Bėgių ir aširačių karalystės auksas

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Traukiniai, seni ir nauji, panašūs į žmones, nustatytu laiku judantys iš taško A į tašką B bekraštėje ir amžinoje gamtos galybėje... Transporto inžinerijos fakulteto magistranto Vytauto Kavaliausko fotografuojami Lietuvos geležinkeliai – tarsi savotiškas metraštis – slepia savyje ir filosofi nę gelmę. „Visas gyvenimas yra fi losofija. Geležinkeliai – tik jos dalis, – teigia Vytautas Kavaliauskas. – Gal keistai skambės, bet esu „užsispyręs“ patriotas ir man malonu, kad mano darytos ir išspausdintos nuotraukos lieka būsimosioms kartoms. Geležinkelius fotografuoju dviem tikslais: noriu užfiksuoti dabartį ateities kartoms ir taip gražiai ir suvokiamai pateikti geležinkelio gyvenimą, kad jį suprastų kiekvienas paprastas žmogus.“

A graduate student of Transport Engineering Faculty Vytautas Kavaliauskas photographs Lithuanian railways. Train photographs were taken at different times of the year, both in the sunshine and while snowing, so they each encode an extraordinary, authentic story worth telling. “The whole life is philosophy. Railways – is just a part of it, – says Vytautas Kavaliauskas. – I am a “stubborn” patriot and I am glad that pictures taken by me that have been published will be left to future generations. I wanted to show the railways so that every human being, not only the technical specialist could discover their beauty. It is very interesting to fi nd a compromise between technology and art. Rhythmically lumbering wheelsets over the rail joints, powerful drone of locomotive, penetrating sound of a whistle, awakening one from refl ection – all this has become part of my life”. Vytautas Kavaliauskas also takes interest in railway heritage, especially in diesel trains and old generation locomotives from TEP60 series. These machines are called classics by railway enthusiasts. The service life of these machines is coming to an end. “Unfortunately I got fascinated by these machines only on the last days of their survival. Now, every shot, which captures them, acquires a historical value,” regrets the VGTU student, a railway photographer.