Background
Sonta Virgilijus was born on February 16, 1952, in Panevezys, Panevezio Apskritis, Lithuania.
1983
Sonta Virgilijus
Sonta Virgilijus was born on February 16, 1952, in Panevezys, Panevezio Apskritis, Lithuania.
Sonta Virgilijus studied power engineering at the Kaunas University of Technology (KTU), Kaunas, Lithuania (1970-1976).
A professional fine-art photographer since 1980, Sonta Virgilijus previously worked as a photographer for the Photography Art Society of Lithuanian SSR (now Lithuania), Kaunas Department (1978-1980), and as a photojournalist at Lithuanian Telegram Agency (ELTA) from 1976 to 1978.
His early works were landscapes of Lithuania, with special attention to the light. In his "flight" series he "tried to convey the state of a human being in flight," and in his most recent group of photographs, "things and forms," he is concerned with "the interrelations between object and space."
A member of Photography Art Society of Lithuanian SSR since 1974.