Author

Ūla Strusevičiūtė is fine art and film photographer whose creative path is deeply intertwined with documenting Lithuania’s vanishing rural landscape. Since 2006, she has been consistently traveling across the country's villages and small towns, capturing the silent yet inevitable decay of traditional wooden architecture. Her cultural and architectural project, Old Houses of Lithuania, serves as both a comprehensive visual archive and an intimate monument to a world quietly slipping away from our daily landscape.

Photographer Ūla Strusevičiūtė capturing old houses for her film photography project 'Old Houses of Lithuania'.

Ūla's signature style relies on an uncompromising analog method—almost all frames are captured exclusively on film. This is not merely a technical preference, but a profound philosophical stance aimed at slowing down the passage of time and giving each image a physical, tactile weight:

Authentic Documentarianism: The photographs intentionally preserve the original grain of the film, alongside the natural, unforced play of light and shadow. The frames are left entirely unretouched and free from digital manipulation, safeguarding the raw, living essence of a true historical archive.

The Sinnergy of Color and Monochrome: The artist masterfully navigates both color and black-and-white photography, allowing the textures of the wood and the weathered walls to dictate their own visual language.

Architectural Monuments: In her lens, every abandoned log house, decayed window frame, or sun-bleached wall ceases to be a mere ethnographic fragment; instead, it becomes a monument to the end of an entire era.

Project Mission and Universal Connection

Old Houses of Lithuania transcends the boundaries of individual artistic expression—it serves as an emotional and cultural bridge connecting different generations and lived experiences. By using the documentary power of film photography the author creates a space that resonates equally with an older generation feeling deep nostalgia for rural landscapes, and a youth seeking their identity through vivid memories of childhood summers spent in the countryside. It stands as a living capsule of memory, inviting us to pause, look closer, and listen to that which is quietly fading into the dark.