Sandro Miller

American photographer (born 1958)

Sandro Miller
Miller in 2018
Born	1958 (age 65–66) Elgin, Illinois^[1]
Website	www.sandrofilm.com

Sandro Miller (born 1958),^[1] known professionally as Sandro, is an American photographer. He has worked with actor John Malkovich.

Career

In 2001, Miller photographed Cuban Olympic athletes. This project was the first US/Cuban collaboration since the trade embargo began in 1960.

He has made promotional photography for Dance for Life, a Midwest performance-based AIDS fundraiser.^[2]

In November 2013 in Morocco, Miller made portraits of local tradesmen, nomadic people, snake charmers, fossil diggers, and Gnawa musicians.

In 2014, he re-created photographs paying homage to photographers in a project titled Malkovich, Malkovich, Malkovich: Homage to Photographic Masters, using John Malkovich as the subject in each image.^[3]^[4]

Publications

I Can't Accept Not Trying. 1994. ISBN 0-06-251190-4.
American Bikers. 1998. ISBN 3-88814-356-X.^[5]^[6]
Sandro: Figure E Ritratti. 2002. ISBN 88-8314-181-4.
Imagine Cuba 1999-2007. 2008. ISBN 978-88-8158-692-9.
El Matador, Joselito: A Pictorial Novel. 2009. ISBN 978-88-8158-771-1.
Sandro Raw, Steppenwolf. 2012.
Eyes of Morocco. 2014.
Finding Freedom. 2015. Photographs by Miller and poems by recently incarcerated individuals living at St. Leonard's Halfway House.^[7]^[8]
The Malkovich Sessions. 2016. ISBN 978-0-9962930-3-7.
Dance for Life. 2016.

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

Scavi Scaligeri International Center for Photography, Verona, Italy, October 2002 – January 2003. A retrospective exhibition of personal work.
Cuban photographs, including a series of black-and-white portraits of elderly Cubans, Chicago Cultural Center, October–December 2010
Provocative Imperfections, Safety-Kleen Gallery at Elgin Community College, October–November 2012. The show included Cuban Portraits, Massa and a selection from Butts & Fronts.
Seen/Unseen at Loyola University School of Communications, Chicago, March–August 2013. Work from American Bikers, Atropa, Cuban Portraits, Massa, and Peering In: Images of an Over Stimulated Society.
Malkovich, Malkovich, Malkovich: Homage to Photographic Masters, The Lumiere Brothers Center for Photography, Moscow, June–August 2016; Krasnoyarsk Museum Center, Krasnoyarsk, Russia, October–December 2016. Also included 3 short films.^[9]

Group exhibitions or at festivals

Malkovich, Malkovich, Malkovich: Homage to Photographic Masters, Rencontres d'Arles, Arles, France, 2015.^[10]

Awards

2011: Saatchi & Saatchi Best New Director Award, Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, for the short video Butterflies featuring John Malkovich
2014: "International Photographer of the Year Award", Lucie Awards, Lucie Foundation
2015: "International Photographer of the Year Award", Lucie Awards, Lucie Foundation, for Malkovich, Malkovich, Malkovich: Homage to Photographic Masters
2016: Advertising Photographer of the Year, International Photography Awards, for "Advantage Humans" campaign made for the American Cancer Society
2016: Grand-prize International Motion Art Awards winner, AI-AP Big Talkhis, for the short film Hell, starring Malkovich^[11]

References

^ ^a ^b Jonze, Tim (17 February 2021). "John Malkovich as eerie identical twins: Sandro Miller's best photograph". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
^ Marlan, Tori (19 July 2007). "Art: A Different Perspective". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
^ "Sandro Miller does all Malkovich, all the time". Chicago Tribune. 5 November 2014. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
^ "Being everyone: John Malkovich re-creates iconic photos of Marilyn, Che, Einstein and more". The Guardian. 25 September 2014. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
^ "Incredible Photos Of The Softer Side Of American Bikers". HuffPost. 15 October 2012. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
^ Wilkinson, Alec (2 July 1995). "AN AMERICAN ATTITUDE". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
^ "'I Am Free': Former Inmates' Poetry Proves Our Hopes, Fears And Dreams Are Universal". HuffPost UK. 23 February 2015. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
^ Zhang, Michael (21 February 2015). "Finding Freedom: Portraits and Poems of Former Inmates at a Halfway House". PetaPixel. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
^ "Sandro Miller. Malkovich, Malkovich, Malkovich: Homage to Photographic Masters". Lumiere Gallery. Retrieved 2023-07-11.
^ "Sandro Miller". www.rencontres-arles.com. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
^ "AI-AP - Motion Arts Pro » International Motion Art Awards: Sandro Miller". www.ai-ap.com. Retrieved 2023-07-10.