"The photographic world of Raimundas Urbonas (1963-1999) is a spare collection of objects, a quiet tone and a box that limits the gaze, framing the author's thought drawing. For the author, this medium is a tool of observation, in a sense a magnifying glass, elevating even the most banal objects to the level of proof of truth. He saw and perceived the world around him in this way. That is why he showed it to others. In small formats, he was able to fit a surprising amount into a moderate use of expression: the thoughtful gaze of a colleague, the touch of a woman he loved, the cosy messiness of home, and a childhood that would not stand still. It also accommodated hipping trips to the former Soviet Union: new lands, old friends, and the noncommittal details of everyday life observed there. Fragmenting his own and other people's lives, sometimes pairing shots and thus expanding the idea even further, Urbonas constructed a coherent story, always telling the same story - about the fragility of being. No matter who you are with or where you are. This artist did not run away from time, places or people. On the contrary, he was eager to return to the same faces, the same conversations, the same places. It was as if he was checking once again the sustainability of the visual messages he had already captured. On the other hand, his never-ending dialogue between space and matter never degenerated into a noisy argument. The author's photography is all about quiet whispering, sharing, a calm confession, not only about the present, but also about what could happen in the future. The deliberately blurred image wears time, extinguishes knowledge and masks memories. There is no staging, just an open gaze leaving one to speculate - has it been, or will it be?" (Danguolė Ruškienė)