Rafal Milach

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	Born in 1978 in Gliwice, Poland and based in Warsaw, Poland. Rafal attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice, where he received a Masters of Fine Art degree in 2002. He also earned a Bachelor degree of Photography from the Institute for Creative Photography (ITF) in Opava, Czech Republic in 2003. In 2004 Rafal was invited to take part in training for emerging photojournalists form Eastern and Central Europe organized by prestigious agency VII in France. In 2006 he was selected for a KulturKontakt Austria scholarship. Rafal is a regular contributor to Polish magazines such as Przekroj, Newsweek Poland, Polityka, DF magazine of Gazeta Wyborcza. His works were published in international publications such as Courrier International, Le Monde Economie, Photo (France), Shots Directory 2006, Guardian Weekend magazine (UK), DNA magazine of Diario de Noticias (Portugal) Sestdiena magazine (Latvia) and ST/A/R magazine (Austria). His work has been exhibited in Poland, Austria, Spain, Germany, Japan and is in the permanent collection of the Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Art, in Kiyosato Japan. In addition, Rafal’s work has earned him numerous national and international awards such as the Polish Press Photo Awards, the Mio Photo Award (Japan), WBK Press Photo Awards, Grand Press Photo and Newsweek Poland Photo Awards. A book called “The Grey” was published in 2002. It was the result of long-term essay about Upper Silesia, one of the most industrialized and ecologically devastated regions of Poland and Europe. Rafal is currently working on a new long-term personal project about the youth in contemporary Post-Soviet Russia.


	Awards
2006	Kulturkontakt Austria artist in residence / Vienna, Austria
2006	Grand Press Photo - II prize for single picture in category People
2006	BZ WBK Press Photo Awards – I prize in category Portrait
2005	Newsweek Poland photo awards – III prize for picture story in category Culture
2005	Mio Photo Award 2005 - honorary prize / Osaka, Japan
2005	BZ WBK Press Photo Awards – II prize for picture story in category News, II prize for picture story in category Portrait, honorary mention for single picture in category News, Poland
2003	Polish Press Photo - II prize for picture story in category Sport
2001	Polish Press Photo - II prize for picture story in category The world we live in
2001	Mio Photo Award 2001 - honorary prize / Osaka, Japan
2001	Silesian Voivodenship Award for Young Artists