Long red hair, combed by the wind; a gentle smile and curious eyes: Aurelija moves in front of my camera with confidence and grace, like a perfect Pre-Raphaelite model. Not only her look and attitude make her the ideal Gabriele Rossetti’s muse, but also the emotions she expresses with her movements and natural poses. What she calls “the eternal beauty of sadness and unrest” is visible in every portraits we took and most of all in her beautiful work.
The women in her photos – she is often one of them – are vulnerable yet passionated, heroines fighting to be themselves, to keep their inner world uncorrupted. Here is the magic that Aurelija so much tries to capture, the magic of beauty and uniqueness she has always seen and chased, since she started taking photos as a teenager in Lithuania.
Experimenting first with friends, and immortalising the beauty of nature, her roots in the photography soil started growing and making her passion and her art flourish. After a few years spent in Edinburgh, now Aurelija Karaliunaite is a full time portrait and fashion photographer based in Oxford whose talent I encourage you to discover. Browsing among her photographs, you’ll find yourself immersed in a secret place where the mind rests among the trees and the soul flies wild above the fields.
Aurelija’s website: https://karaliunaite.com. Aurelija’s Instagram: @akaraliunaite.
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I definitely agree! Aurelija is a very talented photographer with a unique perspective and evocative colour compositions.