![Grėtė Beatričė Tautavičiūtė, born in 1998. Grėtė was born and raised in Vilnius. Her mother is a doctor. Grėtė is currently studying medicine in Vilnius University and is planning to specialise in the field of psychiatry. Her dream is to open a centre, where she would integrate psychiatric and meditational methods, along with yoga, to to help people find peace of mind in nature. Talking about her peers, Grėtė highlights that young people live surrounded by excess information, where it is especially easy to get lost. When asked where she would like to be photographed, Grėtė chose her home. According to Grėtė, stylistically congested interior reflects the world as it is - dominated by chaos. In the photograph, she sits on her parents bed wearing a kimono, which her mother brought from Japan. As she put it, the kimono and her mother situation symbolises the role that family plays in forming one’s personality.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/097f54c9a23d47486622f2ffc802450c3bc1fea0ed1217bef53cbc5fd00bfba9/01.jpg)
![Grėtė Beatričė Tautavičiūtė, born in 1998. Grėtė was born and raised in Vilnius. Her mother is a doctor. Grėtė is currently studying medicine in Vilnius University and is planning to specialise in the field of psychiatry. Her dream is to open a centre, where she would integrate psychiatric and meditational methods, along with yoga, to to help people find peace of mind in nature. Talking about her peers, Grėtė highlights that young people live surrounded by excess information, where it is especially easy to get lost. When asked where she would like to be photographed, Grėtė chose her home. According to Grėtė, stylistically congested interior reflects the world as it is - dominated by chaos. In the photograph, she sits on her parents bed wearing a kimono, which her mother brought from Japan. As she put it, the kimono and her mother situation symbolises the role that family plays in forming one’s personality.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/097f54c9a23d47486622f2ffc802450c3bc1fea0ed1217bef53cbc5fd00bfba9/01.jpg)
![Beatričė Brėdikytė, born in 1999. Beatričė was born and raised in Vilnius. Her grandfather Vytautas Brėdikis is a famous architect of the Soviet times; he designed the Lazdynai district. At the moment, Beatričė is studying Fashion Imaging and Illustration University of the Arts London. Now, Beatričė’s main work is conceptual visual art projects in which she rethinks the systems in nature and in civilized world. Her portrait was taken at the Dzūkija National Park, where her family owns an old village house. Beatričė states that her personality was mostly influenced by the beauty of Lithuanian nature and somewhat by the global capitalist culture.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/87fd1be48d08ddeb749625db39cd55ff5273cadc608dfc092a47bab62a51e65a/02-Beatrice-Bredikyte--g.-1998-m..jpg)
![Rokas Kunigėlis, born in 1995. Rokas is a fourth-generation Kaunas citizens. His great-grandfather Jonas Murauskas was born in 1913 and often told Rokas stories about Kaunas during the Interwar and his acquaintance biology scientist Tadas Ivanauskas. Rokas became interested in nature and chose to get his Bachelor’s degree in Forestry at Vytautas Magnus University. Rokas is currently getting his Master’s degree of the same field in Sweden. He is also one of the curators of the Girion.lt project. Therefore, Rokas chose to be photographed in the garden of the Tadas Ivanauskas’s summer house in Obelynė, where he spent his teenage years improving professional skills and investigating the dendrological collection.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fa62e742bd4ae42b525d2fccd1ba7522709ec1d309f7583f115c0b0377ff5391/03-Rokas-Kunigelis--g.-1995-m..jpg)
![Miglė Palkevičiūtė, born in 1999. Miglė was born and raised in Vilnius. In her childhood, Miglė went to music as well as art school. She spent her teenage years modelling in Europe and Asia. While travelling around the world Miglė felt a strong longing for her home city Vilnius and Lithuanian nature. Miglė's portrait was taken at her home, where one can see an extraordinary panoramic view of Vilnius, the culture of which made the greatest impact on her worldview. At the moment, Miglė is studying composition of electronic music at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre. In her work, Miglė tries to combine elements of contemporary music and Lithuanian folk motifs to introduce the world to the unique culture of her homeland.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3f4c73488e7e721cfb987b6ea6d1b1a1dbb2f571d9c9fbc5493aabcd9c5860d2/04-Migle-Palkeviciute--g.-1999-m..jpg)
![Miglė Palkevičiūtė, born in 1999. Miglė was born and raised in Vilnius. In her childhood, Miglė went to music as well as art school. She spent her teenage years modelling in Europe and Asia. While travelling around the world Miglė felt a strong longing for her home city Vilnius and Lithuanian nature. Miglė's portrait was taken at her home, where one can see an extraordinary panoramic view of Vilnius, the culture of which made the greatest impact on her worldview. At the moment, Miglė is studying composition of electronic music at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre. In her work, Miglė tries to combine elements of contemporary music and Lithuanian folk motifs to introduce the world to the unique culture of her homeland.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3f4c73488e7e721cfb987b6ea6d1b1a1dbb2f571d9c9fbc5493aabcd9c5860d2/04-Migle-Palkeviciute--g.-1999-m..jpg)
![Antanas Jakutis, born in 1994. Antanas was born and raised in Klaipėda. He graduated from Juozas Karosas Music School, majoring in piano and as a teenager he discovered BMX culture. Antanas is now a musician, drummer and also engaged in analog photography and fine art. For the portrait, he chose his music studio located in Vilnius Lukiskes former prison, where he together with two friends from his hometown, Karolis and Tomas record music for their band "Egomašina". Antanas believes that when humanity is immersed in large amounts of information and led by the cult of image, art can heal and educate the younger generation.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/67489afa1ed93fac5cc5d3b6cb810cd172e59e4829a56874bc4eac5048a2711c/05-Antanas-Jakutis-g.-1994-m..jpg)
![Antanas Jakutis, born in 1994. Antanas was born and raised in Klaipėda. He graduated from Juozas Karosas Music School, majoring in piano and as a teenager he discovered BMX culture. Antanas is now a musician, drummer and also engaged in analog photography and fine art. For the portrait, he chose his music studio located in Vilnius Lukiskes former prison, where he together with two friends from his hometown, Karolis and Tomas record music for their band "Egomašina". Antanas believes that when humanity is immersed in large amounts of information and led by the cult of image, art can heal and educate the younger generation.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/67489afa1ed93fac5cc5d3b6cb810cd172e59e4829a56874bc4eac5048a2711c/05-Antanas-Jakutis-g.-1994-m..jpg)
![Beatričė Marcinkevičiūtė, born in 1998. Beatričė was born in Vilnius. She went to American, Irish, Jesuit and Jewish schools. She has previously lived in Dublin and now lives in New York, where she studied psychology and art history at Columbia University. Beatričė states that she studies psychology to better understand human nature and art history - to perceive ideas that prevailed at different times of human history. Her portrait was taken at her home in Vilnius, specifically, in the pool because her zodiac sign is Pisces and she enjoys swimming. Beatričė analysed her choice in a Freud-like manner and revealed that she feels good in the water because of her very close connection with her mother. The water subconsciously reminds her of her mother’s wound, which provides a sense of security.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b8eb43b7428dbb1a0358f2ba4da97c4db845d0d35fed39808e2079248bf2fd46/06-Beatrice-Marcinkeviciute-g.-1998-m..jpg)
![Beatričė Marcinkevičiūtė, born in 1998. Beatričė was born in Vilnius. She went to American, Irish, Jesuit and Jewish schools. She has previously lived in Dublin and now lives in New York, where she studied psychology and art history at Columbia University. Beatričė states that she studies psychology to better understand human nature and art history - to perceive ideas that prevailed at different times of human history. Her portrait was taken at her home in Vilnius, specifically, in the pool because her zodiac sign is Pisces and she enjoys swimming. Beatričė analysed her choice in a Freud-like manner and revealed that she feels good in the water because of her very close connection with her mother. The water subconsciously reminds her of her mother’s wound, which provides a sense of security.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b8eb43b7428dbb1a0358f2ba4da97c4db845d0d35fed39808e2079248bf2fd46/06-Beatrice-Marcinkeviciute-g.-1998-m..jpg)
![Ugnė Upė Pilitauskaitė, born in 1999. Upė was born and raised in Plungė. As a child, her mother introduced her to beauty in simple things, and this is the philosophy the girl still follows. Upė is currently studying graphics at the Vilnius Academy of Arts, engaged in illustration, painting, ceramics and performance art. The girl chose to be photographed near her favorite place in Plungė - The Mansion of Duke Oginskis Manor, which culture reminds her of Samogitian simplicity and strength. Upė thinks that people of her generation is looking for solutions from global environmental problems. According to the girl, the current world is in a very sensitive situation and the love, patience that she sees in her peers, gives her hope for a better tomorrow.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1786af719867a61d74cc9728ba016bef3d71eec5e08e0310d07129677d2af4f5/07-Ugne-Upe-Pilitauskaite--g.-1999-m..jpg)
![Ugnė Upė Pilitauskaitė, born in 1999. Upė was born and raised in Plungė. As a child, her mother introduced her to beauty in simple things, and this is the philosophy the girl still follows. Upė is currently studying graphics at the Vilnius Academy of Arts, engaged in illustration, painting, ceramics and performance art. The girl chose to be photographed near her favorite place in Plungė - The Mansion of Duke Oginskis Manor, which culture reminds her of Samogitian simplicity and strength. Upė thinks that people of her generation is looking for solutions from global environmental problems. According to the girl, the current world is in a very sensitive situation and the love, patience that she sees in her peers, gives her hope for a better tomorrow.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1786af719867a61d74cc9728ba016bef3d71eec5e08e0310d07129677d2af4f5/07-Ugne-Upe-Pilitauskaite--g.-1999-m..jpg)
![Juozas Miravinskas, born in 1997. Juozas was born and raised in Klaipėda. As a child, he wanted to become a football player, but later decided to become an artist. He studied photography at Vilnius College of Design. Juozas chose to be photographed on the railway tracks - the fusion of nature and urbanization. Also, train Klaipėda-Vilnius runs on these railway tracks. Juozas thinks that the fast pace of the current world prevents people from stopping, listening to themselves and their senses. Juozas is happy that by photographing people, he helps them to realize themselves and take off the shell of their external image.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c39c718941bf7e40f26d95440121c193fb71d6b5e41661eac536daff5de60da9/08-Juozas-Miravinskas--g.-1997-m..jpg)
![Juozas Miravinskas, born in 1997. Juozas was born and raised in Klaipėda. As a child, he wanted to become a football player, but later decided to become an artist. He studied photography at Vilnius College of Design. Juozas chose to be photographed on the railway tracks - the fusion of nature and urbanization. Also, train Klaipėda-Vilnius runs on these railway tracks. Juozas thinks that the fast pace of the current world prevents people from stopping, listening to themselves and their senses. Juozas is happy that by photographing people, he helps them to realize themselves and take off the shell of their external image.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c39c718941bf7e40f26d95440121c193fb71d6b5e41661eac536daff5de60da9/08-Juozas-Miravinskas--g.-1997-m..jpg)
![Augusta Fišerytė, born in 1998. She was born and grew up in Vilnius. Augusta is an architect, who finished Architecture studies at Cardiff University in the United Kingdom. Her father Jokūbas Fišeris is also an architect. Therefore Augusta chose her father’s architecture studio in Vilnius, where she used to observe him at work as a child and grew to admire architecture as a profession. Augusta is engaged in conceptual and sustainable architecture that contributes to preservation of the environment and tranquility of the human psychological state and together with like-minded friends she publishes the art magazine "Zeles".](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2000052dd41a1fe2f2d5e048f61669a5cdda6dea88751dadf68e4e90eb5b00c3/09-Augusta-Fiseryte-g.-1998-m..jpg)
![Augusta Fišerytė, born in 1998. She was born and grew up in Vilnius. Augusta is an architect, who finished Architecture studies at Cardiff University in the United Kingdom. Her father Jokūbas Fišeris is also an architect. Therefore Augusta chose her father’s architecture studio in Vilnius, where she used to observe him at work as a child and grew to admire architecture as a profession. Augusta is engaged in conceptual and sustainable architecture that contributes to preservation of the environment and tranquility of the human psychological state and together with like-minded friends she publishes the art magazine "Zeles".](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2000052dd41a1fe2f2d5e048f61669a5cdda6dea88751dadf68e4e90eb5b00c3/09-Augusta-Fiseryte-g.-1998-m..jpg)
![Danielius Tuzikas, born in 2000. Danielius was born and raised in Visaginas. Danielius is Russian, he went to a Russian school, however, he speaks fluently Lithuanian. Danielius graduated from Vilnius Juozas Tallat- Kelpša’s conservatory. Growing up he spent a lot of time with his mother and sister observing how they dressed and created their personal style. This connection with the women of his family and his interest in visual arts helped him discover the world of fashion. Danielius is currently studying Communication at Vilnius University of Applied Sciences and working as a freelance stylist. Danielius’s portrait was taken next to the eclectic Slavic church, which is located in between apartment buildings in Visaginas. It is where Danielius used to come to pray with his family when he was a little boy.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d9bd5b8f91345a54bdc7e32d73fabeb668a4290482731e7ab0894968824b55c3/10-Danielius-Tuzikas--g.-2000-m..jpg)
![Danielius Tuzikas, born in 2000. Danielius was born and raised in Visaginas. Danielius is Russian, he went to a Russian school, however, he speaks fluently Lithuanian. Danielius graduated from Vilnius Juozas Tallat- Kelpša’s conservatory. Growing up he spent a lot of time with his mother and sister observing how they dressed and created their personal style. This connection with the women of his family and his interest in visual arts helped him discover the world of fashion. Danielius is currently studying Communication at Vilnius University of Applied Sciences and working as a freelance stylist. Danielius’s portrait was taken next to the eclectic Slavic church, which is located in between apartment buildings in Visaginas. It is where Danielius used to come to pray with his family when he was a little boy.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d9bd5b8f91345a54bdc7e32d73fabeb668a4290482731e7ab0894968824b55c3/10-Danielius-Tuzikas--g.-2000-m..jpg)
![Emilija Poplavskytė, born in 1998. Emilija was born and grew up in Vilnius. Her father was a painter Tadas Poplavskis, who worked and lived in Germany. From an early age, Emilia draws and is interested in the history of secular art. Recently the girl Has graduated from Vilnius Academy of Arts where she studied fashion design. In her art she analyzes the connection between human psychological processes and the transformation of external forms. She chose to be photographed in her white room where she draws, creates and sleeps.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/88a3a4cd815f9a075c5b60c9fd36a23917c539ca2422ec482a3c6e1015cddad6/11-Emilija-Poplavskyte-g.-1998-m..jpg)
![Emilija Poplavskytė, born in 1998. Emilija was born and grew up in Vilnius. Her father was a painter Tadas Poplavskis, who worked and lived in Germany. From an early age, Emilia draws and is interested in the history of secular art. Recently the girl Has graduated from Vilnius Academy of Arts where she studied fashion design. In her art she analyzes the connection between human psychological processes and the transformation of external forms. She chose to be photographed in her white room where she draws, creates and sleeps.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/88a3a4cd815f9a075c5b60c9fd36a23917c539ca2422ec482a3c6e1015cddad6/11-Emilija-Poplavskyte-g.-1998-m..jpg)
![Haja Pham, born in 1998. Haja was born and raised in Vilnius. Both of her parents are Vietnamese. They came to Lithuania during the last years of the Soviet occupation. Haja went to a Russian school. Growing up she found it hard to understand what is her nationality and homeland. Haja chose to be photographed in Vilnius at her home, where western interior style intertwines with eastern tradition. At the moment, Haja is still trying to find herself. She pays a lot of attention to learning about the human body because she believes that one’s body, mind and emotions are interconnected. According to her, this is especially relevant now, when the society is using vast information resources, which affect ways of thinking, worldview and mental state.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e976832002e9d50dda5fa1428bde19608c892ac6a8f88c39244af502dce59c08/12-Haja-Pham--g.-1998-m..jpg)
![Haja Pham, born in 1998. Haja was born and raised in Vilnius. Both of her parents are Vietnamese. They came to Lithuania during the last years of the Soviet occupation. Haja went to a Russian school. Growing up she found it hard to understand what is her nationality and homeland. Haja chose to be photographed in Vilnius at her home, where western interior style intertwines with eastern tradition. At the moment, Haja is still trying to find herself. She pays a lot of attention to learning about the human body because she believes that one’s body, mind and emotions are interconnected. According to her, this is especially relevant now, when the society is using vast information resources, which affect ways of thinking, worldview and mental state.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e976832002e9d50dda5fa1428bde19608c892ac6a8f88c39244af502dce59c08/12-Haja-Pham--g.-1998-m..jpg)
![Jonas Balsevičius, born in 2001. Jonas was born and raised in Vilnius. He was inspired to take interest in visual arts by his uncle, who works with photography and videography. He was also the one who gifted Jonas his first film camera “Hasselblad”. Now Jonas is mostly occupied with photography and curating art events. His portrait was taken in Vilnius, in the yards of loft blocks in Ševčenka street, where his love for coffee and photography began. This eclectic location represents Jonas’s interdisciplinary art practice, which is centred around photography. At the moment, Jonas is studying Fine Art Photography at the University of the Arts London.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5961fe9ed772f6f203d07f3a231c79e91f410fde1038014009c2c16e8ca46796/13-Jonas-Balsevicius--g.-2001-m..jpg)
![Jonas Balsevičius, born in 2001. Jonas was born and raised in Vilnius. He was inspired to take interest in visual arts by his uncle, who works with photography and videography. He was also the one who gifted Jonas his first film camera “Hasselblad”. Now Jonas is mostly occupied with photography and curating art events. His portrait was taken in Vilnius, in the yards of loft blocks in Ševčenka street, where his love for coffee and photography began. This eclectic location represents Jonas’s interdisciplinary art practice, which is centred around photography. At the moment, Jonas is studying Fine Art Photography at the University of the Arts London.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5961fe9ed772f6f203d07f3a231c79e91f410fde1038014009c2c16e8ca46796/13-Jonas-Balsevicius--g.-2001-m..jpg)
![Ema Žemionytė, born in 1998. Ema was born and raised in Vilnius. Ema is now studying medicine at Vilnius University. In the future, she is planning to specialise in dermatology and trichology. Ema sees medicine as a very purposeful path because it helps people become healthier and happier. Ema was born a male, however, since a very early age she felt out of place. When she was 15, Ema accepted herself for what she is. Just recently, she legally changed her gender from male to female. When asked where she would like to be photographed, Ema chose the stairway of Vilnius University Faculty of Medicine, which symbolises her journey uphill, towards accomplishing her goals. Behind her, one can see a mural that visualises human anatomy. This art piece symbolically encapsulates Ema’s transformation and journey of finding her true self.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/789918f7869c50b19785e3838115737959f878e8d056bdb6a05e10e2a73accbc/14-Ema-Zemionyte--g.-1998-m..jpg)
![Ema Žemionytė, born in 1998. Ema was born and raised in Vilnius. Ema is now studying medicine at Vilnius University. In the future, she is planning to specialise in dermatology and trichology. Ema sees medicine as a very purposeful path because it helps people become healthier and happier. Ema was born a male, however, since a very early age she felt out of place. When she was 15, Ema accepted herself for what she is. Just recently, she legally changed her gender from male to female. When asked where she would like to be photographed, Ema chose the stairway of Vilnius University Faculty of Medicine, which symbolises her journey uphill, towards accomplishing her goals. Behind her, one can see a mural that visualises human anatomy. This art piece symbolically encapsulates Ema’s transformation and journey of finding her true self.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/789918f7869c50b19785e3838115737959f878e8d056bdb6a05e10e2a73accbc/14-Ema-Zemionyte--g.-1998-m..jpg)
![Oskaras Kazlauskas, born in 1995. Oskaras was born and raised in Kaunas. When he was 13 he developed interest in windsurfing. In his teenage years he discovered another area of interest dear to his heart -filmmaking. In Middlesex University in United Kingdom Oskaras finished film directing studies. When he came back to Lithuania, he started working as both - filmmaker and windsurfing instructor. He also creates the T-shirt brand "Pažįstamas" for which he creates designs in collaboration with Lithuanian artists. His portrait was taken on the shore of the Kaunas lagoon - where he first started windsurfing. During the photoshoot, he stood up on a chair because, as he put it, he likes to look at the world from another angle, from above. The theme of height is important in his work - Oskaras has created a short film about how he and his friend climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/627d30bc0528a04130ffabbec9ebed5be36d8122d778a42231644a50a0e50397/15-Oskaras-Kazlauskas--g.-1995-m..jpg)
![Oskaras Kazlauskas, born in 1995. Oskaras was born and raised in Kaunas. When he was 13 he developed interest in windsurfing. In his teenage years he discovered another area of interest dear to his heart -filmmaking. In Middlesex University in United Kingdom Oskaras finished film directing studies. When he came back to Lithuania, he started working as both - filmmaker and windsurfing instructor. He also creates the T-shirt brand "Pažįstamas" for which he creates designs in collaboration with Lithuanian artists. His portrait was taken on the shore of the Kaunas lagoon - where he first started windsurfing. During the photoshoot, he stood up on a chair because, as he put it, he likes to look at the world from another angle, from above. The theme of height is important in his work - Oskaras has created a short film about how he and his friend climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/627d30bc0528a04130ffabbec9ebed5be36d8122d778a42231644a50a0e50397/15-Oskaras-Kazlauskas--g.-1995-m..jpg)
![Santa Jukna, born in 1994. Santa was born and raised in Klaipėda. She was interested in art from an early age, so she attended Eduardas Balsys Arts Gymnasium and graduated in painting. Later she moved to Vilnius, where she still lives. Santa is now a tattoo artist and painter. Painting for her is a meditation during which she leaves her thoughts and feelings on canvas. The girl chose to be photographed in her cozy art studio in Vilnius, Jakšto Street, where she paints and creates. In many of her paintings, the main characters are women. Santa thinks that the cult of image distorts women's relationships - they compare themselves to others. The artist believes that sincerity and support for each other makes the world a better place.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b1241538dbe1018e6d1a462fbe07ab84a0f749585262949de509d6fe93cf438b/16-Santa-Jukna--g.-1994-m..jpg)
![Santa Jukna, born in 1994. Santa was born and raised in Klaipėda. She was interested in art from an early age, so she attended Eduardas Balsys Arts Gymnasium and graduated in painting. Later she moved to Vilnius, where she still lives. Santa is now a tattoo artist and painter. Painting for her is a meditation during which she leaves her thoughts and feelings on canvas. The girl chose to be photographed in her cozy art studio in Vilnius, Jakšto Street, where she paints and creates. In many of her paintings, the main characters are women. Santa thinks that the cult of image distorts women's relationships - they compare themselves to others. The artist believes that sincerity and support for each other makes the world a better place.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b1241538dbe1018e6d1a462fbe07ab84a0f749585262949de509d6fe93cf438b/16-Santa-Jukna--g.-1994-m..jpg)
![Justas B , born in 1993. Justas was born and raised in Klaipėda. After graduating from high school he went to study electrical and electronics engineering in England. After studying, he returned to Lithuania and lived in Vilnius, but his hometown was more attractive, so he returned to Klaipėda and started working at the Klaipėda Musical Theater. Now Justas has his studio, in which he creates light art installations that adorn the performances of various musicians, cultural spaces. He believes that communicating, sharing thoughts and works with other people makes the world more beautiful.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1f1e908bb3a968ded95d9c7a994bad8728e48d065b3f27345493311232386d58/17-Justas-B--g.-1993-m..jpg)
![Justas B , born in 1993. Justas was born and raised in Klaipėda. After graduating from high school he went to study electrical and electronics engineering in England. After studying, he returned to Lithuania and lived in Vilnius, but his hometown was more attractive, so he returned to Klaipėda and started working at the Klaipėda Musical Theater. Now Justas has his studio, in which he creates light art installations that adorn the performances of various musicians, cultural spaces. He believes that communicating, sharing thoughts and works with other people makes the world more beautiful.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1f1e908bb3a968ded95d9c7a994bad8728e48d065b3f27345493311232386d58/17-Justas-B--g.-1993-m..jpg)
![Teodoras Šaulys, born in 1998. Teodoras was born and raised in Vilnius. As a child he spent a lot of time in nature with his father and grandfather. According to Teodoras, nature made him realise what a beautiful world we live in. At the moment, he is studying Software Engineering at Vilnius University. When he was sixteen, Teodoras discovered analogue photography and started taking photos of his city. Using the double exposure technique, he intertwines Vilnius’s nature and urban motifs revealing new and unexpected implications of the city. His portrait was taken in the Šnipiškės district, in Vilnius, where he currently resides. In his photographs, Teodoras combines contrasting eclectic visuals, whilst in Šnipiškės, right next to old wooden cottage houses rise tall glass skyscrapers.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a78461313ae950e4c37dce6ce8c52df65000d12fa4cf2e244361bcf8d37e4547/18-Teodoras-Saulys--g.-1998-m.-.jpg)
![Teodoras Šaulys, born in 1998. Teodoras was born and raised in Vilnius. As a child he spent a lot of time in nature with his father and grandfather. According to Teodoras, nature made him realise what a beautiful world we live in. At the moment, he is studying Software Engineering at Vilnius University. When he was sixteen, Teodoras discovered analogue photography and started taking photos of his city. Using the double exposure technique, he intertwines Vilnius’s nature and urban motifs revealing new and unexpected implications of the city. His portrait was taken in the Šnipiškės district, in Vilnius, where he currently resides. In his photographs, Teodoras combines contrasting eclectic visuals, whilst in Šnipiškės, right next to old wooden cottage houses rise tall glass skyscrapers.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a78461313ae950e4c37dce6ce8c52df65000d12fa4cf2e244361bcf8d37e4547/18-Teodoras-Saulys--g.-1998-m.-.jpg)
![Gintautė Rusteikaitė, born in 1999. Gintautė was born and raised in Lapiai village, Klaipėda district. Acquaintance with the current profession began in her childhood, when her mother took her to a theater club. Now the girl lives in Klaipėda, studies acting at Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre (LMTA). Gintautė loves acting because she is interested in delving into human relationships, reactions and psychological states. Her portrait was taken in the Bernardine Garden in Vilnius, which reminds her of her native village of Lapiai, where she spent her childhood barefoot, roaring in the trees, eating fruit and berries. Gintautė believes that in today's world, people are in a great hurry to skip the process and they want results immediately, therefore life loses its meaning. According to her, sincerity for oneself and others takes a person away from chaos and unites him with the world.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3a5b241a2211bf4fb0fa3ad01c3bff4b6df96f54eb3fe25da67cd860ca092c72/19-Gintaute-Rusteikaite--g.-1999-m..jpg)
![Gintautė Rusteikaitė, born in 1999. Gintautė was born and raised in Lapiai village, Klaipėda district. Acquaintance with the current profession began in her childhood, when her mother took her to a theater club. Now the girl lives in Klaipėda, studies acting at Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre (LMTA). Gintautė loves acting because she is interested in delving into human relationships, reactions and psychological states. Her portrait was taken in the Bernardine Garden in Vilnius, which reminds her of her native village of Lapiai, where she spent her childhood barefoot, roaring in the trees, eating fruit and berries. Gintautė believes that in today's world, people are in a great hurry to skip the process and they want results immediately, therefore life loses its meaning. According to her, sincerity for oneself and others takes a person away from chaos and unites him with the world.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3a5b241a2211bf4fb0fa3ad01c3bff4b6df96f54eb3fe25da67cd860ca092c72/19-Gintaute-Rusteikaite--g.-1999-m..jpg)
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People of My Age, Ongoing project, 2020
People of my age were born between 1995 and 2001. I was born in 1998, in Vilnius, Lithuania. The creation of this project was inspired by my own reflections on time. Raising existential question — why am I who I am? — I searched for answers through looking at peers.
20 photographs were taken in locations chosen individually by every subject while reflecting on what contributed to the formation of their personality. Every photograph has a text created from talks to each person.
Photographed people have their own spheres of activities, in which they have prospects. They are from Lithuanian sociocultural groups creating the current reality.
What unites these people? Inevitably, technology that we grew up with allowing new forms of self-expression. Almost each of us have our own extention of personality through social media accounts. We express ourselves to global audiences and behold the massive surge of data of which fragments we build our own worlds.
We are also connected by the memory of young free Lithuania, a country that had just regained its independence in 1990. The popular culture consumed as we were children formed our understanding of the world that surrounds us. TV programmes, magazines and music gave us a hedonistic idea that we can all be connected and enjoy this connection through consumed information. Meanwhile, freedom of speech implied an ambition to become “more western” and a hope of a “better tomorrow”. This topic is analysed in more detail online. I collect Lithuanian visual culture artefacts of 90s-00s on Instagram account @90s_lithuania. The content I upload has an element of nostalgia which cause equivocal feelings of comfort and insatiability. And the nature of the social media platform lets us to connect through memorobilia.
I subconsciously feel a sense of commonality. We are connected through internet and united by the memory of young Lithuania, freedom, the desire to explore the world and make sense of our existence. As we go through the same stage of life, we realise that we are becoming adults with a responsibility for our lives and the world.
People of My Age, Ongoing project, 2020
People of my age were born between 1995 and 2001. I was born in 1998, in Vilnius, Lithuania. The creation of this project was inspired by my own reflections on time. Raising existential question — why am I who I am? — I searched for answers through looking at peers.
20 photographs were taken in locations chosen individually by every subject while reflecting on what contributed to the formation of their personality. Every photograph has a text created from talks to each person.
Photographed people have their own spheres of activities, in which they have prospects. They are from Lithuanian sociocultural groups creating the current reality.
What unites these people? Inevitably, technology that we grew up with allowing new forms of self-expression. Almost each of us have our own extention of personality through social media accounts. We express ourselves to global audiences and behold the massive surge of data of which fragments we build our own worlds.
We are also connected by the memory of young free Lithuania, a country that had just regained its independence in 1990. The popular culture consumed as we were children formed our understanding of the world that surrounds us. TV programmes, magazines and music gave us a hedonistic idea that we can all be connected and enjoy this connection through consumed information. Meanwhile, freedom of speech implied an ambition to become “more western” and a hope of a “better tomorrow”. This topic is analysed in more detail online. I collect Lithuanian visual culture artefacts of 90s-00s on Instagram account @90s_lithuania. The content I upload has an element of nostalgia which cause equivocal feelings of comfort and insatiability. And the nature of the social media platform lets us to connect through memorobilia.
I subconsciously feel a sense of commonality. We are connected through internet and united by the memory of young Lithuania, freedom, the desire to explore the world and make sense of our existence. As we go through the same stage of life, we realise that we are becoming adults with a responsibility for our lives and the world.