes which are winter, graveyards and even architecture.  I like how he managed to incorporate his love for architecture into this scene like the majority of his photographs.  Another aspect of this photograph which I admire is the angle of which it has been taken, which appears to be a high-angle shot.  This allows for the viewer to look at the perspective of this scene and the entirety of the view of this cemetery on a winter’s day.  Also he captures the winter scene perfectly, with the misty sky and snow covered ground and bare trees.  To conclude, I enjoyed Stoškus’s exhibition and was inspired by his style of photography.