What I create. Why I Create.

First, thank you for being interested enough to learn a little more about me. I know most bios are written in third person, but this site is personal for me, so I’m choosing to write in my own voice.

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My name is Aisha Jamila Miller—though I often go by Jamila or Amila. I’m a thirty-year-old Black woman from Atlanta, Georgia, now living in Brooklyn, New York. I’m a multidisciplinary artist who moves between music, photography, and pole dance. Here, I’ll focus on my work in photography.

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I first picked up a camera in middle school, and by high school I was experimenting with portraiture on my Canon T3—a gift from my mom. While pursuing my B.A. in Fashion Marketing and Management, I continued taking photography electives, which gave me a strong foundation in both digital and analog practices.

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In college, I discovered 35mm film, and it quickly became my preferred medium. Film, with its texture, unpredictability, and timelessness, allows me to capture moments of intimacy and vulnerability in ways that feel raw and tangible. To this day, I work in both film and digital formats, using them to tell stories that center community, identity, and love.

 

My first large-scale body of work, The Untitled Love Project, brings together over a decade of personal exploration in photography with my belief in love as both liberation and resistance.