Algis Kemezys is a seasoned image maker both in still photography and video. His photography has been exhibited worldwide while his mostly documentary videos have played in international festivals and won many awards. "Algis Kemezys is a guy who can photograph anything, and isn't it wonderful to see a real artist at work...!"—Mary Hardiman, The New York Times, 1999. "Kemezys is like a modern-day Henri Cartier-Bresson, only with multiple levels of perception.”—Popular Photography Magazine, 1984.

Algis Kemezys started taking photographs in the early seventies. His fine art career began in 1979 with the apprenticeship to the Doyenne of Photography, the late BERENICE ABBOTT, discoverer of EUGENE ATGET and assistant to MAN RAY in Paris. Berenice Abbott recently got a street named after her in Paris.

Artist Code: 179