Ralph Milewski

Photography and Art

Biography

Biography

About My Work

I photograph what I encounter, not what I look for.

My work grows out of movement and stillness, out of observation and repetition.

Rear Seat Diaries is photographed from the rear seat of a moving VW Caddy, using available light through the side and rear windows.

The series captures fleeting moments that often go unnoticed and invites viewers to rediscover the familiar.

Solo and group exhibitions (selection)

  • Solo Exhibition: Rear Seat Diaries – Perspectives in Motion, Kunsthalle Kalkwerk Limburg, May 2024

  • Group Exhibition: A World in a Bag, Palazzo Callas Exhibitions, Sirmione, Italy, Jul–Nov 2024

  • Group Exhibition: Verdichtung – Wort & Bild & Ton, Kunstverein Bad Neustadt, Nov 2024

  • Group Exhibition: FIT • Every Size Matters, Palazzo Callas Exhibitions, Sirmione, Italy, Jul–Nov 2025

  • Group Exhibition: BLAU, Kunstverein Bad Neustadt, Nov 2025

Awards & Recognitions

  • Final Winner, The Block Notes Photo Contest 2023, Sirmione, Italy

  • Silver Medal, My Best Photo, National Union of Photographic Artists of Ukraine, Feb 2025

  • Selected for REFRACTION Conceptual Photography Festival, Odesa, Ukraine, May 2025

Projects

  • Rear Seat Diaries – ongoing since 2022, exploring light, motion blur and perception from the car interior

  • Conceptual Works – staged ideas and visual experiments, photography as thought process.

  • 4 Inches Above the Ground – visual study from the perspective of a wheelchair footrest, currently in development.

  • Unscripted Moments – documentary family portraits, capturing intimacy and everyday life.

Memberships

  • Professional Association of Visual Artists (BBK) Unterfranken

  • National Union of Photographic Artists of Ukraine (НСФХУ)

  • Kunstverein Bad Neustadt

  • artlimited.net

Publications (Selection)

  • Rear Seat Diaries, All About Photo, Aug 2024

  • Rear Seat Diaries – Perspectives in Motion, Private Photo Review, Oct 2024

  • Unscripted Moments: Family Portraits in Everyday Life, Private Photo Review, Feb 2025

© 2025 Ralph Milewski

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