Creating Altreality: The Sovietization of Lithuanian Photography

Once established as a means of disseminating communist propaganda, Soviet photography was expected to reflect the illusion of absolute truth. Through the use of visual coding methods and the manipulation of symbols and iconic narratives, Soviet photography generated a mythological reality - an altreality founded on political values and meanings. The totalitarian ideals implied in the reproduction of Socialist Realism through photography promoted the Soviet individual's selective and unobjective attitude toward the surrounding environment - the means by which the regime sought to isolate its citizens' minds from doubts and thereby create stabilizing conditions for the further development of Soviet society.  

Margarita Matulytė

Format/pages: paperback / 418 pages

ISBN: 9786098231328

Publisher: Lithuanian Cultural Research Institute

Year: 2021