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

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- Born
- 1958
- Birthplace
- Elgin, Illinois
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- photographer
- Education
- Elgin Community College
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Sandro Miller (born 1958), known professionally as Sandro, is an American photographer. He has worked with actor John Malkovich.
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Sandro Miller worked as a photographer and was United States. Born in 1958. Training included Elgin Community College.
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• Born — 1958 • Birthplace — Elgin, Illinois • Website — www.sandrofilm.com
Career
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. 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.
Solo 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.
Group exhibitions or at festivals
Group exhibitions or at festivals
• Malkovich, Malkovich, Malkovich: Homage to Photographic Masters, Rencontres d'Arles, Arles, France, 2015.
Life and career
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Life and career
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1958
Sandro Miller was born on 1 January 1958.
Publications
• I Can't Accept Not Trying. 1994.. • American Bikers. 1998.. • 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. • The Malkovich Sessions. 2016.. • Dance for Life. 2016.
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
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- 1.Jonze, Tim. John Malkovich as eerie identical twins: Sandro Miller's best photograph. The Guardian. 17 February 2021. 0261-3077.
- 2.Marlan, Tori. Art: A Different Perspective. Chicago Reader. 19 July 2007.
- 3.Sandro Miller does all Malkovich, all the time. Chicago Tribune. 5 November 2014.
- 4.Being everyone: John Malkovich re-creates iconic photos of Marilyn, Che, Einstein and more. The Guardian. 25 September 2014. 0261-3077.
- 5.Incredible Photos Of The Softer Side Of American Bikers. HuffPost. 15 October 2012.
- 6.Wilkinson, Alec. AN AMERICAN ATTITUDE. The New Yorker. 2 July 1995. 0028-792X.
- 7.'I Am Free': Former Inmates' Poetry Proves Our Hopes, Fears And Dreams Are Universal. HuffPost UK. 23 February 2015.
- 8.Zhang, Michael. Finding Freedom: Portraits and Poems of Former Inmates at a Halfway House. PetaPixel. 21 February 2015.
- 9.Sandro Miller. Malkovich, Malkovich, Malkovich: Homage to Photographic Masters. Lumiere Gallery.
- 10.Sandro Miller. www.rencontres-arles.com.
- 11.AI-AP - Motion Arts Pro » International Motion Art Awards: Sandro Miller. www.ai-ap.com.
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