Stanislovas Žvirgždas


Stanislovas Žvirgždas is a Lithuanian photographer, particularly of landscapes.

Life and work

Born in Balbieriškis, Žvirgždas studied history at Vilnius University in 1960-61, but after participating in an event in which the banned Lithuanian flag was raised was imprisoned in the Moldavian SSR until 1965. In 1972 he studied photography at the University of Popular Art and thereafter worked as a photographer.
Žvirgždas has had solo exhibitions in Kishinev, Yevpatoria, Zaragoza, Moscow, Nyíregyháza, Severomorsk, Tel Aviv, Homyel, Hamburg, Frankfurt, St Petersburg, Portland, Paris, Tokyo, Yaroslavl, and Lviv ; as well as within Lithuania.

Books by Žvirgždas