Rimaldas Vikšraitis – Naked Grimaces: Exposing Rural Lithuania | LensCulture

In the world of Lithuanian photography, Rimaldas Vikšraitis is one of the top names—and one of the most mysterious. Although he won a coveted “Discovery Award” at the Rencontres d’Arles in 2009 (and had a book published accompanied with a warm introduction by Martin Parr), these accolades did not entrench Vikšraitis in the spotlight. Indeed, a few years on and he remains without a website, an email address or even a cellphone. In many ways, he is much the same person who first picked up a camera in 1971 and started snapping the daily, rural life around him…