Rankin (photographer)

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Rankin
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Rankin, 2021
Born
John Rankin Waddell

(1966-04-28) April 28, 1966 (age 55)
Glasgow, Scotland
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity of the Arts London
OccupationPhotographer
Known forPhotography
Notable work
Queen Elizabeth portrait
Spouse(s)
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(m. 1995⁠–⁠1998)​
Tuuli Shipster
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(m. 2009)​
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John Rankin Waddell (born 28 April 1966), known professionally as Rankin is a British photographer and director who co-founded Dazed & Confused magazine. He is known for his photography of models including Kate Moss, Heidi Klum, and celebrities such as Madonna, David Bowie and Elizabeth II. His work has appeared in magazines including GQ, Vogue and Marie Claire.

Early life[]

Rankin was brought up in Glasgow; then Yorkshire, where he attended Thirsk School and Sixth Form College before moving to St Albans and attending Beaumont School.

Career[]

Whilst studying accounting at Brighton Polytechnic, he realised his interests lay elsewhere and dropped out, taking up photography at Barnfield College Luton and then London College of Printing. During this time, Rankin met Jefferson Hack, with whom he formed a working relationship. In 1991 the two launched the magazine Dazed & Confused,[2] which has since evolved into Dazed Media.[3]

In December 2000 Rankin launched his own quarterly fashion magazine, Rank. He also publishes AnOther Magazine, and in 2011 founded Hunger, a biannual fashion, culture and lifestyle magazine[4] and its associated Hunger TV website – a video-based digital platform.[5]

In 2002 Rankin was awarded an Honorary Fellowship by the Royal Photographic Society.[6] He co-directed his debut feature film, The Lives of Saints,[7] written by .

In April 2009 Rankin created Annroy (an amalgamation of his parents names), a contemporary structure designed by Trevor Horne Architects that is home to his own photographic studio, gallery and living space.[8]

For seven weeks in 2009 with Rankin Live he photographed people off the street, one every 15 minutes with the portraits printed and hung within 30 minutes, photographing 8,000 to 10,000 people. [9]

In 2010 Rankin travelled to South Africa with the BBC to shoot the documentary South Africa in Pictures.[10] The same year, he was commissioned by Nike and Product Red in the fight against HIV/AIDS, to shoot a global Nike campaign, Lace Up, Save Lives, to raise awareness about the disease.[11]

In 2011 Rankin served as the photography teacher in the Channel 4 series Jamie's Dream School featuring Jamie Oliver.[12] He also presented the BBC Four documentary America in Pictures – The Story of Life Magazine.[13] He launched Rankin Film Productions to produce and direct his own commercial and editorial film work.

In January 2014, BBC Four broadcast his documentary Seven Photographs that Changed Fashion, in which he created tributes to images by Cecil Beaton, Erwin Blumenfeld, Richard Avedon, Helmut Newton, Herb Ritts, David Bailey and Guy Bourdin. He interviewed an array of original photographers, models and assistants, and used contemporary models including Heidi Klum, Erin O'Connor, Jade Parfitt, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Tuuli Shipster, Mollie Gondi, Daphne Guinness and David Gandy.[14]

He was involved with television reality show Britain's Missing Top Model.[15] The show followed eight young women with disabilities who competed for a modelling contract, including a photo shoot with Rankin and a cover picture for Marie Claire. He has been a regular collaborator as a photographer and guest judge on Germany's Next Topmodel.

Rankin has donated his services to publicity campaigns for the charity Women's Aid, providing photographs for its Blind Eye,[16] What's it going to take? and Valentine's Day[17] campaigns.

In 2019 he designed a digital philanthropy card in collaboration with for Surfrider Foundation Europe.[18] The card features the environmental non-profit organisation which has been fighting to protect and preserve the ocean since 1990. He created a Plastic Monster made of plastic waste for the card, as a metaphor for plastic pollution. It was released in August 2019. The cards' proceeds are redistributed to the organization.[19]

In 2021 he hosted the Great British Photography Challenge on BBC4 [20] and worked with The Holocaust Memorial Day Trust as a judge for the Light Up The Darkness competition.[21]

Personal life[]

Rankin was married to actress Kate Hardie from 1995 to 1998. Since 2009 he has been married to model Tuuli Shipster.[1][22][23]

Publications[]

  • Hello Sexy & Welcome (1995)
  • Rankin Photographs (1998)
  • Rankin Female Nudes (1999)
  • Rankinworks (2000)
  • Snog (2000)
  • Celebration (2000)
  • Rankin Male Nudes (2001)
  • Sofasexy: Turning a Cheap Sofa into an Object of Desire (2002)
  • Breeding: A Study of Sexual Ambiguity (2004)
  • Rankin / Bailey (2003)
  • Rankin's Portraits (2004)
  • Fashion Stories (2004)
  • Surface Seduction (2005)
  • The Hard Sell (2005)
  • Breast Friends (2006)
  • Tuulitastic (2006)
  • Beautyfull (2007)
  • Visually Hungry (2007)
  • Sold Out (2009)
  • Ranked (2009)
  • Surface Attraction (2009)
  • Rankin's Cheeky (2009)
  • Heidilicious (2009)
  • Destroy (2009)
  • A Photographic Essay of the Macallan Estate (2009)
  • Alex Box (2009)
  • Oxfam - We are Congo (2010)
  • Rankin Jozi (2010)
  • Rankin Portraits (2010)
  • Painting Pretty Pictures (2010)
  • Couture In The 21st Century (2010)
  • Rankin Live Women (2010)
  • Ten Times Rosie (2010)
  • Open Exhibition Catalogue (2011)
  • Myths, Monsters & Legends (2011)
  • Dazed & Confused Making It Up As We Go Along (2011)
  • Ayami Nishimura by Rankin (2012)
  • Rankin Portraits (2012)
  • Spirit of Ecstasy (2012)
  • Caroline Saulnier by Rankin (2012)
  • More by Rankin (2013)
  • Alive: In the Face of Death (2014)
  • F*CK Y*U (2014)
  • Andrew Gallimore (2014)
  • Blood, Sweat & Bond (2015)
  • For Queen and Country (2016)
  • Hunger The Book (2016)
  • #NSFW (2016)
  • Heidi Klum By Rankin (2017)
  • Unfashionable: 30 Years of Fashion Photography (2019)
  • Creative Influence (2019)
  • Marco x Rankin (2019)
  • Let's Reset (2019)
  • Embrace (2020)
  • Rankins 2020 (2020)
  • Play (2020)

Music videos[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Ewing, Sarah (21 May 2017). "Rankin: 'I could retire tomorrow if I wanted, but I'd just get bored'". The Daily Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  2. ^ "DAZED FOUNDER JEFFERSON HACK, A LIFETIME OF BREAKING NEW GROUNDS". 2 February 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  3. ^ https://www.dazeddigital.com/info/article/824/1/dazed-confused
  4. ^ Milligan, Lauren (2 February 2012). "Rankin's Hunger". Vogue. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  5. ^ http://www.hungertv.com/
  6. ^ "Honorary Fellowship". Royal Photographic Society. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  7. ^ https://www.screendaily.com/the-lives-of-the-saints/4028191.article
  8. ^ "RIBA Find an Architect". www.architecture.com. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  9. ^ https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2009/feb/12/rankin-live-preview-photographs
  10. ^ "BBC - Programmes - Page not found". BBC. Archived from the original on 30 April 2010. Cite uses generic title (help)
  11. ^ Dazed (27 February 2017). "New show celebrates Rankin's groundbreaking photography". Dazed. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  12. ^ Crace, John (25 February 2011). "Jamie's Dream School celebrity reports". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  13. ^ "BBC Four - America in Pictures: The Story of Life Magazine". BBC. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  14. ^ BBC Four, Profile of Seven Photographs that Changed Fashion
  15. ^ "News: Kelly's photo shoot". bbc.co.uk. 5 August 2008. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  16. ^ https://www.womensaid.org.uk/what-we-do/blind-eye/
  17. ^ "Women's Aid sends alternative Valentine's message". The Guardian. 14 February 2007. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  18. ^ Frometa, RJ (7 August 2019). "Rankin's Plastic Monster for Surfrider Foundation rampages social media". Vents Magazine. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  19. ^ "Rankin's Latest Campaign Against Plastic Pollution Goes Viral". Look To The Stars. 12 August 2019. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  20. ^ "The Great British Photography Challenge finale was a muted end to a rather aimless competition". inews.co.uk. 14 June 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  21. ^ https://www.hmd.org.uk/take-part-in-holocaust-memorial-day/young-people/light-up-the-darkness/
  22. ^ McGrath, Nick. "Rankin: I was once deep in the red — now my Kate Moss portraits sell for thousands". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  23. ^ Devine, Rachel. "Rankin is Tuuli thankful for his lot". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 28 May 2021.

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