Other People Being John Malkovich

December 27, 2018 8:50 AM

The Chicago photographer Sandro, using John Malkovich as a medium, reinvents photography.
posted by PinkMoose (21 comments total)

I'm not good with facial recognition and wow this is confusing and somewhat disturbing. Excellent photo manipulation skills!
posted by asperity at 9:13 AM on December 27, 2018 [1 favorite]

There could be just a little more Malkovich in this.
posted by GenjiandProust at 9:15 AM on December 27, 2018 [4 favorites]

After reveling in the Malkovichian Malkovich I looked through Sandro's other work. That is some seriously amazing photography.
posted by JohnFromGR at 9:18 AM on December 27, 2018

Being John Malkovich's Photoshopper...
posted by jim in austin at 9:27 AM on December 27, 2018

Those aren't Photoshopped. Sandro and Malkovich worked together to recreate those photos.
posted by cazoo at 9:33 AM on December 27, 2018 [11 favorites]

These are extraordinary. At once, they both subvert and reaffirm those iconic photos. Some of them are truly astounding in their own right.
posted by darkstar at 9:41 AM on December 27, 2018 [2 favorites]

I am disappointed that they did not have Malkovich being John Cusack.
posted by briank at 9:58 AM on December 27, 2018 [7 favorites]

I enjoyed this. I disagree that it qualifies as reinventing photography. It is a great visual party for those of us who like photography as well as Malkovich, so thanks for posting, OP!
posted by Bella Donna at 10:02 AM on December 27, 2018 [3 favorites]

I just looked in the mirror and saw...John Malkovich! So I guess it's working....
posted by OHenryPacey at 10:18 AM on December 27, 2018 [4 favorites]

It made me laugh.
posted by pracowity at 10:42 AM on December 27, 2018

Bee-ing John Malkovich*





*Unless those are flies - it's familiar, but I can't for the life of me recall what the original photo is called and who it's by. I was trying to perform a Google search by image but no dice.
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 10:47 AM on December 27, 2018 [2 favorites]

Ah. Bees indeed: Richard Avedon: Ronald Fisher, Beekeeper, Davis, California, May 9 (1981), mentioned in this interview with Miller.
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 11:05 AM on December 27, 2018

there's more Malkovich in her Malkovich Sessions project
posted by numaner at 1:47 PM on December 27, 2018

What a project! Malkovich really went all in; that's a lot of dedication.
posted by zardoz at 2:05 PM on December 27, 2018

The one of Hemingway is damn close.
posted by sbutler at 2:20 PM on December 27, 2018 [1 favorite]

Piss Christovich
posted by Lipstick Thespian at 2:40 PM on December 27, 2018 [3 favorites]

MY GOD PHOTOGRAPHY TRULY IS REINVENTED NOW
posted by Bwentman at 2:57 PM on December 27, 2018 [4 favorites]

there's more Malkovich in her Malkovich Sessions project

Gdansk and ye shall receive:

Wales-ovich.
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 3:46 PM on December 27, 2018

They also created this trailer for I assume an unmade film looking at David Lynch and his work called Psychogenic Fugue.
posted by Stanczyk at 4:25 PM on December 27, 2018 [1 favorite]

That is a fair bit of work - I can't believe how many images I recognized and now have to figure out the ones I didn't.
posted by zenon at 7:18 PM on December 27, 2018

Malkovich makes a surprisingly attractive woman and a fantastic Joker. I really liked the re-do of the Depression-era woman with the baby. I’m actually surprised at how much he was able to look like these individual people, considering how distinctive his own features are. I’d be interested in the context of the funhouse-mirror photos, and the one of Jesus underwater, because wtf.
posted by Autumnheart at 8:48 PM on December 28, 2018