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RANKIN

Rankin Photography

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Visually Hungry

Arts & Photography

IAN RANKIN

Photography & Video

In an industry with many imitators and few originators, visionary makeup artist, Alex Box, and prolific photographer Rankin have collaborated to produce a truly unique oeuvre. Alex Box draws together 40 colour portraits in which two artists at the pinnacle of their professions. Alex Box is Creative Director for makeup brand, Illamasqua. As such, she has worked with some of the most experimental and avant garde designers, photographers, and hair stylists in the fashion industry. She is nothing less than a master of colour, detail and form; never viewing her model's face as a limitation but rather as a canvas with no boundary. In Alex Box, she weaves the most surreal and outlandish of creative concepts into and around the features of her muses, morphing them into divine otherworldly creatures. Alex Box's touch is alternately garish and lurid, then deliberate and considered; a splurge of rainbow colour, then soberly monochrome; sweeping and brazen, then calculated and graphic. Further working over the images once printed - using pen and ink, crayon, collage, oil paint - each becomes an individual work of art, standing alone in its own right. Rankin's 22- year career is evident in his sensitive lighting and composition, which confidently compliments and captures the essence of each idea, never shouting over the mood of the image, but instead gently realising the portrait in all its subtleties and complexities. The result is a collection of hauntingly beautiful and visually stunning images - art and artistry in its highest form

Alex Box

Individual Artists

Rankinjozi

This coffee-table photography book will not only be a bible in the library of any photography enthusiast but will also fascinate anyone with an interest in celebrity. Over a career spanning more than two decades, Rankin has photographed some of the world's most famous faces. From the Queen, to supermodels Cindy Crawford and Heidi Klum, from actress Kiera Knightley to music legends U2, Kylie, Madonna, from comic genius Ricky Gervais to acting royalty Angelica Houston and Robert Downey Junior...'Portraits' brings together some of Rankin's most recognisable and iconic images as well as a collection of previously unseen shots. 'Portraits' is the photo album of a generation.

Portraits

A book for photography and fine art lovers alike. A stunning compilation of nudes in which photographer, Rankin, blurs the line between photography and painting. Inspired by Gerhard Richter amongst other influences, Rankin photographed the worlds top models naked against sumptuous materials. He then pushes the boundaries of modern retouching and shows what artistic effect it can have by turning his photographs into apparent oil paintings. A departure from his usual style, this book may surprise those familiar with Rankin's work, as the photographer breaks into an area previously unexplored by him or indeed many others. 'Painting Pretty Pictures' flies in the face of the media debate over photographic retouching, and shows the positive effect it can have

Painting Pretty Pictures

This fashion-related art book sees photographer Rankin shoot top British model, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, celebrating 10 seasons of edgy clothing-label Thomas Wylde. After casting Rosie for the 2010 Spring/Summer campaign, Rankin and Thomas Wylde CEO Paula Thomas realised that they had found the perfect collaborative triumvirate. Only 22 years old, Rosie already boasts an impressive portfolio of work, she appeared on runways for Autumn/Winter 2010 and has shot high-profile campaigns for Burberry, DKNY and Ralph Lauren with some of the best photographers in the business. She epitomises the spirit of Thomas Wylde; supersexy and empowered. Her innate urbanity makes her the perfect muse for the brand, designs of which have found their way into the closet's of the world's urban cool. 'Rosie x 10' is her first collaboration on a large scalewith one photographer and the first major publication devoted solely to her. It promises to be the book to catapult her into the next phase of a stellar career - and gain even wider recognition as the supermodel of the era.

Ten Times Rosie

In this stunning coffee table book, model Tuuli Shipster takes creative control, assuming the double role of both subject and art director in a unique collaboration with husband, photographer Rankin. Tuuli has graced the pages of publications such as Esquire, GQ, Vogue, Vs Magazine, Dazed & Confused and Sunday Times Style. She counts amongst her advertising clients; Baileys, Jitrois, PKZ, Elle McPherson's Intimates and Swatch. In this book, she actively contributes to the representation of her own image as she challenges the usual relationship between model and photographer - a scenario where so often a model is objectified and becomes a helpless participant rather than a collaborator. This is the followup book to Rankin and Tuuli's first collaboration, 2007's 'Tuulitastic' - a publication that affirmed the pair's creative synergy. Now, three years on, this striking collection of beauty and fashion imagery, shot both in the studio and on locations around the world, transforms the husband-and-wife team's shared creative vision.

Forever

Tuuli

Limited boxed edition of glossy fashion book Ten Times Rosie; includes archival print, gloves and signed certificate confirming authenticity in presentation box This fashion-related art book sees photographer Rankin shoot top British model, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, celebrating 10 seasons of edgy clothing-label Thomas Wylde. After casting Rosie for the 2010 Spring/Summer campaign, Rankin and Thomas Wylde CEO Paula Thomas realised that they had found the perfect collaborative triumvirate. Only 22 years old, Rosie already boasts an impressive portfolio of work, she appeared on runways for Autumn/Winter 2010 and has shot high-profile campaigns for Burberry, DKNY and Ralph Lauren with some of the best photographers in the business. She epitomises the spirit of Thomas Wylde; supersexy and empowered. Her innate urbanity makes her the perfect muse for the brand, designs of which have found their way into the closet's of the world's urban cool. 'Rosie x 10' is her first collaboration on a large scalewith one photographer and the first major publication devoted solely to her. It promises to be the book to catapult her into the next phase of a stellar career -- and gain even wider recognition as the supermodel of the era. Includes a DVD of behind the scenes footage and interviews.

Ten Time Rosie Boxed Edition

In May 2011, Rankin visited the East and West Coasts of the USA with his biggest stateside exhibition to date - Open Rankin. The show is the culmination of 20 years of work; combining fashion portraiture, beauty, erotica, and the new medium of fashion films. As well as accompanying the exhibition, this beautiful hardback offers a comprehensive overview of Rankin's career

Open Rankin: New York Exhibition Version

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