Vitas Luckus, Once a Luminary of the Soviet Photography Scene

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Rescuing a Photo Prince From Obscurity

Vitas Luckus’s obsession with photographing the Soviet bloc won praise from admirers and beatings from officials. His work faded into obscurity after his death, but his widow is helping to revive his reputation.

via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/17/rescuing-a-photo-prince-from-obscurity/

Vitas Luckus, once a prince — perhaps even a king — of the Soviet photography scene. From the 1960s to the mid-1980s, he traveled throughout the Soviet bloc, capturing peasants, performers, partiers and policemen, as well as a generation of grippingly attractive young artists