ARTIST STATEMENT

BROCK MILLS

Hi, I’m Brock Mills. I’m a photographer, an artist, and the founder of your favorite little human™ (YFLH™).

I was born in Brownsville, Brooklyn, and with hydrocephalus. My first brain surgery took place just weeks after I was born. I’ve had six more since. Both my condition and my neighborhood shaped how I see the world, long before I ever picked up a camera.

I didn’t come to photography through formal study. My earliest influence was my mother. She wasn’t a professional, but she carried herself like one. She photographed our lives with care and precision in parks, on stoops, in the spaces we called home. She gave weight to everyday moments. I watched her. And later, I followed that instinct.

Photography became my art, my passion, and most importantly, it pays. At different points in my life, surgery saved me. And so did photography.

Today, I run Brock Mills Photography® and lead your favorite little human™, a fine art lifestyle brand dedicated to honoring childhood and memory through books, imagery, and conceptual storytelling.

My latest series, Untouched (2025), began during my birthday celebration at The Peninsula with my wife and son. It captures a sealed slice of bread, originally packed as a snack for my son. Once placed down, it stopped being food and became something else. A meditation on simplicity, care, and what we choose to preserve and why.

I believe the quiet moments are often the ones that last. My work is about seeing them, and saving them.