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"The catalogue of same-named exhibition in Lithuania features three photo works by Claudia HEINERMANN, Michal IWANOWSKI and Indre SERPYTYTE.
These three photographers – German, Polish and Lithuanian – explore the legacy of the Second World War through three very personal projects.
The exhibition was a visual narrative in a contemporary language of art that distinctively reflects stories that took place in Lithuania after the war and in a new way actualize the past.
Claudia HEINERMANN - Wolfskinder / Woolf Children
From 1944, thousands of German children in East Prussia were separated from their families – many for good. They fought a battle of life and death against hunger, the cold and the arbitrariness of the Soviet world. Rescued by Lithuanian farmers, they remained behind the iron curtain under false identities. For the first time, after decades of silence, they now describe the terrors of their past and how they adapted to a new life without their loved ones.
Since 2011, the Dutch photographer Claudia Heinermann and the Finnish journalist Sonya Winterberg visited the last witnesses to record their memories and document their lives including their childhood and teenage years in the small Soviet republic of Lithuania, their feelings of captivity and their lifelong solitude.
About the photographer, Claudia HEINERMANN (*1967 in Germany):
Claudia HEINERMANN studied Fine Arts at the academy in Enschede/NL. From 2004 onward she continued her education in documentary photography at the Fotoacademie Amsterdam. Today she is a freelance photographer living in Delft/The Netherlands.
She is dedicated primarily to long-term documentary projects and contemporary historical issues as well as genocide and the consequences of war. She has worked as a photographer on long-term projects in countries such as Bosnia, Russia and Rwanda.
Claudia has published three photo books so far and has contributed to numerous publications both in The Netherlands and abroad. Her works have been acquired by various Collections and shown, inter alia, at the following museums: Kamp Westerbork, Kamp Vught, Liberty Park/NL, Holocaust Museum Mechelen/Belgium, Deutsches Historisches Museum Berlin as well as in galleries in The Netherlands, Belgium and Lithuania.
Michal IwWANOSWKI - Clear of People
Michal Iwanowski’s work retraces an epic journey his grandfather and great uncle made in 1945 after escaping from a prisoner-of-war camp in Russia, and in extreme hardship walked 2000 km to Poland in search of their family.
Clear of People documents this journey. The images and writing capture Iwanowski’s own travels through landscape marked by history as well as echoing his grandfather’s experience of a quest for safety in a hostile environment.
About the photographer, Michal IWANOWSKI:
Michal IWANOWSKI is a Polish born, Cardiff based artist and a current Ffotogallery tutor. Iwanowski studied Documentary Photography at the University of Wales, Newport, graduating in 2008. His work explores the relationship between landscape and memory; marking the silent passing of otherwise insignificant individuals and histories.
In 2009, he won the Emerging Photographers award by Magenta Foundation, as well as being given a Honourable Mention at Px3 Prix De Photographie, Paris. Iwanowski received Arts Council of Wales and Wales Arts International grants for his projects Clear of People and Fairy Fort Project and in 2012 had a residency in Kaunas, supported by the Lithuanian Ministry of Culture.
Indrė ŠERPYTYTė - Forest Brothers
Former NKVD-MVD-MGB-KGB Buildings
Born in Lithuania, photographic artist Indre SERPYTYTE is highly concerned with the impact of the Cold War on her native country and more personally, her own family.
Her subtle and moving photographs are the result of persistent and thoughtful investigation into the political history of the war, how it has been recorded and more importantly the human experience and cost of the conflict.
About the photographer, Indre SERPYTTE (*1983 in Palanga, Lithuania):
Indrė ŠERPYTYTė is an artist living and working in London, UK
Grants and awards:
2013: The Arts Foundation, Still Life Photography – Shortlisted
2011: Discovery Award, Les Recontres Arles Photographie – Nominated by Simon BAKER, Tate Senior Curator, International Art (Photography)
2010: Paul Huf Award – Nominee, Magenta Foundation, Flash Forward – Bright Spark Award, Hyeres International Festival of Fashion and Photography
2009: National Media Museum’s Photography Bursary, Hoopers Gallery Prize, Metro Imaging Award
2008: Leica Prize – Shortlisted, Artist in Residency, Cite internationale des Arts, Paris, Fujifilm Distinction Awards – Third Prize
2007: Terry O’Neill Award – Specially Commended, First London International Creative Competition – Shortlisted Arts Council Grant
International Color Awards, 2nd Annual Photography Master Cup – Nominee in Still Life, Pilsner Urquell International Photography Awards 2007 – Fine Art – Still Life – Honorable Mention, International Photographic Art Prize “Arte Laguna” – Finalist
2006: Jerwood Photography Award– Winner, Nominated for Student of the Year Award
These three photographers – German, Polish and Lithuanian – explore the legacy of the Second World War through three very personal projects.
The exhibition was a visual narrative in a contemporary language of art that distinctively reflects stories that took place in Lithuania after the war and in a new way actualize the past.
Claudia HEINERMANN - Wolfskinder / Woolf Children
From 1944, thousands of German children in East Prussia were separated from their families – many for good. They fought a battle of life and death against hunger, the cold and the arbitrariness of the Soviet world. Rescued by Lithuanian farmers, they remained behind the iron curtain under false identities. For the first time, after decades of silence, they now describe the terrors of their past and how they adapted to a new life without their loved ones.
Since 2011, the Dutch photographer Claudia Heinermann and the Finnish journalist Sonya Winterberg visited the last witnesses to record their memories and document their lives including their childhood and teenage years in the small Soviet republic of Lithuania, their feelings of captivity and their lifelong solitude.
About the photographer, Claudia HEINERMANN (*1967 in Germany):
Claudia HEINERMANN studied Fine Arts at the academy in Enschede/NL. From 2004 onward she continued her education in documentary photography at the Fotoacademie Amsterdam. Today she is a freelance photographer living in Delft/The Netherlands.
She is dedicated primarily to long-term documentary projects and contemporary historical issues as well as genocide and the consequences of war. She has worked as a photographer on long-term projects in countries such as Bosnia, Russia and Rwanda.
Claudia has published three photo books so far and has contributed to numerous publications both in The Netherlands and abroad. Her works have been acquired by various Collections and shown, inter alia, at the following museums: Kamp Westerbork, Kamp Vught, Liberty Park/NL, Holocaust Museum Mechelen/Belgium, Deutsches Historisches Museum Berlin as well as in galleries in The Netherlands, Belgium and Lithuania.
Michal IwWANOSWKI - Clear of People
Michal Iwanowski’s work retraces an epic journey his grandfather and great uncle made in 1945 after escaping from a prisoner-of-war camp in Russia, and in extreme hardship walked 2000 km to Poland in search of their family.
Clear of People documents this journey. The images and writing capture Iwanowski’s own travels through landscape marked by history as well as echoing his grandfather’s experience of a quest for safety in a hostile environment.
About the photographer, Michal IWANOWSKI:
Michal IWANOWSKI is a Polish born, Cardiff based artist and a current Ffotogallery tutor. Iwanowski studied Documentary Photography at the University of Wales, Newport, graduating in 2008. His work explores the relationship between landscape and memory; marking the silent passing of otherwise insignificant individuals and histories.
In 2009, he won the Emerging Photographers award by Magenta Foundation, as well as being given a Honourable Mention at Px3 Prix De Photographie, Paris. Iwanowski received Arts Council of Wales and Wales Arts International grants for his projects Clear of People and Fairy Fort Project and in 2012 had a residency in Kaunas, supported by the Lithuanian Ministry of Culture.
Indrė ŠERPYTYTė - Forest Brothers
Former NKVD-MVD-MGB-KGB Buildings
Born in Lithuania, photographic artist Indre SERPYTYTE is highly concerned with the impact of the Cold War on her native country and more personally, her own family.
Her subtle and moving photographs are the result of persistent and thoughtful investigation into the political history of the war, how it has been recorded and more importantly the human experience and cost of the conflict.
About the photographer, Indre SERPYTTE (*1983 in Palanga, Lithuania):
Indrė ŠERPYTYTė is an artist living and working in London, UK
Grants and awards:
2013: The Arts Foundation, Still Life Photography – Shortlisted
2011: Discovery Award, Les Recontres Arles Photographie – Nominated by Simon BAKER, Tate Senior Curator, International Art (Photography)
2010: Paul Huf Award – Nominee, Magenta Foundation, Flash Forward – Bright Spark Award, Hyeres International Festival of Fashion and Photography
2009: National Media Museum’s Photography Bursary, Hoopers Gallery Prize, Metro Imaging Award
2008: Leica Prize – Shortlisted, Artist in Residency, Cite internationale des Arts, Paris, Fujifilm Distinction Awards – Third Prize
2007: Terry O’Neill Award – Specially Commended, First London International Creative Competition – Shortlisted Arts Council Grant
International Color Awards, 2nd Annual Photography Master Cup – Nominee in Still Life, Pilsner Urquell International Photography Awards 2007 – Fine Art – Still Life – Honorable Mention, International Photographic Art Prize “Arte Laguna” – Finalist
2006: Jerwood Photography Award– Winner, Nominated for Student of the Year Award
- Ed(s)/Author(s)
- Kaunas
- Book design
- Tom MRAZAUSKAS
- Format
- SC (three booklets, bound together), 18,5 x 24 x 1,5 cm., color ills., bilingual text: English / Lithuanian