Amber Aisha

Chrome & Legacy 05.24 | 4PM–7PM A photo exhibition rooted in black car culture, film photography, and storytelling. No traditional gallery setting. Just the work, the cars, the space, and the people. 📍1st Impressionz — District Heights, MD See yall there on the 24th!

Before we become women, we were just lil girls with dreams 🤎 happy international women’s month ! 1- my lil cousin in baton rouge 2020 2- h street festival 2015 (wow over ten years ago 🥺) 3- Boyle Rodeo 2025 4-6- Chocolate City Experience 2025 7- Boyle Rodeo 2025 8- Baltimore 2015 (before the Lexington market reconstruction) 9- Chocolate City Experience

Trusting God with the Unseen

Prepping for a solo show looking through the archives & Missing Baton Rouge. ❤️ all film.… Image 2 blowing on the dice, throwing money down. (At Club Rumorz when my lil cousin performed) Image 3 My big cousin in front of his childhood apartment building (now vacant) I love this photo so much, my favorite part is the lit cigarette. Image 4 that same cousin at the funeral of my uncle, His Father, I like side by side the juxtaposition and the halo around his head Image 6 lil Cousin before a lil shopping in NO

proof tenderness can outlive pressure

the wheels keep spinning

Happy Juneteenth! Sharing the last few images from my Residency at Boley 122nd Annual Rodeo one of the longest standing black rodeos. 🐎🖤 Freed but still not Free, long way to go! But through this experience I got to see black men and women galloping freely I mean as young as 4 years old escaping my everyday to see freedom like this was worthwhile! Would do it again and again… 1. Leader of the pack 2. 63rd Kiesha @63rd_keisha 5. The youngest cowboy I saw, Jaden 7. Miss Black Oklahoma 8. I shot this through the trunk from the drivers seat lol I saw them coming up but we had to move the car! Love this unconventional framing

elated to begin sharing the work and words of the artists in the inaugural Black Magic Rodeo Residency, starting with the DMV’s own Amber Aisha! a dynamic storyteller that uses portraiture as her super power, Amber’s presence during the residency was immediately felt. one of the delights of creating the space for each artist to thrive was seeing how each person pushed themselves past previous limitations and ascended into a new workflow. as each day passed, i had the pleasure of seeing Amber reach a limit & surpass it and also push others to do the same. one thing i didn’t expect to learn about Amber was her deep love of all things birds & cars. observing what her eyes gravitated towards opened up a new understanding for her process and an appreciation for the wonderful images she creates. although small in stature, her presence is immediately felt like the classic cars she loves to document & is able to float through a rodeo crowd like a playful bird simply enjoying their ability to fly. Amber Aisha. another day closer to the rodeo. many thanks to @boleyoklahoma & @karenlynnekuban for the opportunity!🐎

Boley Rodeo 122 years 🖤 two of my favorite shots

🤩🤩 you know where to find me. Had a time at the car show in Boley! Here’s some of my 35mm film images, also my first time using ektar and for cars the colors are perfecttttt