Sandro Miller

Sandro Miller (1958) is an American photographer (working professionally as "Sandro") known for his expressive images, and his close work with John Malkovich and the other ensemble members of Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre Company.

At the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity in July 2011, Sandro was acknowledged with a Saatchi & Saatchi Best New Director Award for his short video “Butterflies” featuring John Malkovich. For the past five years, in juried competition within the industry, Sandro has been voted one of the top 200 advertising photographers in the world.

In 2001 Sandro was invited by the Cuban government to photograph their Olympic athletes. This project was the first US/Cuban collaboration since the trade embargo was imposed in 1960.

Sandro shoots all the promotional photography for Dance for Life, the Midwest's largest performance-based AIDS fundraiser. He also sits on the board of directors for the Museum of Contemporary Photography and is a member of the Chicago Arts Club.

Sandro travelled to Morocco in November 2013 and shot portraits of 230 local tradesmen, nomadic people, snake charmers, fossil diggers, and Gnawa musicians.

In 2014 Sandro re-created 41 photographs paying homage to the world's greatest photographers in a project titled "Malkovich, Malkovich, Malkovich: Homage to Photographic Masters", using John Malkovich as the subject in each image.

On November 2, 2014, in Carnegie Hall, the Lucie Foundation honored Sandro with the “International Photographer of the Year Award” for his achievements in photography.

Books by Sandro Miller

Exhibitions

Between October 2002 and January 2003 Sandro had a solo retrospective exhibition of his personal work in the Scavi Scaligeri International Center For Photography in Verona, Italy.

In 2006 Sandro had a group show with Wesley Kimler at the Architrouve Gallery in Chicago. Sandro showed a selection of his personal work titled Massa, which features nude bodies of large women photographed through Plexiglas.

In July 2007 Sandro had a solo gallery show at the Alan Koppel Gallery in Chicago. This exhibition consisted of studio photographs of ballet dancers. Sandro donated all proceeds from the sale of prints to the Dance for Life Foundation.

From October 2 through December 2010 Sandro had a gallery exhibition of 36 of his Cuban photographs, including a previously unexhibited series of black-and-white portraits of elderly Cubans, at the Chicago Cultural Center.

From November through December 2010 Sandro took part in a group show at the Stephen Daiter Gallery in Chicago, exhibiting prints from his American Biker series and portraits of women.

From October 2 through November 3, 2012 Sandro had a solo exhibition at the Safety-Kleen Gallery at Elgin Community College titled "Provocative Imperfections". The show featured Sandro’s “Cuban Portraits”, his “Massa” images and a selection from his “Butts & Fronts” project.

From February 7 through mid April 2013 Sandro had an exhibition of his portraits of Steppenwolf Theatre ensemble members installed in the lobby of the Willis Tower in Chicago. This exhibition featured a 24 by 24 foot grid in the lobby reception consisting of 25 portraits in addition to 34 individual framed prints hung throughout the lobby.

From March 21 through August 2013 Sandro had a solo exhibition titled “Seen/Unseen” at Loyola University School of Communications in Chicago. “Seen/Unseen” is a collection of Sandro's personal work spanning the last 25 years. Images from his projects American Bikers, Atropa, Cuban Portraits, Massa, and his latest project Peering In: Images of an Over Stimulated Society, were on view.

From November 7, 2014 through January 31, 2015, Sandro had a gallery exhibition of his project "Malkovich, Malkovich, Malkovich: Homage to Photographic Masters" at the Catherine Edelman Gallery in Chicago. This show featured 41 iconic portraits that Sandro shot with John Malkovich as the subject in each one.

On February 12, 2015 Sandro’s "Malkovich, Malkovich, Malkovich: Homage to Photographic Masters" exhibition will open at the Fahey/Klein Gallery in Los Angeles.

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