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

John Malkovich John Malkovich (born December 9, 1953) is an American actor. He is the recipient of several accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards, a British Academy Film Award, two Screen Actors Guild Aw ...

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

as the subject in each image.

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.

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 The Chicago Cultural Center, opened in 1897, is a Chicago Landmark building operated by Chicago's Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events that houses the city's official reception venue where the Mayor of Chicago has welcomed preside ...

, October–December 2010 *''Provocative Imperfections'', Safety-Kleen Gallery at

Elgin Community College Elgin Community College (ECC) is a public community college in Elgin, Illinois. It was founded in 1949 as part of Elgin Area School District U46. Community College District 509 was formed 17 years later in 1966, a year after Illinois legislators ...

, 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 The Lumiere Brothers Center for Photography is a private exhibition organization located in the former chocolate factory and acting art cluster Red October in Moscow. Since its foundation in 2010, the center aims to explore and promote Russian an ...

, Moscow, June–August 2016; Krasnoyarsk Museum Center, Krasnoyarsk, Russia, October–December 2016. Also included 3 short films.

Group exhibitions or at festivals

*''Malkovich, Malkovich, Malkovich: Homage to Photographic Masters'',

Rencontres d'Arles The Rencontres d’Arles (formerly called ''Rencontres internationales de la photographie d’Arles'') is an annual summer photography festival founded in 1970 by the Arles photographer Lucien Clergue, the writer Michel Tournier and the historia ...

, Arles, France, 2015.

Awards

*2011: Saatchi & Saatchi Best New Director Award,

Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity (formerly the International Advertising Festival) is a global event for those working in creative communications, advertising, and related fields. It is considered the largest gathering of the ...

, for the short video ''Butterflies'' featuring John Malkovich *2014: "International Photographer of the Year Award",

Lucie Awards The Lucie Awards is an annual event honoring achievements in photography, founded in 2003 by Hossein Farmani. The Lucie Awards is an annual gala ceremony presented by the Lucie Foundation (a 501 (c)3 non-profit charitable organization), honoring ...

, 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 The International Photography Awards are a group of awards for professional, non-professional and student photographers on a global scale which are awarded annually at the Lucie Awards gala. The winners of the main categories are invited to attend t ...

, 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

References

External links

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RGG EDU: Interview with Sandro Miller
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