Mollye Miller

This is Elliot, the Bearded Dragon and his favorite human. In January 2023, I started my "Unusual Pet Project" of Baltimore series to ward away the winter blues. Animals make me happy and learning about them opens my mind up to a world outside of my own: the world our pets experience. In this project, I'm photographing rare pets and their owners to showcase the incredible and surprising creatures our Baltimore neighbors have behind their front doors. From flying squirrels, to macaws; from ball pythons to veiled chameleons; dwarf hamsters to albino donkeys, I am showing you, through documentary and portrait photography, the menagerie this city holds.

This is Gerry and Charlie, two macaw sisters living with their humans Herby and Maddie. The couple sailed for a year across the Atlantic, adopted this birds and lived on a boat for a year. In January 2023, I started my "Unusual Pet Project" of Baltimore series to ward away the winter blues. Animals make me happy and learning about them opens my mind up to a world outside of my own: the world our pets experience. In this project, I'm photographing rare pets and their owners to showcase the incredible and surprising creatures our Baltimore neighbors have behind their front doors. From flying squirrels, to macaws; from ball pythons to veiled chameleons; dwarf hamsters to albino donkeys, I am showing you, through documentary and portrait photography, the menagerie this city holds.

Photo of Mia and her Ayam Cemani, a rare, all black chicken, from my Unusual Pet Project series in Baltimore, MD In January 2023, I started my "Unusual Pet Project" of Baltimore series to ward away the winter blues. Animals make me happy and learning about them opens my mind up to a world outside of my own: the world our pets experience. In this project, I'm photographing rare pets and their owners to showcase the incredible and surprising creatures our Baltimore neighbors have behind their front doors. From flying squirrels, to macaws; from ball pythons to veiled chameleons; dwarf hamsters to albino donkeys, I am showing you, through documentary and portrait photography, the menagerie this city holds.

In January 2023, I started my "Unusual Pet Project" of Baltimore series to ward away the winter blues. Animals make me happy and learning about them opens my mind up to a world outside of my own: the world our pets experience. In this project, I'm photographing rare pets and their owners to showcase the incredible and surprising creatures our Baltimore neighbors have behind their front doors. From flying squirrels, to macaws; from ball pythons to veiled chameleons; dwarf hamsters to albino donkeys, I am showing you, through documentary and portrait photography, the menagerie this city holds. This is Chewbacca a.k.a. Chewy, the hairless rare Elf Cat, a mix between a Sphynx Cat and an American Curl.