Born on 26 February 1933 in Javolinė (a former homestead on the outskirts of Dargiai village), Rokiškis district.1952-1955 studied electrical engineering at Kaunas Polytechnic Institute. 1955-1970 in Kaunas, designed electrical networks for agricultural and industrial objects. After that he worked as a professional photographer for 8 years (1970-1978) at the Museum of Folk Life and the Institute of Monument Conservation. For thirteen years (1964-1977) he was the head of the Kaunas Photography Club on a voluntary basis, without receiving a salary. In 1979 a photography gallery was opened in Kaunas Old Town. The initiative for its creation belongs to the architect Žibartas Simanavičius and Vilias Jasinevičius, who even before that used to show 10-15 different photo exhibitions to the public every year in Kaunas. 1964-1968, he organised the first exhibitions of post-war foreign photographers in Lithuania (Latvians, Estonians, Poles, Ukrainians, and Russians) in Kaunas, with the visit of their authors to Lithuania. On behalf of the Kaunas Photoclub, he published nine illustrated exhibition catalogues. The largest of them was printed only in Russian, because the exhibition was shown at the Moscow House of Journalists and was called "9 fotografov Litvy". In 1967, he was elected chairman of the Council of Lithuanian Photography Clubs, which was active until 1969. Together with others he founded the Lithuanian Society of Photographic Art in 1969. He was a member of the steering group for its foundation, and later vice-chairman of the organising committee. For three years he was the chairman of the Kaunas branch of the Society of Photographic Art, founded in 1971, and at the same time was the head of the photoclub. In 1972, for the first time, an attempt was made to exhibit, without the knowledge of the authorities, the works of photographers (Kazis Daugela, Mikalojaus Ivanauskas, Algimantas Kezis and Vytautas Vosylius) who had lived in emigration, along with local authors. An attempt to bring their work back to their homeland failed - the exhibition was banned and the catalogue was discontinued. His social activities caused him a lot of trouble. He was persecuted, slandered and even changed his place of residence to Vilnius. For eighteen years (1978-1996) he worked in Vilnius for the Society of Photographic Art (later renamed the Lithuanian Union of Photographers). He held the positions of deputy chairman, secretary in charge of the presidium of the board and director of the union's foundation. In his retirement, he worked as a photographer at the National M. Mažvydas Library (1997-2000), and since 2004 as a caretaker at the Vilnius Filaretai Elementary School. Member of the Union of Photographers since 1970. Granted the status of Artist in 2005.