Nathan Miller
Chicago
Nathan Miller is an artist and educator working and living in Chicago. His Assembling Voices project, The Whole in Our Parts: The History and Hopes of Altgeld Gardens, will utilize documentary interviews, aerial photography, and portraiture to document the community of Altgeld Gardens, a historically black neighborhood on the far south side of Chicago from both a macro and micro perspective.
Originally constructed for African American veterans returning home from WWII, Altgeld is geographically situated in what's known as the "toxic doughnut" with an expressway to its east, a water treatment facility to its north, a landfill to its south, and buildings of industry to its west. Through photo-based storytelling, Nathan aims to showcase the resident’s experiences of environmental degradation and the important legacies of community activism that preserve the history and hopes of residents.
Nathan is a proud foodie, recently took up city inline skating (and quickly discovered that it's not for the faint of heart), loves trusting God, and spends his down time searching for new music on Spotify and spending time with his lady.