ABOUT

Johnny Miller is a photographer and multimedia storyteller based in South Africa and the USA. He is interested in exploring social justice issues from the ground and from the air.

His photographic project Unequal Scenes has garnered widespread praise and been featured in many of the world’s top publications.

He is currently a Senior Fellow at Code For Africa, a Senior Atlantic Fellow for Social and Economic Equity at the London School of Economics, a BMW Responsible Leader, and a UN-Habitat Champion for Vibrant and Inclusive Neighborhoods and Communities.

Johnny is also the co-founder of africanDRONE, a pan-African organization committed to using drones for good. He attended Dickinson College in Pennsylvania, USA, and the University of Cape Town in South Africa.

EXHIBITIONS (* are solo)

Gordon Institute of Business Science (Johannesburg, South Africa) - 2016*

Wits University (Johannesburg, South Africa) - 2016

Marion Center for Photographic Arts (Santa Fe, NM, USA) - 2017*

Story of Space (Goa, India) - 2017

PhotoBlock (London, UK) - 2017

“In Your Dreams”, Australian Centre for Photography (Sydney, Australia) - 2018

Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum (Bonn, Germany) - 2018*

Festival Della Fotografica Etica (Lodi, Italy) - 2018

Umbria World Fest (Foligno, Italy) - 2018

Theaterfestival (Munich, Germany) - 2018

Xynteo (Oslo, Norway) - 2018

“Capitalist Realism”, Photo Biennale @ Thessaloniki Museum of Photography (Greece) - 2018

Boston Society of Architects (Boston, MA, USA) - 2019*

Cultuurcentrum De Factorijj (Brussels, Belgium) - 2019*

Zingst Horizons Environmental Photo Festival (Zingst, Germany) - 2019

Photoville NYC (hosted by UNDP) (Brooklyn, NY, USA) - 2019

Visa Pour L'Image (Screening) (Perpignan, France) - 2019

"State of Extremes" (Holon Design Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel) - 2019

Geopolis (Brussels, Belgium) - 2019*

"Passports" (LagosPhoto Festival, Lagos, Nigeria) - 2019

Global Conference on Citizenship (Rennes, France) - 2020*

“We, Capitalists” (Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn, Germany) - 2020

Turchin Center @ Appalachian State University (Boone, NC, USA) - 2020*

“Troubled Waters” (Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, DE) - 2021

Human Rights Film Festival (Berlin, DE) - 2021

Creative Brain Week (Dublin, Ireland) - 2022

“Being <La Terre Comme Événement>” (Centro Cultural de Mação, Portugal) - 2022

“Resistance Doesn’t Walk Alone - A Resistência Não Anda Só” (London School of Economics, London, UK) - 2022*

“The Art of Data” (Bletchley Park Museum, Milton Keynes, UK) - April 2022-2024

Cornell University (Ithaca, NY, USA) - September 2022*

World Bank HQ (Washington DC, USA) - April 2023

Photo Basel (Basel, Switzerland) - June 2023

Art Basel Miami (Miami, USA) - December 2023

Museum of Tomorrow - Permanent Collection (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) - Ongoing