In the exhibition Local, however, the audience will be invited to get acquainted with Rimaldas Vikšraitis' less shown and exploited early works. Unlike the popular series "Grimaces of a Tired Village" or "Homestead Godos", the photographs created in 1975-1985 do not yet contain so many destructive or grotesque elements, but the author's aspiration to show the paradoxes of life and existence as well as the comical is already very clear. Taking photographs as a close acquaintance of his subjects, as a non-character-interpreted Prashalian, creates an atmosphere of photographs characteristic only of R. Vikšraitis. Unlike many artists, R. Vikšraitis does not voyeuristically observe and exoticize the Lithuanian periphery; he is simply there, he is a native of that environment. As the aforementioned M. Parras has also noted, Rimaldas' photographs do not tell the story of something unfamiliar or rare, they are taken as if the photographer himself were present at the party. Thanks to this proximity to the protagonists of his photographs, these comic and paradoxical situations never become mockeries or exalted narratives. That is why the title of one of the books published by Kaunas Photography Gallery, "The Real World", seems to sum up the essence of the author's work.

Rimaldas Vikšraitis was born on 18 March 1954. He is a member of the Lithuanian Union of Photographers since 1985. In 1997 he was awarded the honorary title of Artist Photographer of the International Federation of Artistic Photography (AFIAP). In 2000-2001 and 2003-2004 he was awarded an individual state scholarship by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania. His work was awarded the main prize, the Discovery of the Year Prize, at the Rencontres d'Arles ("Arles Meetings"), Europe's largest photography festival in Arles, France.

The Lithuanian Photographers' Union is funded by the Lithuanian Council for Culture.