--- ---  # Artist Recreates Iconic Photographs Using John Malkovich as Subject by [TIME Photo](https://time.com/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Sep 23, 2014 11:14 PM UTC  Arthur Sasse / Albert Einstein Sticking Out His Tongue (1951), 2014 Arthur Sasse / Albert Einstein Sticking Out His Tongue (1951), 2014Sandro Miller courtesy of Catherine Edelman Gallery Chicago by [TIME Photo](https://time.com/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Sep 23, 2014 11:14 PM UTC Two years ago, photographer Sandro Miller wanted to pay homage to his mentor, Irving Penn, by recreating Penn’s iconic portrait of author Truman Capote. That’s when he realized that his friend, actor John Malkovich, looked a bit like Capote. Since then, Malkovich, who has known Miller for more than 17 years, has become the subject of several iconic portraits recreated by Miller as tribute to some of the world’s most masterful photographers. “For me, John is a beautiful, clean canvas ready for paint. He is extremely open minded, never fearful and always willing to go to places most actors of his caliber would avoid,” Miller wrote in a press release. “His willingness to play dress up, and become the subject of some of the most iconic images from history, is a true gift.” The show, called _Malkovich_, _Malkovich, Malkovich: Homage to Photographic Masters,_ will open at the Catherine Edelman Gallery in Chicago on Nov. 7 and run through Jan. 31\. If you can’t get enough of John Malkovich, then watch out for the actor/muse’s exclusive interview with French publication _7-POST_ and French newspaper _Liberation_.  Arthur Sasse / Albert Einstein Sticking Out His Tongue (1951), 2014 Sandro Miller courtesy of Catherine Edelman Gallery Chicago  Alberto Korda / Che Guevara (1960), 2014 Sandro Miller courtesy of Catherine Edelman Gallery Chicago  Bert Stern / Marilyn in Pink Roses (from The Last Session, 1962), 2014 Sandro Miller courtesy of Catherine Edelman Gallery Chicago  Albert Watson / Alfred Hitchcock with Goose (1973), 2014 Sandro Miller courtesy of Catherine Edelman Gallery Chicago  Andy Warhol / Self Portrait (Fright Wig) (1986), 2014 Sandro Miller courtesy of Catherine Edelman Gallery Chicago  Annie Leibovitz / John Lennon and Yoko Ono (1980), 2014 Sandro Miller courtesy of Catherine Edelman Gallery Chicago  Dorothea Lange / Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California (1936), 2014 Sandro Miller courtesy of Catherine Edelman Gallery Chicago  rving Penn / Pablo Picasso, Cannes, France (1957), 2014 Sandro Miller courtesy of Catherine Edelman Gallery Chicago  Gordon Parks / American Gothic, Washington, D.C. (1942), 2014 Sandro Miller courtesy of Catherine Edelman Gallery Chicago  Philippe Halsman / Salvador Dalí (1954), 2014 Sandro Miller courtesy of Catherine Edelman Gallery Chicago Artist Recreates Iconic Photographs Using John Malkovich as Subject ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3423706/artist-recreates-iconic-photographs-using-john-malkovich-as-subject/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3423706/artist-recreates-iconic-photographs-using-john-malkovich-as-subject/"},"headline":"Artist Recreates Iconic Photographs Using John Malkovich as Subject","datePublished":"2014-09-23T23:14:06.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:07:41.268Z","description":"An artist pays homage to photographic masters with recreations of their iconic portraits—with John Malkovich as a subject","url":"https://time.com/3423706/artist-recreates-iconic-photographs-using-john-malkovich-as-subject/","keywords":["celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3102611ebc2b4bf6/6986a50e169ab028ef27b5ba/malkovich-einstein.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Photo","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-photo/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3102611ebc2b4bf6/6986a50e169ab028ef27b5ba/malkovich-einstein.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"malkovich-einstein","caption":"MALKOVICH, MALKOVICH, MALKOVICH: HOMAGE TO PHOTOGRAPHIC MASTERS","creditText":"Sandro Miller courtesy of Catherine Edelman Gallery Chicago","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3423706/artist-recreates-iconic-photographs-using-john-malkovich-as-subject/","name":"Artist Recreates Iconic Photographs Using John Malkovich as Subject"}}]}] ```