ARÖK is an independent publisher based in Vilnius, Lithuania founded by photographer Andrew Miksys. In addition to publishing books, ARÖK, advises artists and photographers from around the world helping them print and publish their own books. ARÖK is also a resource for education about photobooks including workshops and hosting photobook events in Vilnius. ARÖK participates in several international book fairs including the New York Art Book Fair, LA Art Book Fair and OFFPRINT London.
Excerpt from the text in postface : "« Photographer Andrew Miksys, a seasoned traveler, ventures into the spring of Belarus with the eye of a magician. He knows the local terrain well: the distant officialdom and intimate circles, public and private, open and secret, cynical and welcoming, recorded and discarded, winter and summer, the risky future and...