Rafał Milach is a visual artist, photographer, an author of books. He undertakes topics related to the transformation in the former Eastern bloc. A graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice and the Institute of Creative Photography at the University of Silesia in Opava (currently a lecturer at this university). The author of award-winning books, including "The Winners," "7 Rooms" and "The First March of Gentelmen". He is a scholarship holder from the Minister of Culture and National Heritage, Magnum Foundation and European Cultural Foundation and a finalist of the prestigious Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2018 as well as a winner of the World Press Photo competition. He is a co-founder of the Sputnik Photos collective of photographers. In 2018 he joined Magnum Photos as a nominee member. He has had numerous exhibitions in Poland and throughout the world.