Rankin (photographer)

Rankin
Rankin in 2021
Born
John Rankin Waddell

Glasgow, Scotland
Education
Alma materLondon College of Printing[3]
Occupations
  • Photographer
  • Director
  • Publisher
Spouses
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(m. 1995; div. 1998)​
Tuuli Shipster
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(m. 2009)​
Children1[4][5]
Websiterankinphoto.co.uk Edit this at Wikidata

John Rankin Waddell (born 1966), known as Rankin, is a British photographer and director who has photographed, amongst other subjects, Björk, Kate Moss, Madonna, David Bowie and Queen Elizabeth II.[6][7][8][9][10][11]

The London Evening Standard described Rankin's fashion and portrait photography style as "high-gloss, highly sexed and hyper-perfect".[12]

He has directed music videos, documentaries, a feature film, short films and commercials.[13][14][15][16]

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  7. ^ "Queen Elizabeth II - National Portrait Gallery". National Portrait Gallery. Archived from the original on 3 March 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  8. ^ "Unfashionably fashionable: the best of Rankin – in pictures". The Guardian. 29 October 2018. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 21 February 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
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  11. ^ Young, Richard (13 February 2017). "Rankin: photographer of the famous". Great British Life. Archived from the original on 21 February 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  12. ^ Eyre, Hermione (8 July 2010). "Tuuli, madly, deeply: Tuuli Shipster is truly shipshape". Evening Standard. Archived from the original on 31 May 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  13. ^ Bradshaw, Peter (26 January 2007). "The Lives of the Saints". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 17 March 2022. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
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  16. ^ "Rita Ora Facemelt". HUNGER TV. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2022.