Būtis fotografijoje: Arvydo Šliogerio ir Henrio Parlando fotosofija
Being in Photography: Photosophy of Arvydas Šliogeris and Henry Parland

Summary/Abstract: In this article two different authors are compared: a Finnish-Swedish writer Henry Parland and a Lithuanian philosopher Arvydas Šliogeris. They are compared in the sense of the philosophy of photography. Alternatively, if to apply the term of Šliogeris‘ phototography philosophy, these two authors are compared in terms of their photo-sophy. The article analyzes Parland‘s city multicultural worldview as in contrast to Šliogeris‘s worldview of Lithuanian countryside and nature. Parland‘s attitude towards the technique of making photos during the period of 1929-1930 while living in Kaunas is discussed. In parallel, the attitude of Šliogeris towards photography technique is discussed, including his entire photosophy, which explains why he is against photo art and what is photo-truth. Also attention is given to the age difference of these two intellectuals as well as their life style – one of them dies at the age of 22 in 1930 while living bohemian life style, the other dies at 75 in 2019 after philosophically choosing to be a countryside person, intellectually turning his back to Western civilization. Due to the lack of time, Parland did not develop his photosophy, we know only what he wrote in his novel Sӧnder [To Pieces], whereas Šliogeris develops his photosophy only at the end of his life in 2011 in his book Lietuviškose paraštėse [In the Lithuanian Margins], although his photo album is published a bit earlier – in 2009.

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