Miasto z fotografii, miasto z pamięci. O albumie Serce Litwy Adama Bujaka i Czeslawa Milosza
ENThe article aims to present the image of Vilnius emerging form the album Heart of Lithuania by two renown artists: Adam Bujak, a master of the camera and Czeslaw Milosz, a master of the word. Artistically refined, beautiful pictures by an outstanding Polish photographer are completed, apart from explanatory notes, with excerpts of poetry and prose coming from various periods in the Nobel laureate's literary career. The article also attempts to confront the image with Milosz's memories of Vilnius which are present in his vast literary work, but could not be included because of the nature of the album, as well as to reflect on the selection of objects photographed by Bujak in the context of Milosz's biography on the one hand, and the target reader on the other. The album, divided into eight parts (Mickiewicz, City, Cathedral, Castle Hill, University, Churches, Cemeteries, Surroundings), contains no introduction, summary or table of contents. The poem Nigdy od ciebie, miasto, nie moglem odjechac (Oh, city, I have never been able to leave you) immediately takes the reader in medias res: for Milosz, who spent his high school, and university years there, the town of Giediminas always had a special importance and remained forever in his memory (of particular relevance are the photographs of the aged poet against the background of the seemingly unaging places which he left over half a century before). The album has not been compiled in a chronological order. The first part presents Vilnius as the town of Mickiewicz and Milosz by pointing to the similarities in both poets' biographies and the places relevant to them (Literary Street, Adam Mickiewicz Museum, the Basilian monastery with Konrad's cell). In the following parts, the authors focused on the landmarks of the city, emphasizing its uniqueness and beauty.
