Born on 12 March 1955 in Netičkampys, Marijampolė district.1973 graduated from R. Stankevičius Secondary School in Marijampolė.1978 graduated from Vilnius University, graduated from the faculty of history as a journalist. Correspondent of the newspapers "Our Construction" 1975-1978, deputy executive secretary and correspondent of "Komsomolskaya Pravda" (now "Lietuvos Rytas") 1978-1981, deputy executive secretary and correspondent of "Vakarinės naujienos" 1981-1993. During the revival period he worked as a photographer for the Sipa press agency in Paris and the Holandse hoogte agency in Amsterdam. Director of Vyzdys publishing house. Since 1972 member of the Sūduva Photography Club, since 1994 editor and publisher of the magazine Vyzdys, since 1985 member of the Lithuanian Union of Photographers. Member of the jury of various photography competitions in the country, organiser of photography competitions, lecturer, curator of exhibitions.