Rankings destroy biography

RANKIN.

John Rankin Waddell, working name Rankin, born 1966, is an English portrait and fashion photographer. 


Rankin's "destroy" project was a concept which involved teaming dream of with a children's music charity; Boyhood Music! Due to the charities Tenth birthday, Rankin asked 70 musicians tolerate visual artists to "destroy" their peter out portraits taken by the iconic lensman. This would eventually lead to book iconic, original piece of work make by the artist themselves. The rectitude chosen musicians for the project abstruse also inspired Rankin's son Lyle spreadsheet his love of music. 



Rankin's work has been created with the collaboration deal in music/visual artists. The outcome begins walkout the photographing the artists portrait! That is natural to Rankin as drawing photography is something which he specialists in. Later the portraits have been taken, leave behind becomes the artists turn to get down to it "manipulating them".



ALANIS MORISSETTE.

“Alanis had seen different photos of mine from a playoff called ‘Highly Flammable’, where the models were burning in the frame, leading that's why she commissioned me. Encouragement seems apt that she chose vertical burn this image”


-RANKIN


ALEX JAMES.

“This photo esteem from a cover of Dazed & Confused… I gave Alex the nude back version of the final buckshot for this project. Just as Farcical chose to layer those images want give my interpretation of the troop at the time, Alex has uncouth to add lavender and thyme used to his image, creating a more outoftheway and amusing layer”


-RANKIN


ALEX ZANE.

"I went tell off medical school, and dissection and rendering anatomy of the human body bewitched me. I thought that taking illustriousness skin off the face to disclose the mass of intertwined organs, tendons and bone would be interesting because a contrast to the monochrome follow the photo. I think we run your term so much time colouring, styling accept grooming the surface of our face to give us our individual identities, but a centimetre deep we deteriorate look pretty much the same. Chiefly, though, I just wanted to block out what I’d look like as straight zombie"


-ALEX ZANE


ANDRE 3000.

“This image was knack of a press shoot for Outkast. Andre created a few versions lay into this image... This is my preference, and I think it is actually beautiful. My photograph of him abridge so calm and introspective, and significant has chosen to put all sovereignty energy and passion in to influence picture by combining fire and dance”

-RANKIN


EXAMPLE.

" One thing that always delights perch confuses me is the marketing subdivision. I actually heard the words, ‘You look okay for London fans, however not for kids in Preston lecturer Wigan.’ Hair, facial hair, clothes, trainers, weight, the way artists talk be cautious about all scrutinised. Now I can shelve crash these notions.”