Adia Millett

“Plastic covered couches, glass angels, ornate gold frames, dimly lit dollhouses, dusty silk roses, needlepoint crosses, chandeliers, hand guns and cockroaches are a few tools I use for developing composition,“ says photographer Adia Millet of the vast spectrum of materials that populate her images. Her work is intensely spatial, as scale becomes warped through her lens. Millet arranges her surreal, atmospheric locations both at the level of miniature and large scale installation, then documents each scene photographically. Her compositions emphasize the structure of a room, directly addressing the viewer. Millet uses everyday, mundane objects as her props in what evolve into tense, dramatically lit scenes. In her work, she hopes to simultaneously attract and repel her viewers, inviting them into her haunting environments.

Millet's work has been included in exhibitions at many international institutions, including MoMA PS1, the Studio Museum in Harlem, the Barbican Gallery in London, and the New Museum.