About the Project

'Old Houses of Lithuania' is a foundational visual research project, consistently developed since 2006, dedicated to documenting the vanishing wooden architecture and regional cultural landscapes of rural Lithuania. Grounded in a rigorous documentary methodology and utilizing exclusively analog film photography, this archive records the irreversible erosion of heritage, revealing the profound weight of temporality, isolation, and historical melancholy.

The project deliberately distances itself from traditional rural romanticism or superficial sentimentality. It operates as a systematic visual study, serving as a sustainable repository of cultural memory that transforms the material past of the provinces into an irreplaceable documentary testament for future generations and heritage researchers.

The Analog Method as a Conceptual Foundation

The decision to employ film photography as the sole medium for this research is rooted in a deep methodological alignment with the subject matter itself:

Material Identity: Film photography is a physically mutable medium. The silver halide grain organically replicates the textures of decaying wood, moss, and cracked surfaces, providing the image with a tactile material weight.

Documentary Deceleration: The inherent limitation of film frames demands a disciplined creative process, analytical distance, and a profound immersion into the captured environment.

Tonal Honesty: The analog process possesses a unique dynamic range capable of capturing deep shadows and the plasticity of natural light, completely avoiding digital sterility.

Project Mission

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.