- Great Masters - A Photographer with Distinct Vision: Normante Ribokaite

- Great Masters -
A Photographer with Distinct Vision
Normante Ribokaite

Normante Ribokaite was born in Dusetos (Lithuania) in 1968.  Photography is her passion. Her favorite photography subjects are nature, man and his environment, horses, photomontage-creation, and in general she photographs everything that interests her. After looking at her works, her inclination appears to be more towards black and white medium, and she seems to do full justice to this medium. Her pictures are unique in regard of strong presentation of subjects and this quality gives her a special identity different from others. Her photography philosophy is to live in harmony with the environment. She has deep respect for each of her photographed objects.

Normante has been awarded in the International Photography contests (FIAP, PSA, MoL, IAAP, GPU, UPI approved) at Serbia, Makedonia,  Bosnia and Herzegovina,  Montenegro, Moldova, Croatia, Albania, Romania, Bulgaria, Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Slovakia, Slovenia, Singapore, New Zealand, China, USA, Switzerland, Cuba, Cyprus, Ecuador, Ukraine, Russia,  Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Armenia,  Egypt,  Georgia,  Finland, Turkey, Hungary, Russia, Poland,  Estonia, Lithuania etc.

She has to her credit below mentioned achievemets:

• The gold medal   of   San Francisco International   Exhibition  GALLERY   PHOTOGRAPHICA -   2013  (USA).
• Awarded  of  the 1st Edition of the Romantic Landscape  FIER Institute Initiatives 2013 (Australia).
• EX ARTE EQUINUS  - 2013  Director's Award (USA).
• Gold  medal at the 71st, 74 st, 76 st  80 st  Japanese International Photography salon  Competition (2011, 2014, 2016, 2020 ).
• The winner of Lithuania wildlife competition "Amber serpent"  (2011, 2012, 2013).
• Awarded at  the exhibition-competition „Earth Day“ (2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017 ) – Utena, Lithuania.
• Granted a diploma established by the Union of Lithuanian Art Photographers for her works displayed at the exhibition, Horse in Photography (2008, 2010 ) - Dusetos Gallery of Art, Lithuania.
• Granted the Honorary Diploma established by the National Photography Art Foundation for personal shows of artistic photography displayed successfully in Lithuania, in 2000-2006.
• AFIAP (Artiste FIAP)
• BRONZE EXHIBITOR (BEPSS)  THE PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY OF SINGAPORE (2016-2019).
• GENIUS (G.APS) AGILE PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY, BANGLADESH.
• CAMPINA PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITIONS SOCIETY (ES.CPE) ROMANIA.
• A-PHOTOART (CREATIVE UNION PHOTOART, RUSSIA).
• Culture and Art award for professional activities 2019 (Zarasai region, Lithuania).
  
  
  
  

Normante has organised nineteen personal photography exhibitions till date and has participated in many group shows held both in Lithuania and abroad. Since 2009 she has been a member of the club of photographers of nature Green Umbrella (Lithuania) and AMoL (A member of Photographic Association Master of Light). She is one of the photographers of the Dusetos Art Gallery group (Zarasai Region, Lithuania).

--Dr. Pankaj Sharma