Sandro Miller
{{short description|American photographer (born 1958)}}
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Sandro Miller (born 1958),{{cite news|first1=Tim|last1=Jonze|access-date=2023-07-10|title=John Malkovich as eerie identical twins: Sandro Miller's best photograph|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/feb/17/john-malkovich-as-identical-twins-diane-arbus-homage-sandro-miller-best-photograph|newspaper=The Guardian|date=17 February 2021|issn=0261-3077}} 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.{{cite web|first1=Tori|last1=Marlan|access-date=2023-07-10|title=Art: A Different Perspective|url=http://chicagoreader.com/news-politics/art-a-different-perspective/|date=19 July 2007|website=Chicago Reader}}
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.{{cite web|access-date=2023-07-10|title=Sandro Miller does all Malkovich, all the time|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-john-malkovich-sandro-miller-photos-20141105-column.html|date=5 November 2014|website=Chicago Tribune}}{{cite news|access-date=2023-07-10|title=Being everyone: John Malkovich re-creates iconic photos of Marilyn, Che, Einstein and more|url=http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2014/sep/25/being-everyone-john-malkovich-recreates-iconic-photos-of-marilyn-che-einstein-and-more|newspaper=The Guardian|date=25 September 2014|issn=0261-3077}}
Publications
- I Can't Accept Not Trying. 1994. {{ISBN|0-06-251190-4}}.
- American Bikers. 1998. {{ISBN|3-88814-356-X}}.{{cite web|access-date=2023-07-10|title=Incredible Photos Of The Softer Side Of American Bikers|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sandro-millers-american-bikers_n_1966711|date=15 October 2012|website=HuffPost}}{{cite news|first1=Alec|last1=Wilkinson|access-date=2023-07-10|title=AN AMERICAN ATTITUDE|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1995/07/10/an-american-attitude|newspaper=The New Yorker|date=2 July 1995|issn=0028-792X}}
- 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.{{cite web|access-date=2023-07-10|title='I Am Free': Former Inmates' Poetry Proves Our Hopes, Fears And Dreams Are Universal|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sandro-miller-photos-former-inmates_n_6716854|date=23 February 2015|website=HuffPost UK}}{{cite web|first1=Michael|last1=Zhang|access-date=2023-07-10|title=Finding Freedom: Portraits and Poems of Former Inmates at a Halfway House|url=https://petapixel.com/2015/02/21/finding-freedom-portraits-and-poems-of-the-former-inmates-at-a-halfway-house/|date=21 February 2015|website=PetaPixel}}
- 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.{{cite web|access-date=2023-07-11|title=Sandro Miller. Malkovich, Malkovich, Malkovich: Homage to Photographic Masters|url=https://lumiere.ru/en/exhibition/sandro-miller-malkovich-malkovich-malkovich-homage-to-photographic-masters/|website=Lumiere Gallery}}
=Group exhibitions or at festivals=
- Malkovich, Malkovich, Malkovich: Homage to Photographic Masters, Rencontres d'Arles, Arles, France, 2015.{{cite web|access-date=2023-07-10|title=Sandro Miller|url=http://www.rencontres-arles.com//en/expositions/view/355/sandro-miller|website=www.rencontres-arles.com}}
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{{cite web|access-date=2023-07-10|title=AI-AP - Motion Arts Pro » International Motion Art Awards: Sandro Miller|url=https://www.ai-ap.com/publications/article/8633/international-motion-art-awards-sandro-miller.html|website=www.ai-ap.com}}
References
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External links
{{Portal|Biography}}
- {{Official website|www.sandrofilm.com}}
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHsHA87cWe0 RGG EDU: Interview with Sandro Miller]
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