Paul Paper / Paulius Petraitis (b. Vilnius, Lithuania, in 1985) lives and works in Vilnius, London and online. He is a curator, photographer (after photography), and a PhD candidate at Middlesex University, London.
Paul Paper / Paulius Petraitis (b. Vilnius, Lithuania, in 1985) lives and works in Vilnius, London and online. He is a curator, photographer (after photography), and a PhD candidate at Middlesex University, London.
His project Blog Reblog features two hundred images by two hundred photographers. It reflects questions surrounding authorship, curatorship, and crediting in the online culture and was showcased at the Austin Center for Photography in US.
His most recent project “This is It/Now” is a photographic exhibition that took place on Snapchat. It aimed to extend the boundaries of exhibiting spaces, utilizing the ephemeral platform to touch on the shifting materiality and temporality of photographic images.
Smoke Screen has been selected for KALEID 2016. His publications are held in various collections including the MoMA library, Met Museum library, Design Museum Denmark, Clark Art Institute, Joan Flasch Collection, Oslo National Academy of the Arts.
Contemporary Contemporary Photography (Lodret Vandret, 2017)
Smoke Screen (Lodret Vandret, 2015)
Contemporary Photography (Lodret Vandret, 2013)
The Frame is Yours (self-published, 2013)
Untaken Photographs (Booklet, 2012)
Everything is Amazing & Nothing Happens (self-published, 2011)
Lietuva. Stories of Everyday (Cafe Royal, 2011)
I Forgot to Forget (self-published, 2010)
Photodiaries: Sofa Trip Around Europe (Cafe Royal, 2009)
Tiny Photographs of Melancholy (self-published, 2008)
Paulius Has Stomachache (self-published, 2006)
168 pages - Softcover w/ DJ Lodret Vandret, 2015 (200 copies) Format : 14 x 20 cm New - Mint conditionLodret Vandret's presentation: "What does it mean to live in a world where the digital screen is so prominent? Smoke Screen is a subjective exploration of the condition of digital screenship. It is a curious look at screen-empowered mediation and...