FAMOUS portraits re-enacted by John Malkovich

Derrel · Sep 23, 2014

Wow...how weird! Some of the world's most famous and well-known portraits, re-enacted with actor John Malkovich as the subject! See Malkovich as Ernest Hemingway,Salvadore Dali,Che Guevara, Andy Warhol, Migrant Mother,Marilyn Monroe, John Lennon, and others! Funny stuff!

Iconic Portrait Photos Throughout History Recreated with John Malkovich as the Subject

ruifo · Sep 23, 2014

Pretty nice. Thanks for sharing!

tirediron · Sep 23, 2014

Very neat - some of those were incredibly well done!

hombredelmar · Sep 23, 2014

Derrel said:
Wow...how weird! Some of the world's most famous and well-known portraits, re-enacted with actor John Malkovich as the subject! See Malkovich as Ernest Hemingway,Salvadore Dali,Che Guevara, Andy Warhol, Migrant Mother,Marilyn Monroe, John Lennon, and others! Funny stuff!

Iconic Portrait Photos Throughout History Recreated with John Malkovich as the Subject

The set is amazing!!!

waday · Sep 23, 2014

I love these!

John Malkovich can be so... John Malkovich.

Desi · Sep 23, 2014

Pejacre · Sep 23, 2014

Love it!

Ysarex · Sep 23, 2014

Derrel · Sep 23, 2014

Ysarex said:
Wow.

Wow, indeed!

For those that might have missed the link to the artist's web page showing the full set of images: Sandro Miller: Malkovich, Malkovich, Malkovich: Homage to photographic masters | Catherine Edelman Gallery

limr · Sep 23, 2014

So chock full of awesome! I've loved John Malkovich every since my high school English teacher showed us the production of "Death of a Salesman" with Dustin Hoffman as Willie Loman and Malkovich as Biff. And then he played Lennie in "Of Mice and Men" and it just killed me dead. (no, I don't sound like an English teacher at all, nope, not me!

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The one of Bette Davis is so incredible. The original photo was brilliant to begin with, and Malkovich...how the hell does he make himself look like any of those characters, but Bette Davis? It's been said before and I'll say it again...wow.

If anyone has not seen "Being John Malkovich"...first, shame on you. Second, go watch it.

photoguy99 · Sep 23, 2014

These are very much worth studying. Compare closely with the original and note how far off in detail the copy often is.

And yet, often, the resemblance is extremely exact at some high level. Side by side they are quite different. Separate, they seem identical.

What can be learned here?

Derrel · Sep 23, 2014

photoguy99 said:
These are very much worth studying. Compare closely with the original and note how far off in detail the copy often is.

And yet, often, the resemblance is extremely exact at some high level. Side by side they are quite different. Separate, they seem identical.

What can be learned here?

A gestalt has two or more parts (like figure and ground) that are so integrated together that we perceive them as one object. Think of teaching "the whole child," and you have the idea behind gestalt.

The perception of oneness from many is the basis of gestalt. It derived from the 1890 German philosophy of Gestaltqualität, meaning "form or shape," which explored the idea of perception. For example, a picture might have several separate parts that work together to form one perceived image. The area of gestalt psychology developed in 1912, focusing on the various aspects of a person and how they combine into a whole that affects that person's relationship with his or her environment.

DEFINITIONS OF:gestalt
1
na configuration or pattern of elements so unified as a whole that it cannot be described merely as a sum of its parts

Civchic · Sep 23, 2014

I was wondering if someone had shared these. They are amazing. Whenever someone says "Who alive today would you like to have a conversation with," John Malkovitch is high on my list. Just the fact that he participated in this (and nailed it) is a big part of why.

The skill of the copy is amazing.

snerd · Sep 23, 2014

limr said:
......... If anyone has not seen "Being John Malkovich"...first, shame on you. Second, go watch it.

This has to stop! That is exactly what I was just about to post, as soon as I saw the thread title! I love that guy in just about everything he's done!