Jamil G Baldwin was born in Lancaster and raised across the Inland Empire and Los Angeles. His images and writings are often rooted in his relationships to geography, neighbors, and family. They are housed within, or transformed into, objects that reward curiosity and patience, highlighting practices of connection with respect to place and community. His work has been exhibited at LACE, Pioneer Works, Belfast Photo Festival, Lagos Photo Festival, and featured in The New York Times, Aperture, Der Greif, i-D, Matte Editions, JRNL, Callaloo, and Fortunately Magazine. Baldwin co-founded LocallyGrownTV, a radically centered digital TV initiative that reimagines television from before for the now as a way to reclaim broadcasts ability to build community. The project was featured in WIRED and The New Yorker.