Roland Miller was born in Chicago.
He studied photography at Utah State University from 1976 to 1983, where he
received both his BFA and MFA degrees.
Miller was an Associate Professor of Photography at Brevard Community College
in Cocoa, Florida and at the College of Lake County in Grayslake, Illinois. He recently accepted the position of Dean of the Communication Arts, Humanities and Fine Arts Division at the College of Lake County.
Miller's work has been featured in Smithsonian Air & Space Magazine, Florida
Today, Kodak's Photo Educator International, and numerous other publications.
Miller's photographs are included in permanent collections including: the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago, the NASA Art Collection, and the Huntsville Museum of Fine Arts.
Along with his photography career, Roland has been a seasonal Forest Protection
Officer and Naturalist in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area for 18 summers.
For ten years he also performed as a singer-songwriter at the Idaho Rocky
Mountain Ranch.