Ania Nałęcka-Milach – born in 1977, photobook designer and photo editor (alias Tapir Book Design since 2009).
Graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice – Printmaking and Graphic Design – in 2002
Kuvataideakatemia (Academy of Fine Arts, Printmaking Department), Helsinki, Finland – 01–06.2000
G7 Agency, Warsaw – Art Director – 2003–2007
Lowe GGK Warsaw – Senior Art Director and Head of Design – 2007–2009
collaboration with Sputnik Photos 2006–2019 and Archive of Public Protest since 2019
Awards:
Premio Marco Bastianelli 2025 – per il miglior libro fotografico pubblicato nel 2024 – winner – Lavinia Parlamenti and Manfredi Pantanella THE LINES WE DRAW, self-published, 2024
Grand Press Photo 2024 – Photo Book of the Year 2023 – winner – Bartek Warzecha Rust, Galeria im. Sleńdzińskich, 2023
The Most Beautiful Books of 2023, 64th Competition of the Polish Association of Book Publishers – honorary mention – Anna Duńczyk-Szulc and Agnieszka Kajczyk Anthology of Glances. The Warsaw Ghetto: Photographs And Films, Museum of Warsaw and The Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute, 2023
Les Rencontres de la Photographie Book Award 2022 – The Author Book Award – winner – Rafał Milach Strike, Jednostka Gallery – co-designed with Rafał Milach
Grand Press Photo 2022 – Photo Book of the Year 2021 – winner – Rafał Milach Strike, Jednostka Gallery – co-designed with Rafał Milach
Photographic Publication of the Year 2022, Fotofestiwal Łódź, Poland – honorary mention – Rafał Milach Strike, Jednostka Gallery – co-designed with Rafał Milach
Polish Graphic Awards 2021, Album & Catalog – honorary mention – Bartek Warzecha Performances, Instytut Teatralny im. Zbigniewa Raszewskiego / Warszawa, 2021
Best Photography Book Award in the 76th annual Pictures of the Year International, 2018 – 3rd place – Kacper Kowalski OVER, self-published, 2017
The Most Beautiful Books of 2018, 59th Competition of the Polish Association of Book Publishers – honorary mention – edited by Agnieszka Kajczyk Nalewki: Stories From a Non-Existent Street, The Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute, 2018
The Most Beautiful Books of 2018, 59th Competition of the Polish Association of Book Publishers – honorary mention – Wojciech Grzędziński Chopin’s Piano, The Fryderyk Chopin Institute, 2018
Best Photography Book Award in the 71st annual Pictures of the Year International, 2013 – winner – Adam Pańczuk Karczeby, self-published, 2013
Photographic Publication of the Year 2013, Fotofestiwal Łódź, Poland – winner – Sputnik Photos Distant Place, Copernicus Science Centre
ART BOOKS WANTED International Award 2013, Praga, Czech Republic – best artistic catalog – honory mention – Sputnik Photos Distant Place, Copernicus Science Centre
Best Photography Book Award in the 70th annual Pictures of the Year International, 2012 – winner – Rafał Milach 7 Rooms, Kehrer Verlag
Month of photography in Bratislava 2012 – Best Contemporary Photo Book in Eastern and Central Europe – winner – Rafał Milach 7 Rooms, Kehrer Verlag
Photomonth in Bratislava 2012 – The best contemporary photobooks of Central Eastern Europe 2012 – honory mention – Sputnik Photos Distant Place, Copernicus Science Centre
Photography Book Now 2010 – Documentary Book category – winner – Rafał Milach In The Car With R, Czytelnia Sztuki – co-designed with Rafał Milach
Nominations:
PHotoEspaña 2023 – shortlist – Tomek Tyndyk Personal Belongings 1. Father, Ośrodek Postaw Twórczych Zamek
Les Rencontres de la photographie Book Award 2022 – Author Book shortlist – Kacper Kowalski Arche, self-published
Les Rencontres de la photographie Book Award 2021 – Photo-Text Book shortlist – Dyba & Adam Lach How to Rejuvenate an Eagle, self-published
Les Rencontres de la photographie Book Award 2021 – Photo-Text Book shortlist – Olga Bushkova How I Tried to Convince my Husband to Have Children, Witty Books
Paris Photo–Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards 2020 – Book of The Year shortlist – Dyba & Adam Lach How to Rejuvenate an Eagle, self-published
Kassel Dummy Award 2020 – shortlist – Krzysztof Światły Paradise Rivers Are Drying up n Earth
Paris Photo–Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards 2019 – Book of The Year shortlist – Libuše Jarcovjáková EVOKATIV, untitled
PHotoEspaña 2019 – shortlist – Martin Toft Te Ahi Kã – The Fires of Occupation, Dewi Lewis
PHotoEspaña 2019 – shortlist – Augustis 2.0, Association for Cultural Education WIDOK
Kassel Dummy Award 2018 – shortlist – Martin Toft Te Ahi Kã – The Fires of Occupation
Paris Photo–Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards 2016 – First Book shortlist – Amy Elkins Black is The Day, Black is The Night, self-published
Paris Photo–Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards 2014 – Book of The Year shortlist – Rafał Milach The Winners, GOST Books
Paris Photo–Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards 2013 – First Book shortlist – Adam Pańczuk Karczeby, self-published
PHotoEspaña 2013 – shortlist – Sputnik Photos Distant Place, Copernicus Science Centre
Paris Photo–Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards 2012 – First Book shortlist – Rafał Milach 7 Rooms, Kehrer Verlag
Best Photography Book Award in the 70th annual Pictures of the Year International, 2012 – best Photography Book shortlist – Rafał Milach In The Car With R, Czytelnia Sztuki
Collections:
Yulia Krivich Presentiment – Collection of MFAH the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Kacper Kowalski OVER – Collection of MFAH the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Tomek Tyndyk Teatr – Collection of MFAH the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Nalewki: Stories From a Non-Existent Street edited by Agnieszka Kajczyk – Collection of MFAH the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
All books in years:
2025
114. RATTUS SAPIENS by Maryia Karneyenka, published by TAMAKA, 2025
113. BALAT by Charlotte Schmitz, published by VenAmiga, 2025
112. The Mayor’s Funeral by Igor Chekachkov, published by MOKSOP, 2025
111. Reinterpretacje. Publikacja powarsztatowa, under mentorship of Bartek Warzecha, authors: Aga Bilska, Magda Gramsz, Karolina Jóźwiak, Marcin Nalepa, Anna Palusińska, Kalina Sobesto, Patrycja Stala, Mateusz Torbus, published by The Zbigniew Raszewski Theatre Institute, 2025
110. Paderewski in caricatures and satirical drawings: the man, the artist, and the politician by Magdalena Dziadek, Justyna (Szombara) Kica, Michał Jaczyński, published by The Fryderyk Chopin Institute, 2025
109. Diary of a Volunteer by Mark Neville, published by Postcode Ukraine, 2025
108. HAPAX MAGAZINE No. 7, published by HAPAX, 2025
107. CLIMATE STRIKE NEWSPAPER #10 by Archive of Public Protests, published by Archive of Public Protests for Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, 2025
2024
106. HAPAX MAGAZINE No. 6, published by HAPAX, 2024
105. THE LINES WE DRAW by Lavinia Parlamenti and Manfredi Pantanella, self-published, 2024
104. SPLINTER by Ela Polkowska, self-published, 2024
103. TRIBUTARIES, VIBRATIONS, AFTERIMAGES AND SONGS ON THE RIVERBANKS by Rafał Siderski, Małgorzata Lebda, Warstwy Publishing House, 2024
102. GRATITUDE by Larson Shindelman, self-published, 2024
101. T-CLUB by Libuše Jarcovjáková, published by Untitled, 2024 – 1st and 2nd edition
100. HAPAX MAGAZINE No. 5, published by HAPAX, 2024
2023
99. PERSONAL BELONGINGS 1. FATHER by Tomek Tyndyk, published by Ośrodek Postaw Twórczych Zamek, partner: BWA Wrocław Galerie Sztuki Współczesnej, 2023
98. GOOD BYE, MOTHERLAND by Andrei Liankevich, dummy, 2023
97. PRO-CHOICE STRIKE NEWSPAPER #9 by Archive of Public Protests, published by Archive of Public Protests, 2023
96. ANTHOLOGY OF GLANCES. THE WARSAW GHETTO: PHOTOGRAPHS AND FILMS by Anna Duńczyk-Szulc and Agnieszka Kajczyk, published by Museum of Warsaw and The Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute, 2023
95. HAPAX MAGAZINE No. 4, published by HAPAX, 2023
94. Ukrainian STRIKE NEWSPAPER #8 by Archive of Public Protests, published by Archive of Public Protests, 2023
93. RUST by Bartek Warzecha, published by Galeria im. Sleńdzińskich, 2023
92. Borderlands by Christian Herrmann, published by Lukas Verlag, 2023
91. LEARNING HOW TO SPEAK BEAR by Kristine Nyborg, published by Yoffy Press, 2023
2022
90. UKRAINIAN STRIKE NEWSPAPER #7 by Archive of Public Protests, published by Archive of Public Protests, 2022
89. NOT TO BRAG, BUT I AM FROM GAMVIK by Michał Siarek, published by Gamvik Museum Kulturdugnad Gamvik 2022 – co-designed with Bogna Michalik
88. HAPAX MAGAZINE No. 2, published by HAPAX, 2022
87. HAPAX MAGAZINE No. 3, published by HAPAX, 2022
86. UATLAS, published by Rafał Milach, 2022
2021
85. Women STRIKE NEWSPAPER #2 by Archive of Public Protests, published by Archive of Public Protests, 2021
84. LETTER TO A BOY WITH A FLASHLIGHT by Grzegorz Dembiński, published by Grzegorz Dembiński & PIX.HOUSE, 2021
83. CLIMATE STRIKE NEWSPAPER #3 by Archive of Public Protests, published by Greenpeace Polska, 2021
82. MAGNUM2020 by Magnum Photos, published by Magnum Photos, 2021
81. PERFORMANCES by Bartek Warzecha, published by Instytut Teatralny im. Zbigniewa Raszewskiego / Warszawa, 2021
80. Belarusian strike NEWSPAPER #6 by Archive of Public Protests, published by Archive of Public Protests, 2021
79. I AM WARNING YOU by Rafał Milach – DEATH STRIP + I AM WARNING YOU + #13767 + Collected Essays, published by GOST, 2021 – co-designed with Rafał Milach
78. ARCHÉ by Kacper Kowalski, published by Kacper Kowalski FABRYKA, 2021
77. STRIKE by Rafał Milach, published by Jednostka, 2021 – co-designed with Rafał Milach
76. the men who would be king by Jon Tonks and Christopher Lord, published by Dewi Lewis Publishing, 2021
75. NA4JOPM8 by Igor Chekachkov, published by _ist Publishing, 2021
74. HAPAX MAGAZINE No. 1, published by HAPAX, 2021
2020
73. SUICIDAL BIRDS by Sebastian Rogowski, self-published, 2020
72. HOW I TRIED TO CONVINCE MY HUSBAND TO HAVE CHILDREN by Olga Bushkova, published by Witty Books, 2020 – co-designed with Olga Bushkova
71. HOW TO REJUVENATE AN EAGLE by Dyba & Adam Lach, self-published, 2020
70. Women STRIKE NEWSPAPER #1 by Archive of Public Protests, published by Archive of Public Protests, 2020
69. daisy Rivers by Oksana Yushko and Arthur Bondar, dummy 2020
68. Paradise rivers are drying up on earth by Krzysztof Światły, dummy 2020
2019
67. BENNY PROFANE by Ken Grant, published by RRB Photobooks in partnership with James Hyman Gallery, 2019
66. SWEAT by Reiner Riedler, published by Reflektor, 2019
65. EVOKATIV by Libuše Jarcovjáková, published by Untitled, 2019
64. WHEN WE LIE DOWN, GRASSES GROW FROM US by Karolina Gembara, published by GOST, 2019
63. NO 7 SPMP 2017/2018 published by Sputnik Photos, 2019
2018
62. TEATR by Tomek Tyndyk, published by Instytut Teatralny im. Zbigniewa Raszewskiego, 2018
61. AUGUSTIS 2.0, published by Association for Cultural Education WIDOK, 2018
60. TE AHI KA, THE FIRES OF OCCUPATION by Martin Toft / Pouma Pokai-Whenua, published by Dewi Lewis Publishing, 2018
59. NEARLY EVERY ROSE ON THE BARRIERS IN FRONT OF THE PARLIAMENT by Rafał Milach, published by Jednostka, 2018 – co-designed with Rafał Milach
58. NALEWKI: STORIES FROM A NON-EXISTENT STREET edited by Agnieszka Kajczyk, published by The Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute, 2018
57. KOCHETOV by Victor & Sergey Kochetov, published by MOKSOP, 2018
56. CHOPIN’S PIANO by Wojciech Grzędziński, published by The Fryderyk Chopin Institute, 2018
55. NO 6 SPMP 2016/2017 published by Sputnik Photos, 2018
54. in fading light by Christian Herrmann, published by Lukas Verlag, 2018
2017
53. OVER by Kacper Kowalski, published by Kacper Kowalski FABRYKA, 2017
52. NO 5 / SPMP 2015/2016 published by Sputnik Photos, 2017
2016
51. BLACK IS THE DAY, BLACK IS THE NIGHT by Amy Elkins, self-published, 2016 – co-designed with Amy Elkins
50. LOST TERRITORIES WORDBOOK (LTA 1) / [NIEKOMPLETNY] SPIS RZECZY (LTA 1) by VA + Sputnik Photos, published by Sputnik Photos 2016
49. 11:41 by Michał Łuczak & Filip Springer, published by Filip Springer - fotografia, reportaż, 2016
48. FRUIT GARDEN (LTA 3) by Sputnik Photos, published by Sputnik Photos, 2016
47. THE FIRST MARCH OF GENTLEMEN by Rafał Milach, published by GOST, 2017 – co-designed with Rafał Milach
46. LOOKING INTO THE PRE-GOD’S EYES by Andrei Liankevich, self-published, 2016
45. NO 4 SPMP 2014/2015 published by Sputnik Photos, 2016
44. treasure island by Aleksandra Kuboś, dummy 2016
43. ergo sum by Valerio Polici, dummy 2016
2015
42. PRESENTIMENT by Yulia Krivich, published by Foundation for Visual Arts , 2015
41. PKiN by Jacek Fota, published by Fundacja Centrum Architektury, 2015
40. STORIES AND FACES OF ENTREPRENEURS OF THE SOUTH CAUCASUS, Photography by Mila Teshaieva, Texts by Anna Davtyan, Gunel Xezel, Tristam Barrett, Anna Kordzaia-Samadashvili
39. THIS IS WHERE THE END OF CITIES BEGINS by Agnieszka Rayss, published by Sputnik Photos, 2015
38. NO 3 / SPMP 2013/2014 published by Sputnik Photos, 2015
2014
37. FIBRO DREAMS by Glenn Sloggett, self-published, 2014
36. PSOPLAAINND by Sputnik Photos & NOPHOTO, published by Polish Institute Madrid, Sputnik Photos, Nophoto, 2014 – co-designed with Rafał Milach
35. THE WINNERS by Rafał Milach, published by GOST, 2014 – co-designed with Rafał Milach and GOST
34. DIE MAUER IST WEG! by Mark Power, published by Globtik Books, 2014
33. ANDEL’S ART BOOK published by andel’s Łódź Sp. z o. o.
32. ALLES IS GUT by Wojciech Kostrzewa, published by Muzeum w Gliwicach, 2014 – co-designed with Wojciech Kostrzewa
31. NO 2 SPMP 2012/2013 published by Sputnik Photos, 2014
30. BOIKO by Jan Brykczyński, published by Jan Brykczyński 2014
29. some things are quieter than others by Jacek Fota, self-published 2014
2013
28. SWELL by Mateusz Sarełło, published by Instytut Kultury Wizualnej, 2013 & 2014
27. KARCZEBY by Adam Pańczuk, self-published, 2013
26. THE IRREVERSIBLE by Agnieszka & Maciek Nabrdalik, published by Exit Zero Publishing, 2013
25. THE IRREVERSIBLE – EDUCATIONAL EDITION by Agnieszka & Maciek Nabrdalik, published by National Centre for Culture, 2013
24. PRZYMIERZALNIE by Karolina Gembara, published by Towarzystwo Inicjatyw Twórczych „ę”, 2013
23. PROMISING WATERS by Mila Teshaieva, published by Kehrer Verlag Heidelberg Berlin, 2013
22. BY NOW Contemporary Photography from Belarus, published by: Kehrer Verlag Heidelberg Berlin, 2013
21. TUTAJ DRZWI TRZEBA OTWIERAĆ POWOLI. 10 REPORTAŻY by Stowarzyszenie Szkoła Liderów published by Stowarzyszenie Szkoła Liderów, 2013
20. ID by Academy of Photography 2012/2013, Photojournalism and Photodocumentary Workshops, published by Instytut Kultury Wizualnej, 2013
19. 12 FACES by Filip Ćwik, self-published, 2013
18. BLACK SEA OF CONCRETE by Rafał Milach, self-published, 2013
2012
17. IN THE CAR WITH R by Rafał Milach, published by Czytelnia Sztuki, Museum of Gliwice, 2012 – co-designed with Rafał Milach
16. DISTANT PLACE by Sputnik Photos, published by Copernicus Science Center, 2012
15. NATH by Robby Cyron, published by Rc, 2012
14. BRUTAL by Michał Łuczak, published by Michał Łuczak, 2012 – co-designed with Andrzej Kramarz
13. STAND BY by Sputnik Photos, published by Sputnik Photos, 2012
12. NO 1 / SPMP published by Sputnik Photos, 2012
11. ja nie zabiłem by Dominika Gęsicka, published by Towarzystwo Inicjatyw Twórczych „ę”, 2012
2011
10. 7 ROOMS, Rafał Milach, published by Kehrer Verlag, Treemedia, 2011 and second edition by Kehrer Verlag (2013)
9. ROUGH CUT by Akademia Fotografii 2010/2011, published by Instytut Kultury Wizualnej, 2011
8. ZOFIA CHOMĘTOWSKA: POLESIE. PHOTOGRAPHS FROM 1925-1939, published by Foundation „Archeologia Fotografii”, 2011
7. One, two, buckle my shoe… by Sputnik Photos, published by Sputnik Photos, 2011
6. IS(NOT) by Sputnik Photos, published by Sputnik Photos, 2011
2010
5. AUGUSTIS published by Association for Cultural Education WIDOK, 2010
4. AMERICAN DREAM by Agnieszka Rayss, published by Foundation „Photography Institute Pro Fotografia”, 2010
3. U by Sputnik Photos, published by Sputnik Photos, 2010
2008
2. AT THE BORDER by Sputnik Photos, published by Sputnik Photos, 2008
2003
1. THE LOVE BOOK. THE BEST OF MY DREAMS by Sławomir Rumiak, published by Frodo, 2003