Body of Work               Curatorial               Social Practice               Press                 Contact / Bio







This Image Captures Tillet Leading a Photography Workshop 
Organized by Scheherazade Tillet, A Long Walk Home, and SAIC
Image by Shukurah Floyd
Chicago, IL, 2025
Amaiia Garner
Flower Galore, (Self-Portrait), 2025

Student Photograph Created in Girl/Me, Self-Portrait Photography Workshop Led by  Tillet in ALWH's Girl/Friends Leadership Institute
Inspired by M. Vashelle’s Portrait of Alice Walker Wearing Flower Crown
Organized by Scheherazade Tillet, A Long Walk Home, and SAIC
Chicago, IL, 2025
Lydia Corbey
Together, 2025

Student Photograph Created in Girl/Me, Self-Portrait Photography Workshop Led by  Tillet in ALWH's Girl/Friends Leadership Institute
Inspired by Works of LaToya Ruby Frazier
Organized by Scheherazade Tillet, A Long Walk Home, and SAIC
Chicago, IL, 2019
Jada Nolen
Premature, (Self-Portrait), 2024

Student Photograph Created in Girl/Me, Self-Portrait Photography Workshop Led by  Tillet in ALWH's Girl/Friends Leadership Institute
Inspired by Works from Carrie Mae Weems’s Kitchen Table Series
Organized by Scheherazade Tillet, A Long Walk Home, and SAIC
Chicago, IL, 2025
Leilani Fernandez 
Generations, (Self-Portrait), 2025

Student Photograph Created in Girl/Me, Self-Portrait Photography Workshop Led by Tillet in ALWH's Girl/Friends Leadership Institute
Inspired by Works from LaToya Ruby Frazier's The Notion of Family
Organized by Scheherazade Tillet, A Long Walk Home, and SAIC
Chicago, IL, 2025
Brooklyn Ryan Starks Murphy
Adornment, (Self-Portrait), 2022

Student Photograph Created in Girl/Me, Self-Portrait Photography Workshop Led by Tillet in ALWH's Girl/Friends Leadership Institute
Inspired by Works from Carrie Mae Weems’s Kitchen Table Series
Organized by Scheherazade Tillet, A Long Walk Home, and SAIC
Chicago, IL, 2022
Aliyah Young
Opulence (Self-Portrait), 2024

Student Photograph Created in Girl/Me, Self-Portrait Photography Workshop Led by  Tillet in ALWH's Girl/Friends Leadership Institute
Inspired by the Work of Scheherazade Tillet's My Family Chair Series
Organized by Scheherazade Tillet, A Long Walk Home, and SAIC
Chicago, IL, 2024
Savannah Flowers
The Unraveling of It All (Self-Portrait), 2024

Student Photograph Created in Girl/Me, Self-Portrait Photography Workshop Led by Tillet in ALWH's Girl/Friends Leadership Institute
Inspired by Works from Carrie Mae Weems’s Kitchen Table Series and and Savannah Flowers’ Early Works
Organized by Scheherazade Tillet, A Long Walk Home, and SAIC
Chicago, IL, 2024
Savannah Flowers
Ran into This Girl, (Self-Portrait), 2022

Student Photograph Created in Girl/Me, Self-Portrait Photography Workshop Led by Tillet in ALWH's Girl/Friends Leadership Institute
Inspired by the Work of Scheherazade Tillet's SOARS Series
Organized by Scheherazade Tillet, A Long Walk Home, and SAIC
Chicago, IL, 2022
Danielle Nolen
Silence, For Lyniah, 2020

Student Photograph Created in Girl/Me, Self-Portrait Photography Workshop Led by Tillet in ALWH's Girl/Friends Leadership Institute.
Inspired by Sophia Nahli Allison’s Film A Love Song for Latasha and by the of Loss Danielle Nolen’s Close Friend, Lyniah Bell
Organized by Scheherazade Tillet, A Long Walk Home, and SAIC
Chicago, Illinois, 2020
ángelina cofer
Nineteen, (Self-Portrait), 2020

Student Photograph Created in Girl/Me, Self-Portrait Photography Workshop Led by Tillet in ALWH's Girl/Friends Leadership Institute
Organized by Scheherazade Tillet, A Long Walk Home, and SAIC
Chicago, IL, 2020
Olivia Scott
Child Play, (Self-Portrait), 2020

Student Photograph Created in Girl/Me, Self-Portrait Photography Workshop Led by Tillet in ALWH's Girl/Friends Leadership Institute
Inspired by Nineteen by ángelina cofer
Organized by Scheherazade Tillet, A Long Walk Home, and SAIC
Chicago, IL, 2022
Jadyn Miles
Give Me My Flowers, While I Yet Live, (Self Portrait), 2021

Student Photograph Created in Girl/Me, Self-Portrait Photography Workshop Led by Tillet in ALWH's Girl/Friends Leadership Institute
Inspired by the Film A Love Song for Latasha by Sophia Nahli Allison
Organized by Scheherazade Tillet, A Long Walk Home, and SAIC
Chicago, IL, 2021

Photograph of Tillet Teaching on Artist Latoya Ruby Frazier During ALWH's  Girl/Friends Leadership Institute Orientation 
Organized by Scheherazade Tillet, and A Long Walk Home
Image by Shukurah Floyd
Chicago, IL, 2025

Photograph of Participants Exploring the Use of Their Cameras During ALWH’s Girl/Friends Leadership Institute Orientation
Organized by Scheherazade Tillet and A Long Walk Home
Image by Shukurah Floyd
Chicago, IL, 2025

Photograph of Tillet Teaching the Work of Carrie Mae Weems During A Long Walk Home’s Girl/Friends Leadership Institute Orientation 
Organized by Scheherazade Tillet and A Long Walk Home
Image by Shukurah Floyd
Chicago, IL, 2025
Shukurah Floyd, 
What?, (Self-Portrait), 2019

Student Photograph Created in Girl/Me, Self-Portrait Photography Workshop Led by Tillet in ALWH's Girl/Friends Leadership Institute
Inspired by Works of Carrie Mae Weems Kitchen Table Series
Organized by Scheherazade Tillet, A Long Walk Home, and SAIC
Chicago, IL, 2019
Dashara McDaniel
#AllBlackLivesMatter, 2016

Student Photograph Created in Girl/Me, Self-Portrait Photography Workshop Led by Tillet in ALWH's Girl/Friends Leadership Instiute 
Organized by Scheherazade Tillet, A Long Walk Home, and SAIC
Chicago, IL, 2016
Short Video (Time: 2:00 min)
Scheherazade Tillet Teaching Girl Culture Photography Workshop Inspired by the Work of Mickalene Thomas, Seydou Keïta, and Scheherazade Tillet to ALWH's Girl/Friends Leadership Institute
Organized by Scheherazade Tillet, A Long Walk Home, and SAIC 

Film by Sunny Gandy
Chicago, IL, 2025
Girl/Friends Leadership Institute Group Leaders
Untitled, 2025

Group Photograph Created In Girl Culture Workshop Led by Tillet 
Inspired by the Work of Mickalene Thomas
Organized by Scheherazade Tillet, A Long Walk Home, and SAIC
Chicago, IL, 2025
Girl/Friends Leadership Institute Group Leaders
Untitled, 2025

Group Photograph Created In Girl Culture Workshop Led by Tillet 
Inspired by the Work of Mickalene Thomas
Organized by Scheherazade Tillet, A Long Walk Home, and SAIC
Chicago, IL, 2025
Girl/Friends Leadership Institute Group Leaders
Untitled, 2025

Group Photograph Created In Girl Culture Workshop Led by Tillet 
Inspired by the Work of Mickalene Thomas
Organized by Scheherazade Tillet, A Long Walk Home, and SAIC
Chicago, IL, 2025
Georgia Lysaith
The Liberation of Georgia, (Self-Portrait), 2017

Student Photograph Created in Girl/Me, Self-Portrait Photography Workshop Led by Tillet in Jamaica
Inspired by the Work of Renee Cox
Organized by  Scheherazade Tillet, Natalie Bennett, A Long Walk Home and  Granville Readings and Arts Programme
Chicago, IL, 2017
Shanice Williams
Me and Myself, (Self-Portrait), 2017

Student Photograph Created in Girl/Me, Self-Portrait Photography Workshop Led by  Tillet in Jamaica
Organized by  Scheherazade Tillet, Natalie Bennett, A Long Walk Home and  Granville Readings and Arts Programme 
Granville, Jamaica, 2017
Ciara Binns
Untitled, (Self-Portrait), 2017

Student Photograph Created in Girl/Me, Self-Portrait Photography Workshop Led by  Tillet in Jamaica
Inspired by the Works of Seydou Keïta and LaToya Ruby Frazier
Organized by Scheherazade Tillet, Natalie Bennett, A Long Walk Home, and Granville Reading and Arts Programme
Granville, Jamaica, 2017
Short Video (Time: 2:20 min)
Scheherazade Tillet Teaching Girl Culture Photography Workshop
Organized by Girls Behind the Lens Collective, an All-Female Photography Collective Based in Sierra Leone
Video by Leah Gipson
Freetown, Sierra Leone, 2022
Mariatu Mansaray
Sister's Love and Protection, 2022

Student Photograph Created In Photography Workshop Led by Scheherazade Tillet in Sierra Leone
Organized by Scheherazade Tillet, Girls Behind the Lens Collective and We Are Purposeful 
Freetown, Sierra Leone, 2022
Scheherazade Tillet Teaching Girl Culture Workshop, 2022

Image of Girls Photographing One Another During Tillet’s Girl Culture Workshop
Organized by Scheherazade Tillet, Girls Behind the Lens Collective, and We Are Purposeful
Freetown, Sierra Leone, 2022
Image of Tillet Leading a Photography Workshop with  the Young  Photographers
Organized by University of Johannesburg, Jabulani Dhlamini, and the Of Soul and Joy Photo Project 
Image by Soul and Joy Photo Project 
Tokoza, South Africa, 2022
Image of Tillet Teaching How to Use a Polaroid Camera during Photography Workshop
Organized by University of Johannesburg,
Scheherazade Tillet, Jabulani Dhlamini, and the Of Soul and Joy Photo Project 
Image by Soul and Joy Photo Project 
Tokoza, South Africa, 2022
Image of Students Sharing their Artwork Made During Tillet's Photography Workshop
Organized by University of Johannesburg, Scheherazade Tillet, Jabulani Dhlamini, and the Of Soul and Joy Photo Project 
Image by Soul and Joy Photo Project 
Tokoza, South Africa, 2022
Image of Gallery Wall of Student Polaroids from Tillet's Photography Workshop
Organized by University of Johannesburg, Scheherazade Tillet, Jabulani Dhlamini, and the Of Soul and Joy Photo Project 
Image by Soul and Joy Photo Project 
Tokoza, South Africa, 2022
2026 Scheherazade Tillet. All Rights Reserved.
No images may be copied or saved without the expressed written permission of the artist.

 

Join my mailing list