Personal Photo Album and Collective Memory: The Case of Romualdas Požerskis’ Photographs and Diary

Abstract

History and memory have been the conceptual core of many Lithuanian photography based contemporary art works as well as international curatorial art projects, including authors from different Baltic countries. On the one hand, this indicates the relevance of the subject related to photography and memory; on the other hand, it also shows the overexploitation of personal and historical memory in contemporary photography and in contemporary art in general.

Keywords

• personal photo album
• memory
• collective memory
• alternative youth culture
• hippies in lithuania
• romualdas požerskis