From 29 June to 27 July 2026, the Prienai Regional Museum will host Amber Light & City Sights, a major solo exhibition by photographer Ludo Segers. Characterised by notable French art critic Christian Noorbergen during a Paris gallery exhibition as occupying the precise boundary where fine art meets structured narrative, Segers’ work demands both technical precision and emotional depth. This upcoming collection precisely explores the fluid boundaries of human architecture and geography.
The collection bridges the structural quietude of the Baltic littoral with the architectures of the Japanese archipelago. Viewers will encounter familiar Lithuanian environments seen differently—from the Baltic Coast, via Vilnius and Trakai Castle, alongside a striking alignment of the Super Moon over Prienai. Yet, the thematic core of the collection’s “amber light” relies on a deliberate geographical displacement. Segers captured those tones of light thousands of miles away on the remote Japanese island of Taketomi.
From high-altitude urban panoramas to isolated architectural minimalism, Segers’ work establishes an analytical dialogue on the contemporary urban condition. This has led distinguished international critics to view the structural complexity of Segers’ corpus as containing an intimate element of time slipped into it. Ian Damerell, Professor of Visual Arts and Art Philosophy, observed that Segers freezes fleeting moments to “leave a powerful visual memory”. Professor Laird Ryan, a British urbanist and writer, compared the systematic approach of contrast in Segers’ compositions to the musical counterpoint of J.S. Bach.
“Photography can also be an instrument for social commitment,” Segers notes. “Photographers can document, and sometimes provoke or whisper subtle reflections, in a continuous search for a new perspective.”
Hosting this global modernism, the Prienai Regional Museum—celebrated for its authentic ethnographic collection of historic folk textiles—provides a powerful historical counterpoint. By inserting modern views of Padua, Kyoto, and Himeji Castle into a space defined by traditional material history, the exhibition creates a captivating dialogue between the global and the local.
Amber Light & City Sights in Prienai’s Regional Museum, F. Martišiaus g. 13, Prienai, 29 June – 27 July 2026. Official opening reception on 30 June 2026 at 16:00. Wednesday to Friday 9H00 to 18H00, Saturday and Sunday from 10H00 to 16H00
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