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MOLLYE MILLER PHOTOGRAPHY
Baltimore Documentary & Portrait Photographer

EVENTS

Beauty is a portal. When you recognize beauty - a sliced orange, a genuine expression, a velvety light - you untether yourself from judgment and projection. Beauty is an opening to truly seeing.

Baby Elliott. First-time parents Cara @cmaaghul and Matt's pride and joy. Photos from June 2026.

I walk into the home of first-time parents and at first things seem more or less ordinary: a big lovable dog greets me at the front door, there's an un-alarming amount of stuff on the floors and side tables, the shades are drawn letting in good afternoon light, the parent who answers the door is welcoming and hospitable. But then the mom or dad walks down the stairs carrying the little bundle, and everything changes. I meet the new center of their life.

I hadn't done an at-home family photoshoot in a while, 3 months at least, I think, so it felt new again for me entering a home where a fresh new human lives.

If mom and dad are the sun and moon, then this little guy is their planet, bustling with life and drool and fuzz and intellect, a little genius calculating the world and his place in it at record-breaking speed.

The magnitude of a moment like this is underplayed affectionately.
They introduce him warmly, and I might poke his belly or gently grab a socked foot. I speak in a high-pitched voice to him like I do to my cats or dog.

But this is momentous, and it's worth noting that the look on the parents' faces is humbled, proud, and at times euphoric. Look at the new dad's expression here. And the mom's.

As arduous and sleep-depriving as having a baby is, as surrendering life as you've known it to the adorable chaos and uncertainty and variable-laden little creature that is a human child, there's also no joy I think greater than introducing your little creation to someone new and maybe particularly the photographer who will see your child in a whole new way.

Child-full or child-free as adults, our lives and circumstances shift in unimaginable ways. Everything we know and love and prioritize can shift in a second. It’s horrifying and exhilarating. The gravity of it all in our everyday lives - including fear and doubt and bouts or droughts of energy - is real and deeply felt.

#baltimorefamilyphotographer #familyphotography #baltimorefamily #baltimorenewbornphotographer

Baby Elliott. First-time parents Cara @cmaaghul and Matt's pride and joy. Photos from June 2026.

I walk into the home of first-time parents and at first things seem more or less ordinary: a big lovable dog greets me at the front door, there's an un-alarming amount of stuff on the floors and side tables, the shades are drawn letting in good afternoon light, the parent who answers the door is welcoming and hospitable. But then the mom or dad walks down the stairs carrying the little bundle, and everything changes. I meet the new center of their life.

I hadn't done an at-home family photoshoot in a while, 3 months at least, I think, so it felt new again for me entering a home where a fresh new human lives.

If mom and dad are the sun and moon, then this little guy is their planet, bustling with life and drool and fuzz and intellect, a little genius calculating the world and his place in it at record-breaking speed.

The magnitude of a moment like this is underplayed affectionately.
They introduce him warmly, and I might poke his belly or gently grab a socked foot. I speak in a high-pitched voice to him like I do to my cats or dog.

But this is momentous, and it's worth noting that the look on the parents' faces is humbled, proud, and at times euphoric. Look at the new dad's expression here. And the mom's.

As arduous and sleep-depriving as having a baby is, as surrendering life as you've known it to the adorable chaos and uncertainty and variable-laden little creature that is a human child, there's also no joy I think greater than introducing your little creation to someone new and maybe particularly the photographer who will see your child in a whole new way.

Child-full or child-free as adults, our lives and circumstances shift in unimaginable ways. Everything we know and love and prioritize can shift in a second. It’s horrifying and exhilarating. The gravity of it all in our everyday lives - including fear and doubt and bouts or droughts of energy - is real and deeply felt.

#baltimorefamilyphotographer #familyphotography #baltimorefamily #baltimorenewbornphotographer

Baltimore love. BmoreArt @bmoreart Connect + Collect @connect_collect opening night. July 2026. ⁠
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Film photo from the night. I don't know who these lovely people are but if you see yourself tag yourself. Also loving this sheer leopard top and matching pants <3 <3⁠ 🐆
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#baltimore #baltimorelove #connectandcollect #bmoreart

Baltimore love. BmoreArt @bmoreart Connect + Collect @connect_collect opening night. July 2026. ⁠
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Film photo from the night. I don't know who these lovely people are but if you see yourself tag yourself. Also loving this sheer leopard top and matching pants <3 <3⁠ 🐆
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#baltimore #baltimorelove #connectandcollect #bmoreart

Flower stall ⁠
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#bengaluru #bangalore #bengalurustreetphotos #flowershops #flowerstalls #streetphoto #documentaryphoto

Flower stall ⁠
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#bengaluru #bangalore #bengalurustreetphotos #flowershops #flowerstalls #streetphoto #documentaryphoto

Auto (tuk-tuk) driver on break in #bengaluru.

While returning down a road in Gopalapura after going to the Nikon service store to fix some bits of rubber on my camera, I had passed by a little neighborhood street that interested me.

As soon as I tucked into the shaded street filled with colorful cars and orange and yellow flags and two-wheelers, this gentleman caught my attention. Right away he motioned to me that he wanted me to take his photo.

This wasn't an uncommon occurrence for me in Bangalore - to be walking along with my camera hoping I could photograph someone when someone came up to me and asked - but it always surprised me. That doesn't happen often in the US often, or at least Baltimore, but I love it when it does.

He leaned against this green tuk-tuk and situated himself in a contrapposto position. I liked how he adjusted his hand to rest high up on the black hood and jutted out his knee to get comfortable.

I took few frames, backing up and getting closer, then further away again. I thanked him in Kannada a few times and he went on his way. I like this shot the best because it includes more of the background. The front of the little yellow tiny truck; the blue two-wheeler most people cruise around in there, and the old knotted tree and some of the mall behind him.

This is a 'street portrait' in that we both knew I was isolating him for this photo. Lots of ppl don't want to be photo'd and I respect that choice but enough ppl do that it reinforces my thinking that many people accept the camera as a vehicle/window/opportunity for being seen and valued.

I'm curious where you all stand on this...

And thank you again to this gentleman. I don't know anything about him. I wish I did. If I can get this photo to him I will.

Auto (tuk-tuk) driver on break in #bengaluru.

While returning down a road in Gopalapura after going to the Nikon service store to fix some bits of rubber on my camera, I had passed by a little neighborhood street that interested me.

As soon as I tucked into the shaded street filled with colorful cars and orange and yellow flags and two-wheelers, this gentleman caught my attention. Right away he motioned to me that he wanted me to take his photo.

This wasn't an uncommon occurrence for me in Bangalore - to be walking along with my camera hoping I could photograph someone when someone came up to me and asked - but it always surprised me. That doesn't happen often in the US often, or at least Baltimore, but I love it when it does.

He leaned against this green tuk-tuk and situated himself in a contrapposto position. I liked how he adjusted his hand to rest high up on the black hood and jutted out his knee to get comfortable.

I took few frames, backing up and getting closer, then further away again. I thanked him in Kannada a few times and he went on his way. I like this shot the best because it includes more of the background. The front of the little yellow tiny truck; the blue two-wheeler most people cruise around in there, and the old knotted tree and some of the mall behind him.

This is a 'street portrait' in that we both knew I was isolating him for this photo. Lots of ppl don't want to be photo'd and I respect that choice but enough ppl do that it reinforces my thinking that many people accept the camera as a vehicle/window/opportunity for being seen and valued.

I'm curious where you all stand on this...

And thank you again to this gentleman. I don't know anything about him. I wish I did. If I can get this photo to him I will.

Portrait of my new friend, photographer Tejal @bytejal in the unused old portion of Russel Market, Bengaluru.

One of the main highlights of my recent trip back to Bengaluru was meeting Tejal @bytejal the founder of The Still Society @the.still.society.blr a photowalk group with workshops and a film photo walk event where she loans cameras to those who've never shot film.

I'd written with Tejal before arriving so we planned to meet up for a solo photowalk and one of her group events.

I clicked with her immediately because she's curious, excited and loves meeting people and you can tell all that within seconds of meeting her.

She's lively and creative and fierce and at just 20 years old she's leading one of the biggest new photowalk groups in Bengalore, a city of 14 million.

It's no small feat to curate events...period...much less for a group that needs to meet at a pin on a map at an exact time every week (and usually at 7:30am).

I of course was late and she still accepted me with a big hug and then gathered us together for a group photo.

This portrait is from the Russell Market photowalk I shared a few photos from earlier.

Here's the thing about markets: you don't actually need to shoot the markets themselves. I loved tucking in this behind-the-scenes storage space of sorts with a few of the other photographers.

We equally obsessed over this little rectangle of light on this blue garage-type door as any light-obsessed person would. We asked Tejal to step into the light.

The space smelled like old onions and potatoes with a hint of fish meat and rice and sleeping dogs and also it didn't smell much like anything.

At one point a cat skittered through. Latr we found her later perched on a stump devouring a meat seller's glossy scraps which was gross but very lucky for this cat.

Big question in this very wordy caption: who would be interested in an all women photowalk group?... respond with a "💯" if so...

*Note: Tejal is pronounced like TAY-jel the emphasis on the first syllable like "BAgel" but completely different? I don't know how to do phonetics here...)

#bengalurustreet #bangaloreportraits #thestillsociety #baltimorestreet #streetportraits

Portrait of my new friend, photographer Tejal @bytejal in the unused old portion of Russel Market, Bengaluru.

One of the main highlights of my recent trip back to Bengaluru was meeting Tejal @bytejal the founder of The Still Society @the.still.society.blr a photowalk group with workshops and a film photo walk event where she loans cameras to those who've never shot film.

I'd written with Tejal before arriving so we planned to meet up for a solo photowalk and one of her group events.

I clicked with her immediately because she's curious, excited and loves meeting people and you can tell all that within seconds of meeting her.

She's lively and creative and fierce and at just 20 years old she's leading one of the biggest new photowalk groups in Bengalore, a city of 14 million.

It's no small feat to curate events...period...much less for a group that needs to meet at a pin on a map at an exact time every week (and usually at 7:30am).

I of course was late and she still accepted me with a big hug and then gathered us together for a group photo.

This portrait is from the Russell Market photowalk I shared a few photos from earlier.

Here's the thing about markets: you don't actually need to shoot the markets themselves. I loved tucking in this behind-the-scenes storage space of sorts with a few of the other photographers.

We equally obsessed over this little rectangle of light on this blue garage-type door as any light-obsessed person would. We asked Tejal to step into the light.

The space smelled like old onions and potatoes with a hint of fish meat and rice and sleeping dogs and also it didn't smell much like anything.

At one point a cat skittered through. Latr we found her later perched on a stump devouring a meat seller's glossy scraps which was gross but very lucky for this cat.

Big question in this very wordy caption: who would be interested in an all women photowalk group?... respond with a "💯" if so...

*Note: Tejal is pronounced like TAY-jel the emphasis on the first syllable like "BAgel" but completely different? I don't know how to do phonetics here...)

#bengalurustreet #bangaloreportraits #thestillsociety #baltimorestreet #streetportraits

Commuter bus parked near Binnipete, Bengaluru.

As much as I am intrigued by people and focus on them in my work I’m very drawn to objects and other inanimate objects.

These things seem animate to me because of how much life they have experienced through people.

A bus seat.
A door knob.
A lock on a door.
A tutu.
A brush.

These are beautiful objects to me because they are human adjacent - tools, fixtures, furniture. Their individual “selves” (how I see them independent from their human counterpart) begin to take on characteristics because of how they absorb us.

How many people have sat in these red plaid bus seats?
How many mothers with kids seated on their laps?
How many elderly folks have looked out the windows resting their heads on the glass?
How many emotions soaked through the cushions?
The phone calls and apologies laughing and inwardness these seats have witnessed.

There's a serenity in looking at these things like this.

For me I find calm looking at them through the camera.

#bangalore #inanimateobjects #cameracalm #streetphotography #beautifuleveryday #everydaybangalore #streetphotos

Commuter bus parked near Binnipete, Bengaluru.

As much as I am intrigued by people and focus on them in my work I’m very drawn to objects and other inanimate objects.

These things seem animate to me because of how much life they have experienced through people.

A bus seat.
A door knob.
A lock on a door.
A tutu.
A brush.

These are beautiful objects to me because they are human adjacent - tools, fixtures, furniture. Their individual “selves” (how I see them independent from their human counterpart) begin to take on characteristics because of how they absorb us.

How many people have sat in these red plaid bus seats?
How many mothers with kids seated on their laps?
How many elderly folks have looked out the windows resting their heads on the glass?
How many emotions soaked through the cushions?
The phone calls and apologies laughing and inwardness these seats have witnessed.

There's a serenity in looking at these things like this.

For me I find calm looking at them through the camera.

#bangalore #inanimateobjects #cameracalm #streetphotography #beautifuleveryday #everydaybangalore #streetphotos

There's lot of communal dogs here (that's what I'm calling them) but families also have sweet little pups that live with them and who they take care of. This little puppy lived with a family including a little boy who I photo'd. These two beautiful and and brightly dressed women let the little guy nibble on their fingers as they sat chatting in the early evening in Manjunath Nagar.

#streetphotos #dogsofbanglore #bengalurustreet #streetphotography

There's lot of communal dogs here (that's what I'm calling them) but families also have sweet little pups that live with them and who they take care of. This little puppy lived with a family including a little boy who I photo'd. These two beautiful and and brightly dressed women let the little guy nibble on their fingers as they sat chatting in the early evening in Manjunath Nagar.

#streetphotos #dogsofbanglore #bengalurustreet #streetphotography

This is another frame from my morning photowalk last Saturday w/ The Still Society @the.still.society.blr hosted by @bytejal and guest-led by @storiesbymridul.

This narrow street holds market stalls, shops and homes and is one of the spokes off of Russell Market in a area called Shivajinagar settled in the 17th century. Nearly half of Shivajinagar's residents are Muslims. The neighborhood is unique because it has a mosque, a church, and a temple within a block or two of each other...whereas most neighborhoods have multiple temples. The blend of cultures and religions here brings in a lot of visitors...including myself and a swarm of curious photographers this past weekend.

At first my focus was the mother brushing her daughter's hair and the colors around them along with the baskets. I later got closer, asked for a photo, and got more close up shots of them on film.

But I noticed this two-wheeler coming into frame (I don't know if there's ever been a still street here so it made sense a car or bike would zoom thru) but this one is particularly interesting to me. It's a Muslim family passing by a traditional Indian family home. I love how the little girl notices me as does the girl getting her hair brushed.

It was the most clearly diverse and blended area I'd seen yet and I enjoyed the blend of cultures all on one street.

P.S. I see this a lot around Banaglore. Muslim men dye their beards red/orange using natural henna (mehandi) to follow the traditions of Prophet Muhammad to cover gray hair. I also see that many older Indian men dye their hair red or some have a natural orange tint to their hair. Another interesting burst of color on the streets.

About the market: It was established in 1927 and officially opened in 1933. The namesake is after T.B. Russell, the municipal commissioner who planned its creation to serve the British civil and military station. But..the site of the market began much earlier as an open-air weekly market (santhe) centered around a clock tower built in 1820.

#bengalurustreet #streetphotography #shivajinagar #russellmarketbengaluru #womenstreetphotographers #thestillsociety #mollyemillerphotography

This is another frame from my morning photowalk last Saturday w/ The Still Society @the.still.society.blr hosted by @bytejal and guest-led by @storiesbymridul.

This narrow street holds market stalls, shops and homes and is one of the spokes off of Russell Market in a area called Shivajinagar settled in the 17th century. Nearly half of Shivajinagar's residents are Muslims. The neighborhood is unique because it has a mosque, a church, and a temple within a block or two of each other...whereas most neighborhoods have multiple temples. The blend of cultures and religions here brings in a lot of visitors...including myself and a swarm of curious photographers this past weekend.

At first my focus was the mother brushing her daughter's hair and the colors around them along with the baskets. I later got closer, asked for a photo, and got more close up shots of them on film.

But I noticed this two-wheeler coming into frame (I don't know if there's ever been a still street here so it made sense a car or bike would zoom thru) but this one is particularly interesting to me. It's a Muslim family passing by a traditional Indian family home. I love how the little girl notices me as does the girl getting her hair brushed.

It was the most clearly diverse and blended area I'd seen yet and I enjoyed the blend of cultures all on one street.

P.S. I see this a lot around Banaglore. Muslim men dye their beards red/orange using natural henna (mehandi) to follow the traditions of Prophet Muhammad to cover gray hair. I also see that many older Indian men dye their hair red or some have a natural orange tint to their hair. Another interesting burst of color on the streets.

About the market: It was established in 1927 and officially opened in 1933. The namesake is after T.B. Russell, the municipal commissioner who planned its creation to serve the British civil and military station. But..the site of the market began much earlier as an open-air weekly market (santhe) centered around a clock tower built in 1820.

#bengalurustreet #streetphotography #shivajinagar #russellmarketbengaluru #womenstreetphotographers #thestillsociety #mollyemillerphotography

“In Light and Verse: Baltimore” is here! I am honored to be published in @bmoreart BmoreArt’s latest book. This one concentrates exclusively on poetry and photography.

You will find 6 of my photographs - portraits, street photos, interiors - in this luscious, 240-page Smith-sewn hardcover book.

You will also see work by some of my dear, supremely talented photo friends here and ones I have yet to meet and gush over.

It’s edited by artist and BmoreArt ed-in-chief @caraober and acclaimed poet @fetzerchelsea 💖 and designed by the inimitable @raquel.castedo.

The book was curated with collaborative support from CityLit Project @citylitproject and Baltimore’s beloved photographers Devin Allen @bydvnlln and J.M. Giordano @jmgiordanophoto

Here’s what BmoreArt has to say about its newest offspring:

“Following “City of Artists” in 2024, BmoreArt’s new book brings together 40 of the city’s best photographers and lens-based artists and 34 nationally acclaimed poets in a 240-page hardcover.

Pre-orders are open now at $70 (regular price $80), shipping from Baltimore late November 2026.”

The print run is limited: https://bmoreart.com/shop/pre-order-in-light-and-verse (link in bio ✨)

Then…join me/all us artists and art lovers December 9th at the SNF Parkway @mdffparkway for the release celebration. 🎉

Tickets are $85 and include a copy of the book: https://bmoreart.betterworld.org/events/book-release-event-light-verse/payment?tickets=75421,1 (link in bio 💖)

“In Light and Verse: Baltimore” is here! I am honored to be published in @bmoreart BmoreArt’s latest book. This one concentrates exclusively on poetry and photography.

You will find 6 of my photographs - portraits, street photos, interiors - in this luscious, 240-page Smith-sewn hardcover book.

You will also see work by some of my dear, supremely talented photo friends here and ones I have yet to meet and gush over.

It’s edited by artist and BmoreArt ed-in-chief @caraober and acclaimed poet @fetzerchelsea 💖 and designed by the inimitable @raquel.castedo.

The book was curated with collaborative support from CityLit Project @citylitproject and Baltimore’s beloved photographers Devin Allen @bydvnlln and J.M. Giordano @jmgiordanophoto

Here’s what BmoreArt has to say about its newest offspring:

“Following “City of Artists” in 2024, BmoreArt’s new book brings together 40 of the city’s best photographers and lens-based artists and 34 nationally acclaimed poets in a 240-page hardcover.

Pre-orders are open now at $70 (regular price $80), shipping from Baltimore late November 2026.”

The print run is limited: https://bmoreart.com/shop/pre-order-in-light-and-verse (link in bio ✨)

Then…join me/all us artists and art lovers December 9th at the SNF Parkway @mdffparkway for the release celebration. 🎉

Tickets are $85 and include a copy of the book: https://bmoreart.betterworld.org/events/book-release-event-light-verse/payment?tickets=75421,1 (link in bio 💖)

Bangalore. Crossing the road.

#bangalore #streetphtoos #streetphotography_bw #streetphotoindia

Bangalore. Crossing the road.

#bangalore #streetphtoos #streetphotography_bw #streetphotoindia

Photowalk Saturday 24.7.26 with The Still Society @the.still.society.blr and @bytejal at Bangalore's Russell Market.

I remember the fish smell in the market place. Bright sun on the tops of our arms. I remember the dusty webby signs at the market place with English words mixed with Kannada’s curling script on hand-painted signs: “C.N. Mutton
Stall / No. 52/ Russell Market Bangalore - 560051.” I remember the pinch of caffeine from the Americano and the rushing in of a new place like a slow wave curling me into it. I remember the man chopping off the faces of the silver fish, their pink mouths still puckered. I remember the man raking the knife over the fish’s scales sloughing the silver flakes onto a wet wooden stump. I remember feeling seen and foreign. I remember feeling invisible and brave. I remember biting into the dried kiwi for the first time and chewing its dry sweet leather. I remember the dog rolling onto its back in the dirt showing its freckled belly near an empty market stall.

Russell Market, one of the oldest marketplaces in Bangalore in 7:30am light. Early for me but worth it for the thin dust flecked light and deep shadows and bountiful stalls of flowers, fish, vegetables and a whole labrynth of car parts (photos forthcoming). As an animal lover and veg only gal the fish market is hard to stomach. Imagine the smell. And the sweet fish faces getting sliced. Alas Tejal and I and all the other photographers pushed through and made many photos. Please check out their work on the channels mentioned.

#bengaluru #bangalorephotos #streetphotography #streetphotosbangalore #thestillsociety #onephotoonly #mollyemillerphotography

Photowalk Saturday 24.7.26 with The Still Society @the.still.society.blr and @bytejal at Bangalore's Russell Market.

I remember the fish smell in the market place. Bright sun on the tops of our arms. I remember the dusty webby signs at the market place with English words mixed with Kannada’s curling script on hand-painted signs: “C.N. Mutton
Stall / No. 52/ Russell Market Bangalore - 560051.” I remember the pinch of caffeine from the Americano and the rushing in of a new place like a slow wave curling me into it. I remember the man chopping off the faces of the silver fish, their pink mouths still puckered. I remember the man raking the knife over the fish’s scales sloughing the silver flakes onto a wet wooden stump. I remember feeling seen and foreign. I remember feeling invisible and brave. I remember biting into the dried kiwi for the first time and chewing its dry sweet leather. I remember the dog rolling onto its back in the dirt showing its freckled belly near an empty market stall.

Russell Market, one of the oldest marketplaces in Bangalore in 7:30am light. Early for me but worth it for the thin dust flecked light and deep shadows and bountiful stalls of flowers, fish, vegetables and a whole labrynth of car parts (photos forthcoming). As an animal lover and veg only gal the fish market is hard to stomach. Imagine the smell. And the sweet fish faces getting sliced. Alas Tejal and I and all the other photographers pushed through and made many photos. Please check out their work on the channels mentioned.

#bengaluru #bangalorephotos #streetphotography #streetphotosbangalore #thestillsociety #onephotoonly #mollyemillerphotography

Much of my time I spend admiring the flora and fauna here.

I know I mainly post photos of people and city scenes - and I am drawn to people for sure - but like any lover of color and texture and new life I'm lured by plants and animals I've never seen before (and ones I am used to seeing everyday like dogs and cats).

I remember wild orchids dripping over striped road partitions, light blue beings living private lives.

I remember white papery bouganvillas, mouths yawning for light, mixed into concrete walkways.

I remember the baby macaque monkey I spotted on top of a wall munching on a cookie. He clutched one tan biscuit in his hands and one in his feet, which I respect, since he'll already be prepared for his second.

I remember plucking plumeria flowers from the sidewalks, a little white starfish I tuck behind my ear. (Today I stuck a fallen orchid behind my ear and removed it only when it had wilted into a little caterpillar-like nugget.)

I remember street dogs ignoring us as we neared them, restraining our excitement in seeing napping dogs out on the pavement without any humans pulling them along. (I stick to the rules and let them sleep or finish their rice in peace. They are communal dogs, I'd like to say, not strays.)

I remember peering off the path in Sri Chamarajandra Park and entering its green heart: its bird calls and gigantic trees pocketing the noise from the ludicrously alive, snarling, honking street.

And I remember this lil squat cutie lab mix approaching me, tongue drooping, looking for attention and scritches and being permitted at last to touch his little astute blonde noggin.

#bangalore #bengaluru #floraandfauna #plantloveindia #indiaplants #baltimorephotographer

Much of my time I spend admiring the flora and fauna here.

I know I mainly post photos of people and city scenes - and I am drawn to people for sure - but like any lover of color and texture and new life I'm lured by plants and animals I've never seen before (and ones I am used to seeing everyday like dogs and cats).

I remember wild orchids dripping over striped road partitions, light blue beings living private lives.

I remember white papery bouganvillas, mouths yawning for light, mixed into concrete walkways.

I remember the baby macaque monkey I spotted on top of a wall munching on a cookie. He clutched one tan biscuit in his hands and one in his feet, which I respect, since he'll already be prepared for his second.

I remember plucking plumeria flowers from the sidewalks, a little white starfish I tuck behind my ear. (Today I stuck a fallen orchid behind my ear and removed it only when it had wilted into a little caterpillar-like nugget.)

I remember street dogs ignoring us as we neared them, restraining our excitement in seeing napping dogs out on the pavement without any humans pulling them along. (I stick to the rules and let them sleep or finish their rice in peace. They are communal dogs, I'd like to say, not strays.)

I remember peering off the path in Sri Chamarajandra Park and entering its green heart: its bird calls and gigantic trees pocketing the noise from the ludicrously alive, snarling, honking street.

And I remember this lil squat cutie lab mix approaching me, tongue drooping, looking for attention and scritches and being permitted at last to touch his little astute blonde noggin.

#bangalore #bengaluru #floraandfauna #plantloveindia #indiaplants #baltimorephotographer

More people and places and feelings around Bengaluru...

1. Yellow coffee break portrait, Malleshwaram
2. Red carpets
3. Flowered doorstep
4. Recess
5. Tejal the photographer @bytejal
6. Abandoned juice
7. Mustachioed shop owner

#bengaluru #bangalorestreetphotography #streetphotography #streetportraits #baltimorephotographer

More people and places and feelings around Bengaluru...

1. Yellow coffee break portrait, Malleshwaram
2. Red carpets
3. Flowered doorstep
4. Recess
5. Tejal the photographer @bytejal
6. Abandoned juice
7. Mustachioed shop owner

#bengaluru #bangalorestreetphotography #streetphotography #streetportraits #baltimorephotographer

People and places and feelings around Bengaluru...

1. Passageway
2. Vanu and her dog Rio
3. Trippy’s friend in yellow
4. Chopped coconut and onions for making curry
5. Gentlemen selling lychees
6. Tejal @bytejal the super cool and talented photographer on Church Street
8. Church Street

#bengaluru #bangalorestreetphotography #streetphotography #streetportraits baltimorephotographe

People and places and feelings around Bengaluru...

1. Passageway
2. Vanu and her dog Rio
3. Trippy’s friend in yellow
4. Chopped coconut and onions for making curry
5. Gentlemen selling lychees
6. Tejal @bytejal the super cool and talented photographer on Church Street
8. Church Street

#bengaluru #bangalorestreetphotography #streetphotography #streetportraits baltimorephotographe

Portrait of a young girl in Bengaluru, India. I actually took this one in May and I’m back here now making more photos. For now though here’s a section from an essay I’ve been working on. Curious about your reactions. Agree with me? Want to discuss? (Link to substack in bio) ✨

In a lot of street photography, and photography in general, something feels off. I’ve sensed it for a while but couldn’t point to a specific reason why. Now I understand: I’m uncomfortable with people being used as symbols.

UNIVERSES

People are walking universes. It’s hard to get to know a universe, especially in a momentary glance on a busy street. What I think photographers specifically give us is the chance to meet a universe without doing any of the work. I get the aesthetic choice for using people as symbols in photography. I get the rationale behind wanting a teenage girl to symbolize all teenage girls or an American soldier to represent all American soldiers.

But I also realize what’s lost when an artist makes the choice to use a person instead of seeing them. The sentiment that comes across in representative artwork feels less than what I feel and experience when I see a picture where the person has been seen and valued as an individual by the photographer.

(Link to substack in bio) ✨

#streetphotographyindia📷 #streetphotography #streetportraits #bengaluruphotos baltimorephotographer

Portrait of a young girl in Bengaluru, India. I actually took this one in May and I’m back here now making more photos. For now though here’s a section from an essay I’ve been working on. Curious about your reactions. Agree with me? Want to discuss? (Link to substack in bio) ✨

In a lot of street photography, and photography in general, something feels off. I’ve sensed it for a while but couldn’t point to a specific reason why. Now I understand: I’m uncomfortable with people being used as symbols.

UNIVERSES

People are walking universes. It’s hard to get to know a universe, especially in a momentary glance on a busy street. What I think photographers specifically give us is the chance to meet a universe without doing any of the work. I get the aesthetic choice for using people as symbols in photography. I get the rationale behind wanting a teenage girl to symbolize all teenage girls or an American soldier to represent all American soldiers.

But I also realize what’s lost when an artist makes the choice to use a person instead of seeing them. The sentiment that comes across in representative artwork feels less than what I feel and experience when I see a picture where the person has been seen and valued as an individual by the photographer.

(Link to substack in bio) ✨

#streetphotographyindia📷 #streetphotography #streetportraits #bengaluruphotos baltimorephotographer

Absolutely loved my photoshoot with Monica Pascatore @monicapascatore for @cannondesign_baltimore @cannondesign architecture firm. Monica has lived most of her life right here in Baltimore and is a phenomenal architect at CannonDesign. She’s also simply a fascinating person to hang out with and learn about during a photoshoot ❤️!

In the firm’s My Voice series, they highlight architects by sharing who they are behind the scenes and how they got where they are today.

Often we have a schema of how people enter a profession and usually we (ok I) am totally wrong. Monica's story is unique as are the other urban planners and interior designers I've met and photographed recently. If you have a spare minute or two, read the full piece on Monica and the stunning work she’s done in Baltimore (link in bio ⚡️ ).

Just two huge recent highlights in Monica's career: she designed a series of aquatics spaces across Baltimore to help close equity gaps around pool access and learning to swim for Baltimore City Recreation and Parks @baltcorec. She also designed Under Armour's @underarmour "The Stadium at the House," UA's gorgeous stadium on Baltimore Peninsula campus @baltimorepeninsula (!!)

#canondesign #baltimorearchitects #architecture #baltimoreurbandesign #canondesignbaltimore

Absolutely loved my photoshoot with Monica Pascatore @monicapascatore for @cannondesign_baltimore @cannondesign architecture firm. Monica has lived most of her life right here in Baltimore and is a phenomenal architect at CannonDesign. She’s also simply a fascinating person to hang out with and learn about during a photoshoot ❤️!

In the firm’s My Voice series, they highlight architects by sharing who they are behind the scenes and how they got where they are today.

Often we have a schema of how people enter a profession and usually we (ok I) am totally wrong. Monica's story is unique as are the other urban planners and interior designers I've met and photographed recently. If you have a spare minute or two, read the full piece on Monica and the stunning work she’s done in Baltimore (link in bio ⚡️ ).

Just two huge recent highlights in Monica's career: she designed a series of aquatics spaces across Baltimore to help close equity gaps around pool access and learning to swim for Baltimore City Recreation and Parks @baltcorec. She also designed Under Armour's @underarmour "The Stadium at the House," UA's gorgeous stadium on Baltimore Peninsula campus @baltimorepeninsula (!!)

#canondesign #baltimorearchitects #architecture #baltimoreurbandesign #canondesignbaltimore

NYC sip #2 digi

#nycstreet #streetphotographer #nyc #baltimorephotographer

NYC sip #2 digi

#nycstreet #streetphotographer #nyc #baltimorephotographer

NYC sip 🥤 #summernyc #filmphoto #nyconfilm #nycstreet #baltimorephotographer

NYC sip 🥤 #summernyc #filmphoto #nyconfilm #nycstreet #baltimorephotographer

More Bmore photowalk photos from two weeks ago. Thank you to Bertram for letting me take his portrait. My exterior shots inspired by (but nowhere near the quality of) Nichole @withnichole <3

1. Bertram, Govans
2. House locks, Charles North
3. Fire escapes, Mt Vernon
4. Ground glass, Mt Vernon
5. Pretty diagonal mural, Charles North
6. Jesus figurine, Mt Vernon
7. Ghost's window, Govans

#baltimore #baltimorephotowalks #baltimorescenes #photowalks #streetphotography #baltimorestreet #marylandphotographer

More Bmore photowalk photos from two weeks ago. Thank you to Bertram for letting me take his portrait. My exterior shots inspired by (but nowhere near the quality of) Nichole @withnichole <3

1. Bertram, Govans
2. House locks, Charles North
3. Fire escapes, Mt Vernon
4. Ground glass, Mt Vernon
5. Pretty diagonal mural, Charles North
6. Jesus figurine, Mt Vernon
7. Ghost's window, Govans

#baltimore #baltimorephotowalks #baltimorescenes #photowalks #streetphotography #baltimorestreet #marylandphotographer

In this short trip to NYC, on my photowalks, I was more interested in objects and people behind the scenes. I was particularly drawn this time to sidewalk cellar doors (mm Donny Darko) and workers below the ground floor or in less obvious people-facing positions. (I was also interested in parking garages, but I'm not sure I photo'd any of them in an interesting enough way to share here...) Another approach to photographing this scene: I could have come back at the end of this man's shift and given him my number and asked him to call me or to meet me so that I could learn about him. I could have asked his name, for him to tell me about his life, his work, his favorite restaurants in the city, what his shifts are like, his favorite childhood memory. As it was, I saw him, positioned myself, positioned myself lower to get him more fully in frame, and kept walking. I was somewhere on 7th, I think, between 35th and 37th in Midtown at around 9:30pm.

But the "sonder" of it all hit me anyway, and it always does in cities, especially on photo walks, and even more especially in New York City. (Sonder = "the realization that each person you pass is living a life as vivid and complex as your own.") It sort of sums up street photography for me, or my approach to it anyway. If you're shy, that's ok. If you don't ask follow-up questions or ask for permission, that's ok too. It is fascinating to get a fuller story. But I also stand by the fact that not getting a fuller story is interesting too. The noticing itself is the art to me, the first and most important part of it anyway.

#nyc #sonder #streetphotography #sidewalkcellardoors #nycworkers #photowalks #nycstreet #marigolds

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P.S. Our train happened to depart precisely when that couple was scaling up the Empire State Building btw. I'm ok with missing that. I would have been thinking the worst possible things were about to happen....All good.

In this short trip to NYC, on my photowalks, I was more interested in objects and people behind the scenes. I was particularly drawn this time to sidewalk cellar doors (mm Donny Darko) and workers below the ground floor or in less obvious people-facing positions. (I was also interested in parking garages, but I'm not sure I photo'd any of them in an interesting enough way to share here...) Another approach to photographing this scene: I could have come back at the end of this man's shift and given him my number and asked him to call me or to meet me so that I could learn about him. I could have asked his name, for him to tell me about his life, his work, his favorite restaurants in the city, what his shifts are like, his favorite childhood memory. As it was, I saw him, positioned myself, positioned myself lower to get him more fully in frame, and kept walking. I was somewhere on 7th, I think, between 35th and 37th in Midtown at around 9:30pm.

But the "sonder" of it all hit me anyway, and it always does in cities, especially on photo walks, and even more especially in New York City. (Sonder = "the realization that each person you pass is living a life as vivid and complex as your own.") It sort of sums up street photography for me, or my approach to it anyway. If you're shy, that's ok. If you don't ask follow-up questions or ask for permission, that's ok too. It is fascinating to get a fuller story. But I also stand by the fact that not getting a fuller story is interesting too. The noticing itself is the art to me, the first and most important part of it anyway.

#nyc #sonder #streetphotography #sidewalkcellardoors #nycworkers #photowalks #nycstreet #marigolds

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P.S. Our train happened to depart precisely when that couple was scaling up the Empire State Building btw. I'm ok with missing that. I would have been thinking the worst possible things were about to happen....All good.

NYC summer love...

<3 <3

#nycstreetphotography #nyclove #nycsummer #streetphotography #sorrystrangersyourebeautiful #mollyemillerphotography #baltimorephotographer

NYC summer love...

<3 <3

#nycstreetphotography #nyclove #nycsummer #streetphotography #sorrystrangersyourebeautiful #mollyemillerphotography #baltimorephotographer

Summer photo walks...film + digital mix.

Govans, Baltimore:
1. Fence spray paint
2. John, on his porch
3. Wild roses

4. Self portrait (composition messed up by IG)
5. Self portrait sun splotch spraypaint
6. White pigeon spotted, in b/w
7. Charles Village, broken chair marking spot
8. Blue satin flower on street
9. White pigeon in flight

#streetphotography #baltimorephotographer #baltimorestreetphotographer #baltimore #govansbaltimore #streetportraits

Summer photo walks...film + digital mix.

Govans, Baltimore:
1. Fence spray paint
2. John, on his porch
3. Wild roses

4. Self portrait (composition messed up by IG)
5. Self portrait sun splotch spraypaint
6. White pigeon spotted, in b/w
7. Charles Village, broken chair marking spot
8. Blue satin flower on street
9. White pigeon in flight

#streetphotography #baltimorephotographer #baltimorestreetphotographer #baltimore #govansbaltimore #streetportraits

Portrait of an artist: my dear friend Kiirstn @kdoubleii 6.22.26

Kiirstn just celebrated her 5-year "freelance-iversary" as a full time photographer. Five years in any entrepreneurial capacity is a big milestone: it means you've crossed the Rubicon of sorts - there's no turning back now. You're IN it. And Kiirstn is thriving as a Baltimore artist.

In a season/era of uncertainty Kiirstn constantly creates stunning work and develops her voice and spirit with each shoot and personal project.

It's complicated out here. As artists, we're constantly trying to figure out:

who we are and who we're not;

what we want to concentrate on and what we don't;

who we were before we got here and why that matters.

It can be existential but even more than that, at least for me, it's in service to this question:

how I can create and provide the best work and stay grounded in what matters most to me.

I could go on and on...(actually maybe I will continue this in an essay...) but for now: happy 5-years to Kiir @kdoubleii 📸🌷

#baltimore #baltimorephotographer #baltimorewomenphotographers #bmoreartists #artistsofbaltimore #artistsofinstagram

Portrait of an artist: my dear friend Kiirstn @kdoubleii 6.22.26

Kiirstn just celebrated her 5-year "freelance-iversary" as a full time photographer. Five years in any entrepreneurial capacity is a big milestone: it means you've crossed the Rubicon of sorts - there's no turning back now. You're IN it. And Kiirstn is thriving as a Baltimore artist.

In a season/era of uncertainty Kiirstn constantly creates stunning work and develops her voice and spirit with each shoot and personal project.

It's complicated out here. As artists, we're constantly trying to figure out:

who we are and who we're not;

what we want to concentrate on and what we don't;

who we were before we got here and why that matters.

It can be existential but even more than that, at least for me, it's in service to this question:

how I can create and provide the best work and stay grounded in what matters most to me.

I could go on and on...(actually maybe I will continue this in an essay...) but for now: happy 5-years to Kiir @kdoubleii 📸🌷

#baltimore #baltimorephotographer #baltimorewomenphotographers #bmoreartists #artistsofbaltimore #artistsofinstagram

Happy high school grad PARTY day for lil (ok 5’10” 18 y/o) Hannah @kuunsart! Off to Pratt Institute next year! So proud of our girlie 💞🥇 📸 I only wish I’d taken more photos of her growing up... lol 😜

Congrats Ava!! @ava.e.123 Thanks for being such a great friend 🥲

And thank you for the perdy flowers @crimsoncloverfloral 💐

Happy high school grad PARTY day for lil (ok 5’10” 18 y/o) Hannah @kuunsart! Off to Pratt Institute next year! So proud of our girlie 💞🥇 📸 I only wish I’d taken more photos of her growing up... lol 😜

Congrats Ava!! @ava.e.123 Thanks for being such a great friend 🥲

And thank you for the perdy flowers @crimsoncloverfloral 💐

Mo. Old Goucher/Station North, Baltimore. I spotted Mo smoking a cigarette outside of her apartment right outside of full circle photo where I just dropped off a roll of film. I asked her If I could take her portrait. I told her that light looked pretty on her. She seemed touched by the idea. Without any direction she grabbed me with these expressions.

#baltimoreportraits #streetportraits #baltimorephotography #baltimorescenes

Mo. Old Goucher/Station North, Baltimore. I spotted Mo smoking a cigarette outside of her apartment right outside of full circle photo where I just dropped off a roll of film. I asked her If I could take her portrait. I told her that light looked pretty on her. She seemed touched by the idea. Without any direction she grabbed me with these expressions.

#baltimoreportraits #streetportraits #baltimorephotography #baltimorescenes

Most of my time in Bengaluru I spent in awe of color and wanted to capture the brightest colors to show the city’s energy. Going through some pics I found the color to be less important and more of a distraction to what had pulled me to take the photo.

1. I remember speeding along inside the tuk tuk and turning my camera quickly to catch the pigeons’ thick fluttering..then seeing how they intertwined with the looping iron and mixed in w/ the man walking past.

2. I remember stopping for puppies in the fruit market in the hay.

3. I remember the spectacle of light and shadow and damp pleasant stink of midday flowers.

4. I remember leaning out of the tuktuk to grab a traffic photo and the man on the bicycle appearing in time.

5. I remember the boy pausing for me to take his portrait outside his family’s shop.

6. I remember 30 minutes into a speeding bumpy tuktuk ride hearing a train whistle and the bars came down and locked all of us in bright nighttime traffic.

7. I remember rounding the corner and Shyam leading me to this man who makes mehandhi (henna) art and sells ink cones. After buying five cones of the mushy chocolate colored ink I asked if I could take his picture.

9. I remember the orange and white tabby cat following us down to the patio by the water where we were having lunch and how he very politely but diligently waiting for us to leave so he could lick our plates.

10. I remember waiting in line to enter the Mysore Palace and spotting the shadow of Karim’s hat and brim on the old wall.

#bangalore

Most of my time in Bengaluru I spent in awe of color and wanted to capture the brightest colors to show the city’s energy. Going through some pics I found the color to be less important and more of a distraction to what had pulled me to take the photo.

1. I remember speeding along inside the tuk tuk and turning my camera quickly to catch the pigeons’ thick fluttering..then seeing how they intertwined with the looping iron and mixed in w/ the man walking past.

2. I remember stopping for puppies in the fruit market in the hay.

3. I remember the spectacle of light and shadow and damp pleasant stink of midday flowers.

4. I remember leaning out of the tuktuk to grab a traffic photo and the man on the bicycle appearing in time.

5. I remember the boy pausing for me to take his portrait outside his family’s shop.

6. I remember 30 minutes into a speeding bumpy tuktuk ride hearing a train whistle and the bars came down and locked all of us in bright nighttime traffic.

7. I remember rounding the corner and Shyam leading me to this man who makes mehandhi (henna) art and sells ink cones. After buying five cones of the mushy chocolate colored ink I asked if I could take his picture.

9. I remember the orange and white tabby cat following us down to the patio by the water where we were having lunch and how he very politely but diligently waiting for us to leave so he could lick our plates.

10. I remember waiting in line to enter the Mysore Palace and spotting the shadow of Karim’s hat and brim on the old wall.

#bangalore

Part 1 of my fav selects from photo-ING Katie Pumphrey’s @katiepumphreyart inaugural “Baltimore Open Water Swimmers” aka BOWS @bmorebows 1-mile race harbor race 6.7.26. It was wild in every word ya’ll. The whole city got into it and athletes all the way from California came to swim in our harbor. That’s progress. And Katie as we already knew is a super star. Dreams -> truth. More to come...

#baltimore #baltimoreopenwaterswimmers #bmorebows #katiepumphrey #waterfrontpartnershipofbaltimore

Part 1 of my fav selects from photo-ING Katie Pumphrey’s @katiepumphreyart inaugural “Baltimore Open Water Swimmers” aka BOWS @bmorebows 1-mile race harbor race 6.7.26. It was wild in every word ya’ll. The whole city got into it and athletes all the way from California came to swim in our harbor. That’s progress. And Katie as we already knew is a super star. Dreams -> truth. More to come...

#baltimore #baltimoreopenwaterswimmers #bmorebows #katiepumphrey #waterfrontpartnershipofbaltimore

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