Bakas Atelje

Šanghai - Švenčionėliai

Pernai horizonte pasirodžius covido aisbergui, pasukome šturvalą toliau nuo didmiesčio ir persikėlėm į Švenčionėlius, kuriuos supanti gamta bei ten reziduojanti chebrytė iš Miško uostas bei Šilta šiaurė kaip elektro magnetas traukė jau keleta metų. Čia besilepinant gyvenimu kilo mintis, kad norisi i miestelį atvežti įkvėpimo, tad pasitaikius puikiai progai išsinuomoti patalpas paradiniam miestuko pastate (traukinių stotyje!!) - nusprendžiau čionai įrengti meno erdvę.

Taigi, konceptas yra buvusią sovietinio restorano erdvę transformuoti į vietelę kurioje tilptų įvairiausių menų galerija, portretu foto studija, o perone šiltuoju metų laiku galėtų vykti visokio plauko artistų muzikiniai pasirodymai.

Šiam projektui atidariau krautuvę kur ir tu gali prisidėti prie šios avantiūros: http://www.bakaspictures.com/shop

At the beginning of last year we have packed up and left the big city for Švenčionėliai.

Upon receiving so much goodness from gorgeous nature and friends here at Miško uostas and Šilta šiaurė I decided to pay my dues by making an art space in the beautiful historical building - the train station.

The concept is to transform 60sq.m of what used to be part of a restaurant in soviet times into an art gallery + portrait photo studio + concert spot just outside on the platform + who knows what else I will come up with.

The work has started. I just need some help from you to make this happen. So I made a shop where you can easily be part of this http://www.bakaspictures.com/shop

Dali Indigo for Monocle magazine

Hand made objects are becoming rare as so many craftsmen are being replaced by machines. There is a Chinese village in a province of Yunnan called Dali that keeps alive a tradition of indigo dyeing. Its called Dali.

Making of America

I love making stuff. So when the time came to exhibit my America series I though I should do something special. Beautifully filmed and edited by my friend Danulis.

Beer 4 Nepal

Raised over 11K € for the victims of Nepal earthquake selling beer from a bicycle. Check out what we've done with it on gipsytears.com

 

Q7 in Shanghai for Audi Magazine

Audi magazine teamed up with one of the masterminds behind Shanghai Tower -architect Robert Price for a tour around Shanghai in an all new Q7 and asked me to take some pictures.

ID Mask feat. Katrine Amtkjaer

Living in China for the most of last 5 years one becomes aware of available breathing masks to battle pollution on those those days when air quality app goes red. Here I was glad to photograph a collaboration between a new local breathing mask maker ID Mask and an Ironman athlete, super cool Katrine Amtkjaer.  

Silk Road for Conde Nast Traveler

We embarked on a road trip to rediscover once legendary trading route - Silk Road and find out more about the landscape and people who live there.   

Collision Yangon

3 weeks in Yangon with a good friend / amazing photographer Andrew Rowat and some large format cameras.

Shot on stolen time in between loading up film, setting up cameras and wiping off buckets of sweat.

FT Weekend Troubled Waters

  For this story we have traveled to the downstream Mekong to find out how the locals of Thailand and Laos are managing to adjust their lives to an ever changing flow of the mighty Mekong River. Interesting read from Pilita Clark.

Tibetan plateau story for FT Weekend

When Leslie called me to discuss shooting this story for FT Weekend one of the first things she asked was 'how are you with heights'? The legitimacy of her question hit me much later, when we found ourselves interviewing tibetans living in the highlands of Qinghai province some 4500 meters above sea level. The oxygen is so scarce that walking feels like a most intense workout.

 Its a story about climate change and politics and water but above all its a story about people living high up in the grasslands. Full story by Leslie Hook.

Jaguar lunchbox for Wallpaper*

This film was shot as part of the project 'Handmade' where designers inspired by Jaguar would create a hand made piece to extend the experience of the car. Design by Shanghai based creative duo Neri & Hu.

FT Weekend Comunist story

A long drive deep into Guizhou province in search of the real communists of China. Welcome to the Party!