Artist Talk with RafaƂ Milach

The talk will focus on various aspects of photography as a tool for social change. From activism to art gestures, how can we make the medium response relevant to the turbulent contemporary context?

RafaƂ Milach is a visual artist, photographer, and educator. His work focuses on the tension between society and power structures. Author of protest books and critical publications on state control. Rafal Milach is a professor at the Krzysztof Kieƛlowski Film School of Silesian University in Katowice, Poland. He has received scholarships from the Polish Minister of Culture and National Heritage, Magnum Foundation, and European Cultural Foundation. Rafal is a finalist of the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize, Polityka Passports Award, a winner of the Author Book Award at Rencontres Phototographiques; Arles and World Press Photo contest. He is a co-founder of the Archive of Public Protests and Sputnik Photos collectives. His work has been widely exhibited, and is part of the public institutional collections worldwide. Rafal is a member of Magnum Photos.

The event will be hosted by Judit Gellér, tutor of MOME Photography MA program.

The event is supported by the WacƂaw Felczak Foundation.

Please note: the event will be held in English, participation is free of charge.

2025.02.19
18:00 - 20:00

Event information

Date of the event: 19/02/2025 18:00-20:00
Location: MOME TWO, Film studio

Please note: the event will be held in English, participation is free of charge.

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