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 exhibitions

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

Group exhibitions (selection)

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

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

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

  • BLAU, Kunstverein Bad Neustadt, Nov 2025

  • Was man von mir aus sehen kann, Students of Petra Böttcher, Rheinfelden (Baden), Oct–Dec 2025

  • das kleine format, Kunstverein Aichach, Nov–Dec 2025

  • Red Lines 2025, Art Space Mala Opera, Kyivphotos-Hall 2012, Kyiv, Ukraine, Nov–Dec 2025

  • Ecophotography 2025, Slovak Museum of Nature Protection and Speleology, Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia, Dec 2025 – Jan 2026

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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