Margarita Matulytė “Creating Altreality: The Sovietization of Lithuanian Photography”

“Once established as a means of disseminating communist propaganda, Soviet photography was expected to reflect the illusion of absolute truth. Through the use of visual coding methods and the manipulation of symbols and iconic narratives, Soviet photography generated a mythological reality – an altreality founded on political values and meanings. The totalitarian ideals implied in the reproduction of Socialist Realism through photography promoted the Soviet individual’s selective and unobjective attitude toward the surrounding environment – the means by which the regime from doubts and thereby creative stabilizing conditions for the further development of Soviet society.”

Margarita Matulytė

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Edited by Margarita Matulytė
Texts by Margarita Matulytė
Design by Laura Varžgalytė
Printed by UAB „Balto Print“

Published by  Lithuanian Culture Research Institute, 2021

Additional information

Weight

600 g

Dimensions

22 x 15,5 x 3 cm

Pages

416 p.

Language

English

ISBN

978-609-8231-32-8