Eglė: Hens running across the yard, pigs being farmed behind the house and the old horse of Kaunas silently sitting in the garage...

Portraits of friends (1985) captured in the yards of Dainava microdistrict

Aleksandra: “I lived just next to Laisvės Alėja.

Alvydas Vaitkevičius: I found this picture at booksellers next to Merkurijus without any inscriptions or signs...

Solveiga Lukminaitė: My brightest memories are related to my favourite places in Kaunas, especially Kaunas yacht club.

Audronė: „Prieplaukos krantinę vadindavom cimbruvka.

Kęstutis: "We were living at Gričiupio Street, where the current KTU student campus is located.

The funniest part was to spin circles around the monument with my Nikon, which was used but still great.

Gabrielė: Early morning.

D.B.: Even though that for most residents of Kaunas, Picture Gallery seems as located in a Bermuda triangle, to me it has probably become a symbolic place, where I made the decision about my profession.

Alvydas Vaitkevičius: A note on the monument of Salomėja Nėris: I remember it standing there.

Asija: “In the evenings, Laisvės Avenue was full of people.

When I was sixteen, it was the first time, when I brought my photo camera to the Oakwoord Park, Darius and Girėnas Sports Centre, the Hall and the Stadium.

Jonas: “At the beginning of July 1962 and after graduating the 1st High School of Ukmergė (now the High School of Jonas Basanavičius), My classmate Vytautas Juknys and I, Jonas Navikas, arrived at Kaunas for the first time (!).

Eugenija: "I remember, when they destroyed Stalin’s monument.

Audronė: „Pradėjau lankyti devintą vidurinę Senamiestyje.

Audronė: „Namas priklausė Zabielų rūmams. Ir pats namas – dabar jis supaprastintas – buvo labai įdomus, ypač architektūra apačioje, visur – skliautai, didžiuliai praėjimai, sraigtiniai laiptai.

Robertas Antinis: Orbita was a superb club. It was special.

Žilvinas: “My brother and I, we are twins.

Gintaras: "One detail stuck to my mind from the dismantling of Leninas monument: next to Donelaičio Street, under a tree, I saw an elderly couple, probably of Russian nationality.