Miles B. Jordan is a colorist photographer whose work explores the intersection of the mundane and the extraordinary. His infrared photography unveils a world oscillating between surreal dreamscapes and haunting visions, while his color photography grounds viewers in the tangible, revealing how place and transformation shape our experiences. Through both mediums, his work interrogates and affirms how we navigate space, memory, and cultural evolution.
Jordan’s work has been showcased in over two dozen juried exhibitions and several museums nationwide, including Louisiana Contemporary 2024 at The Ogden Museum of Southern Art. His solo exhibitions include 504-907 at Macomb Community College (MI), the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and the Cheryl Sallee Gallery (WA), as well as The Yellow Chair Series at the Alaska Centennial Center for the Arts. He has participated in numerous group exhibitions across the U.S., with notable appearances at the Haggin Museum, Brownsville Museum of Fine Art, and the Chicago Center for Photojournalism.
Beyond fine art, Jordan has an extensive background in sports photography, serving as the Head Athletics Photographer at the University of Alaska Fairbanks from 2021 to 2024. His work in sports journalism has appeared in publications such as Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, and he has covered a wide range of collegiate sporting events, blending documentary storytelling with dynamic action photography.
His research extends into ethnographic and documentary work, focusing on post-Katrina cultural and environmental transformations. As a PhD student in Anthropology at Louisiana State University, Jordan incorporates photography, deep mapping, and digital humanities to explore shifting cultural landscapes. His research and visual storytelling have been featured at numerous academic conferences, including the American Anthropological Association’s Praxis conference, the Society for Photographic Education’s Adaptation conference, the 2025 State of the Coast conference, the 30th Annual Delta Symposium, the LSU Mardi Gras Conference, and the Queen’s Graduate Conference in Literature in Ontario, Canada. His project 504-907 has been presented at multiple conferences, positioning his work at the intersection of visual anthropology and documentary photography.
Grants, including the Barry McWayne Fine Art Photography Scholarship, have supported his photographic and ethnographic research.
Jordan’s work has been published in Novum Artis, Where Y’Art, Color Bloc, and The Hand Magazine, among others. His self-published photobooks, Shrouded Light and Miles B. Jordan Presents: The American West, explore themes of landscape, memory, and cultural preservation.
His recent collaboration with musician Dave Jordan, Almost Acoustic + Shrouded Light, was also presented at Ogden After Hours in New Orleans.
A dedicated educator, Jordan has taught digital photography at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and currently serves as a Graduate Teaching Assistant at LSU. He is an active member of the Society for Photographic Education, the New Orleans Photo Alliance, and the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana’s Future Coastal Leaders Program.
Jordan’s practice continues to evolve, bridging fine art photography with visual anthropology to document shifting cultural landscapes. Whether through an infrared lens or a grounded documentary perspective, his work invites viewers to reconsider how place, history, and transformation are visually and emotionally experienced.
Miles's work can be found on all social platforms under the name @MilesBJordan