"witness of the present"

Rafal Milach documents and captures urban spaces, land and people, unveils hidden feelings and emotions in features and essays. His works speak about minorities, desire for freedom, social change, sadness, loneliness, beauty and the individual's relation with today's urban space.

Rafal Milach / 1978 / freelance photojournalist based in Warsaw, Poland

Contact: T: +48 600963328 ; e-mail: info@rafalmilach.com ; website: www.rafalmilach.com

Education/training:
Kulturkontakt artist in residence - Vienna, Austria (2006) www.kulturkontakt.or.at
VII /Altemus - workshop for photojournalists from Eastern Europe, France (2004) www.viiphoto.com
ITF (Institute for Creative Photography) - Opava, Czech Republic (Bc. 2003) www.itf.cz
Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice - Poland (MFA 2002) www.aspkat.edu.pl
Ecole Superiure Estienne - Paris, France (2000) www.lyc-estienne.scola.ac-paris.fr

Solo exhibitions:
2003
The Grey - Photoespaña 2003, Galería de Arte Gema Lazcano - Madrid, Spain, www.phedigital.com
2002
New works exhibition by Mio Photo Awardees of 2001- Light Garden Gallery, - Osaka, Japan, www.miophoto.jp
The Grey - Photographic Gallery PF -Culture Center Zamek, Poznan, Poland

Group exhibitions:
2006-2004
Photographs by Next Generation Young Portfolio Acquisitions - Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Japan, www.kmopa.com
2004
The Grey - part of the "Europa Jetzt" exhibition at MAK (Österreichisches Museum für angewandte Kunst) Vienna, Austria, www.mak.at
Ex oriente lux - 10th Annual Festival of Professional Photography InterFoto 2004, Moscow, Russia, Month of Photography 2004, Mairie de IV, Paris, France

Awards:
2005
Newsweek Poland photo awards - III prize for picture story in category Culture www.newsweek.pl
Mio Photo Award 2005 - honorary prize, Osaka, Japan, www.miophoto.jp
BZ WBK Press Photo Awards 2005 - II prize for picture story in category News; Poland www.bzwbk.pl
BZ WBK Press Photo Awards 2005 - II prize for picture story in category Portrait
BZ WBK Press Photo Awards 2005 - honorary mention for single picture in category News
2004
Newsweek Poland photo awards - honorary mention for picture story in category People
2003
Polish Press Photo 2003 - II prize for picture story in category Sport
III Biennale of Photography To love a man - I prize for picture story Oswiecim, Poland, www.ock.org.pl
2001
Polish Press Photo 2001 - II prize for picture story in category The world we live in
Mio Photo Award 2001 - honorary prize for picture story, Osaka, Japan, www.miophoto.jp
Silesian Voivodenship Award for Young Artists, Katowice, Poland

Collections:
Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Art - Japan, www.kmopa.com
Private collections

Publications:
Szare / The grey / Das graue, Frodo, 2002, www.szare.silesia.pl
Agfa B&W Calendar - Agfa, 2004  www.agfa.com

Press Publications:
Courrier International (France), DNA magazine of Diario di Noticias (Portugal), Shots Directory 2006 (UK), PHOTO (France), SestDiena magazine (Latvia), ST/A/R magazine (Austria), Newsweek Poland, Przekroj, Polityka, DF magazine of Gazeta Wyborcza, City Magazine, Ultramaryna, Foyer, Pozytyw (Poland)

Web:
www.szare.silesia.pl, www.lighstalkers.org/rafal, www.photodocument.pl