Rankin (photographer)

John Rankin Waddell, known as Rankin,[1](born 1966)[2] is a British photographer and director.[3] He has photographed fashion models, notably Kate Moss,[4] and personalities including Madonna, David Bowie and the Queen.[5][6]

Rankin
Rankin in 2021
Born
John Rankin Waddell

Glasgow, Scotland
Alma materUniversity of the Arts London
OccupationPhotographer
Spouse(s)
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    (m. 1995; div. 1998)​
      Tuuli Shipster
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      (m. 2009)​
      Children1
      Websiterankinphoto.co.uk

      Early life and education

      Rankin was born in Glasgow,[7] where he was brought up until his family moved to Yorkshire in 1976.[8] There he attended Thirsk School and Sixth Form College before moving to St Albans and attending the Beaumont School.[9]

      He worked as a hospital porter when he was 20.[10] He studied accounting at Brighton Polytechnic,[11][12] until he realised his interests lay elsewhere and dropped out, taking up photography on a BTech photography course at Barnfield College in Luton, and then on a BA course at the London College of Printing (now the London College of Communication), although he did not graduate from either course.[13][14]

      Career

      In 1991 Rankin and fellow LCP student Jefferson Hack launched the magazine Dazed & Confused after their experience of having started a College of London student union magazine named Untitled.[15][16][17]

      In December 2000 Rankin launched his own quarterly fashion magazine, Rank. He also publishes AnOther Magazine, AnOther Man and in 2011 founded Hunger, a biannual fashion, culture and lifestyle magazine[18] and the associated Hunger TV website; a video-based digital platform.[19]

      Annroy studio

      He was involved with the television reality show Britain's Missing Top Model in 2008[20].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 magazine.

      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 penthouse space.[21]

      For seven weeks in 2009 with his Rankin Live project he photographed people straight off the street, completing one shoot every 15 minutes, with the portraits printed and hung within 30 minutes. He photographed over 1,000 people for the project, with each subject getting a print of their portrait to take away.[22][23]

      He has directed music videos, documentaries, a feature film,[24][25] short films and commercials with a number of notable collaborators.[12]

      In 2010 Rankin travelled to South Africa with the BBC to shoot the documentary South Africa in Pictures.[26] 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,[27] to raise awareness about the disease.[28]

      In 2011 he served as the photography teacher in the Channel 4 series Jamie's Dream School featuring Jamie Oliver.[29] He also presented the BBC Four documentary America in Pictures – The Story of Life Magazine.[30]

      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 a number 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.[31]

      He is a regular collaborator as a photographer and guest judge on the television show Germany's Next Topmodel.[32]

      Rankin has donated his services to publicity campaigns for the charity Women's Aid, providing photographs for its Blind Eye,[33] What's It Going To Take? and Valentine's Day[34] campaigns.

      In 2019 he designed a digital e-card in collaboration with Phil Ropy for Surfrider Foundation Europe.[35] The card features the environmental non-profit organization which has been fighting to protect and preserve the ocean since 1990. He created a Plastic Monster[36] made of plastic waste for the card, as a metaphor for plastic pollution. The cards' proceeds were redistributed to the organization.[37]

      In 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic Rankin created a series of portraits of key health workers to highlight the essential services provided by the NHS while celebrating the individual subjects for their contribution to society.[10][38]

      In 2021 he hosted the Great British Photography Challenge on BBC4[39] and worked with Holocaust Memorial Day Trust as a celebrity judge for their Light Up The Darkness competition.[40]

      Personal life

      Rankin was married to the actress Kate Hardie, [41] from 1995 to 1998. Since 2009, he has been married to model and yoga teacher Tuuli Shipster.[42]

      He is a supporter of Battersea Dogs Home where his wife volunteers, and has donated his services to the charity with a series of photographs.[43][44]

      Awards
      • Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society (2002)[45]
      • Co-awardee for Best Advertising and Best Editing – London Fashion Film Festival (2015)[46]
      • Lifetime Achievement Award - Mercedes-Benz Bokeh Fashion Film Festival (2016)[47][48]
      • British Photography Awards Fellowship (2019)[49]

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      41. "The Interview: I learnt a lot from mum and dad's break-up; Actress Kate Hardie's Early Years As the Daughter of Tv Star Bill Oddie Taught Her Some Valuable Lessons, As Ivan Waterman Found Out. - Free Online Library". www.thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
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