“Arunas has studies art for 15 years, he has been a photographer, traveler, rebel, philosopher, poet and generally calls himself a “freely wandering soul”. In 1982, after completing his studies at the Art Academy Arunas joined the Art Photographers’ Union in Lithuania and starting practicing photography seriously. He traveled through the former Soviet Union, Siberia’s mountains, Soviet Asia republics and beyond the Polar Circle near North Sea. He also had his own photo studio teaching youngsters (12-16 years old) photography, from very basics, mixing chemicals, making emulsions, film processing, printing to advanced. In 1991 Arunas moved to New York, where he now lives and works as a freelance photographer for Anthology Film Archives and others. He lives with his wife Oksana and 3 year old son, Vincent. Under influence of my friend and photographer Gintautas Trimakas I took a closer look to pinhole phenomena and that was it – I was treacherously ambushed and trapped by it. Now I’m totally into this very intimate process.”
CK → There is something beautifully human about Arunas’ Polaroid pinholes. From the inventiveness of how he makes his cameras to the images he creates with them. I also admire how he shares that love of pinhole photography with his family.
All photos © 2007 Arunas Kulikauskas, reproduced by permission
by CK
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