News from the Margins: The Invisible Photographic Heritage of Virgilijus Šonta
News from the Margins: The Invisible Photographic Heritage of Virgilijus Šonta
Author(s): Agnė NarušytėSubject(s): Gender Studies, Photography, Visual Arts, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Sociology of Art, History of Art
Published by: Eesti Kunstiteadlaste Ühing
Keywords: Art; Photography; Virgilijus Šonta; Lithuania;
Summary/Abstract: The article discusses two controversial series by a celebrated Lithuanian gay photographer, Virgilijus Šonta (1952-1992). The first series, School Is My Home (1980-1983), documented the lives of mentally disabled children at a special school in Šiauliai and thus made them visible in the society that denied their existence. For his series Guys (1983-1986), Šonta photographed gay men, focusing on their bodies, but also composing the images as signs telling secret stories of clandestine gay culture prohibited in the Soviet times.
Journal: Kunstiteaduslikke Uurimusi
- Issue Year: 32/2023
- Issue No: 03+04
- Page Range: 110-135
- Page Count: 26
- Language: English
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