Sandro Miller Explained

Birth Place:	Elgin, Illinois

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. .
• American Bikers. 1998. .^{[5] [6]}
• Sandro: Figure E Ritratti. 2002. .
• Imagine Cuba 1999-2007. 2008. .
• El Matador, Joselito: A Pictorial Novel. 2009. .
• 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. .
• 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]

External links

• • RGG EDU: Interview with Sandro Miller

Notes and References

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