Algimantas Aleksandravičius. Portrait Photography
You are warmly invited to join a three-day artistic workshop on portrait photography – or, as the artist himself describes it, a personal experience shared through the act of creating a portrait.
I. IDEA, LIGHT, MOOD
a) the importance of the initial concept and improvisation during the process
b) using artificial and natural light
c) directed vs. reportage-style portraiture
d) how to communicate with the subject and guide them in the desired direction
e) creating foreground and background using a wide-angle lens
f) composing the frame beforehand and cropping during post-selection
g) common mistakes in portrait photography and tips on how to avoid them
Portrait photography slides will be shown throughout the discussion.
II. SHOOTING PORTRAITS TOGETHER
A demonstration session incorporating the knowledge gained on the first day, along with participants’ own ideas and willingness to experiment.
Independent practical work.
III. REVIEW AND DISCUSSION
Viewing the portraits created during the workshop, sharing comments, reflections, and making selections.
Titas. Vilnius St. Francis of Assisi Church, 2018. Photo by Algimantas Aleksandravičius
Algimantas Aleksandravičius (b. 1960, Klaipėda) was granted the National Culture and Art Prize in 2011, the International Federation of Photographic Art (FIAP) conferred on him the name of Photo Artist (AFIAP) in 1996, and he received The Dutch Order of Orange-Nassau in 2008. In 2007, he was given the Medal of the Order for Merits to Lithuania, Golden Star (LATGA Award) and the honorary medal Bring Your Light and Believe (Lithuanian Ministry of Culture Award). In 2003, he was recognized as the Best Portraitist of Europe (Fujifilm Euro Press 2003 main prize) and in 2011 as the best portraitist in the Baltic States. He is a four-times recipient of the Lithuanian Press Photo Golden Frame Award, and in 2013 he received the Balys Buračas Art Prize and in 2014 the Lithuanian Photographers Association Prize.
He has been a member of the Lithuanian Photographers Association since 1988, an honorary member since 2011, and the status of Artist was granted to him in 2005.
He has participated in more than 200 exhibitions since 1987, both in Lithuania and abroad. He has curated many exhibitions and edited publications such as Lithuanian Photography: Today and Yesterday, while also being the author of 16 of his own personal albums.
His works are in the collections of the Lithuanian Art Museum, the MO museum and in private collections in Lithuania and abroad.
He lives and works in Vilnius.
Algimantas Aleksandravičius. Photo by Milda Kiaušaitė
