Miles Astray is a multidisciplinary artist, combining photography and prose. Inspired by a slow, immersive, and messy journey around the world that started in 2012 and is ongoing, his practice is framed by candor, but not caged in by any one genre. Miles’ work aims beyond catchy, one-dimensional black or white narratives and notions of misery, happiness, modernity, and exoticism to portray authentic glimpses of here, there, and elsewhere. The result is both homage and appeal.
As a traveling photographer rather than a travel photographer per se, Miles' eclectic body of work encompasses anything from soul-feeding landscapes and pulse-accelerating cityscapes to story-telling street photography, keen cultural observations, bold documentary, and unusual animal encounters both in color and monochrome.
A self-taught artist first by passion then profession, his work has been exhibited in Paris, Rome, and Athens, and garnered international recognition at a variety of photography contests.
I had the pleasure of chatting with Julia Chatterley about F L A M I N G O N E over at CNN International's First Move.
Check out the video: How a real picture won an AI photography competition | CNN
Here are some of the top global media outlets and art magazines that have covered my work:
CNN, US
CBS, US
Smithsonian Mag, US
Business Insider, US
ARTnews, US
CTV News, Canada
The Telegraph, UK
Le Parisien, France
Radio France, France
Le Quotidien de L'art, France
Science & Vie, France
Beaux Arts, France
Arts in the City, France
De Standaard, Belgium
De Telegraaf, Netherlands
NZZ, Switzerland
GEO, Germany
Telegraph, India
The Express Tribune, Pakistan
La Vanguardia, Spain
El Confidencial, Spain
Il Post, Italy
Kultura, Hungary
La Nación, Argentina
El Litoral, Argentina
El Tiempo, Colombia
Art News Japan, Japan
Maeil Business Newspaper, South Korea
Art Emperor, Taiwan
Fortune China, China
VnExpress, Vietnam
Antena 1, Brazil
The Press, New Zealand
ARTShub, Australia
Check out the article here: Photo of headless flamingo that won an AI award turns out to be real - The Washington Post
Check out the article here: AI Photo Contest Winner Disqualified Because It’s Real (forbes.com)
Check out the article here: Photographer takes on the machines in AI competition – and wins | Photography | The Guardian
Check out the article here: How This Real Image Won an AI Photo Competition | Scientific American
Trieste, Province of Trieste, Italy
International Festival of Photograhy
I couldn’t be more excited to share this with you: last year one of my photos ended up among the winners of the CEWE Award, the world’s largest photo contest. In the runup to this year’s award, CEWE reached out to me with a very flattering offer: to be the representative of their new Young Talent Award! Check out the link to see my image SILLY LOVE in action and read my tips for aspiring photographers:
Young-talent-award | CEWE Photo Award 2025
Very honored to have my work "F L A M I N G O N E" featured alongside an incredible selection of photographs in the 2023 KAAF catalogue: kaafphoto.ir/dl/KAAF Photo Contest 2023.pdf
The Glasgow Gallery of Photography
Two works of mine will be on display at The Glasgow Gallery of Photography during the month of July for the international group exhibition "Travel." Do stop by if you get a chance!
