Rankin Live! will be at The Big Chill 2009.
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We are already practicing our poses in the mirror as Rankin - one of the world’s most celebrated photographers, plans to join us as part of his most ambitious project to date – Rankin Live! This major project will feature portraits of a thousand regular guys and gals from around the country and Rankin will be will be coming to The Big Chill Eastnor to set up a mini-studio and photograph our very own chillers. These portraits will then form part of the main project - the summer’s unmissable and biggest ever Rankin retrospective exhibition at The Truman Brewery opposite The Big Chill Bar this August/September.

Rankin says: “I can’t think of a better festival to capture a sense of festival goers style and individuality - The Big Chill has the perfect atmosphere to capture some great images and embodies the same ethos of celebration and fun as the Rankin Live project We’re really looking forward to joining everyone at Eastnor this August.”

Rankin - Biography

Photographer, publisher, and most recently film director, Rankin established his reputation when he launched Dazed & Confused with his business partner Jefferson Hack in 1991.

From his iconic shot of Kylie lying naked and prostrate, to the Queen smiling enigmatically, Rankin’s iconic, intimate portraiture style, and his mischievous eye have gained him a reputation as one of the world’s leading photographers.

Rising to every challenge, Rankin has never shied from portraying difficult subject matters, addressing issues from domestic violence to body image in both his personal work as well as charity and commercial projects. He made headlines again with his campaign for Dove showing women who differed from the usual stick-thin advertising stereotype. He has also shot prominent charity campaigns for Amnesty International, Everyman, Special Olympics, Oxfam, Teenage Cancer Trust, Refuge, The Teaching Awards, Women’s Aid, Women’s Vote, Breast Cancer Awareness and Youth Music.

In December 2006 he published the book ‘TuuliTastic’ - A Photographic Love Letter’, featuring an exclusive combination of commissioned fashion, advertising and editorial images of Tuuli, Rankin’s favourite model and muse. Then in January 2007 Rankin published ‘Beautyfull’, a book that brought together the most photographed women in the world in a powerful display of beauty.

Both the books were accompanied by intimate exhibitions in London as part of ‘The Series’, a six-month programme of exhibitions that ran from November 2006 to summer 2007.

Rankin also published a retrospective book in 2007 called ‘Visually Hungry’. The book documents his extraordinary career, drawing together over 400 images from two decades of work. A selection has been exhibited at the International Photo-festival Knokke-Heist in Belgium.

In September 2007, Rankin held his debut American solo show in Los Angeles at the Fahey/Klein gallery, entitled ‘Eye Candy’. Of the show, that featured a selection of his favourite female nude images, Rankin said simply, “There’s no point in dressing it up, I love women and I love taking photos, it’s more like a fantastic hobby than a job.”

Rankin lives in London and has a twelve-year-old son, Lyle.

www.rankin.co.uk

Rankin Live! will be at The Big Chill 2009.
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