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Mattia Vacca

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Mattia Vacca

Kaunas Central Post Office

Kaunas Central Post Office may be considered one of the key representative
buildings of the interwar period in Lithuania.
The post office was constructed in 1930-32 in a national modernism style. It is
located in Laisves Aleja, the pedestrian street in the city.
The building designed at the time does not only distinguish by the combination
of elements of modernism and "national style" but also a rather luxurious
interior. In Soviet times, the interior of the post office underwent certain
modifications: the layout and the use of certain office spaces was changed.
In september 2015 after years of neglect Kaunas Art Biennial Occupying five
floors of the building with an international art exhibition.

Mattia Vacca

Mattia Vacca is a freelance photojournalist and a documentary photographer. For ten years, he was a daily contributor for Corriere della Sera covering breaking news stories in Northern Italy. He is currently working on various personal projects focused on social issues and the consequences of armed conflicts around the world.  His first self-published photobook, a winter’s tale, came out in 2014.  In 2018 he joins Prospekt Agency. His work has been featured on new republic, the guardian, the independent, die zeit, france soir, BBC, vice, vanity fair, elle decor, private photoreview, l’oeil de la photographie, corriere della sera, la repubblica and la stampa among the others.  He received numerous awards, including Sony World Photography Awards, Royal Photographic Society Awards, Unesco Humanity Photo Awards, Renaissance Prize, New York Photo Awards, Felix Schoeller Awards, Kolga Tbilisi Photo Awards, International Photography Awards and Phodar Biennial.  His photographs have been exhibited in galleries and festivals worldwide. He was also a TEDx speaker.