RANKIN Critical Study.

JOHN RANKIN WADDELL

World-renowned photography Rankin has shot everyone from refugees to royalty. His work is a merge of his own personal interests and commercial campaigns, his images being powerful and part of contemporary iconography, displayed in galleries around the globe.

Rankin co-founded the controversial fashion magazine Dazed & Confused alongside Jefferson Hack. The magazine became one of the most iconic and important magazines of the 90's, nurturing designbers and the careers of creative photographers, much like Rankin himself.
Rankins creative portrature and spirit easrned him a reputation and a formiddable force in photography, shooting prestegious Pop icons such as Madonna and Kylie. Rankin's career spread onto the pages of German Vogue, Harpers Bazaar and GQ magazine.
Having a huge archive body of work, Rankin has shot the most influential of people including musicians, models, politicians, sportsmen and even the Queen of England as well as his hard-hitting campaigns for charities such as Oxfam and Women's aid, which are a few of many.
Rankin's work has been published in numerous texts and books, including a retrospective of his work, 'Visually Hungry', a collection of his most recognisable portraits Celebritation.
In addition to his career in photography, Rankin's talent has expanded and led him to co-direct music videos, commercials and feature films.

I am inspired by Rankin's controversial and innovative ways to develop photography and push the bounderies for other photographers. I definetly want to consider Rankin's work when creating my own magazine, I feel that his art-driven shoots are extremely effective and eyecatching. This is a quality that I find to be very useful on a magazine cover, much like this Dazed&Confused covershoot by Rankin of Beth Ditto for 'Dazed & Confused'.

Markus Klinko Critical Study.

MARKUS KLINKO

Born in Switzerland, French-Hungarian Markus Klinko was the son of a French Horn player. Aged 3, he began to learn to play the piano, later studying harp in Paris at the National Conservatory during his teen years.
Markus' career as a harp soloist took him to worldwide fame, resulting in him becoming the first harpist with a major recording label contract, releasing award-winning albums and performing around the globe. After recieving the “Grand Prix du Disque” in 1994, Markus decided to persue his passion for a career in photography.
He met Indrani not long after, a creative collaboration was born.
The work of Markus and Indrani was discovered by the world renowned fashion incpoiration, Isabella Blow - discovering the likes of Alexander Mcqueen. Isabella gave then their first magazine cover as well as David Bowie and Iman who commissioned their first album art and book cover.
Together, they have created globally recognised album covered such as Beyonce's debut album 'Dangerously in Love'. Shortly after several album covers, numerous editorials and prestegous ad campaigns followed, clients including Eva Mendes, Anne Hathaway, Will Smith, Lady Gaga, Keanu Reeves, Jay-Z, and Kanye West. Advertising clients including Anna Sui, L’Oreal Paris, Pepsi, and Nike.
Their work has been seen in world renowned publications such Rolling Stone, Interview, V Magazine, Vanity Fair and Vogue.