Nick Knight is a vogue fashion portrait photographer he has shot both editorial and advertising projects for people such as Alexander McQueen and YSL. He even has taken part in performing music videos being the director of Lady Gagas singles "born this way".Nick has won many awards including photographer of the year in 2000. Finally he produced a permanent installation for the National Portrait Gallery, his website SHOWstudio has also won a lot of awards.
Nicks work I am including as part of my research as It relates to what I want my final outcome to be, In ways such as the vibrant colors which he uses but also the dramatic style of patterns painted onto the models face. His work is also abstract and very different from a "normal" portrait which is exactly what I want to do. My aim is to build on my first ever project done at college to show how I have developed in my year and make comparisons.
Rankin
I have chosen Rankin to research as I am hoping I can learn more about expression and how to bring out the best in people to capture something really special, something more than just a photograph of a person. I want to be able to capture the subjects personality and hopefully bring that out in the image captured.
John Rankin Waddell was born in Paisley Glasgow in 1966. Rankin went to Brighton Polytechnic to study accountancy but by the age of 21 discovered that photography was his passion. After doing a few college magazines in 1992 Rankin set up Dazed and Confused magazine with Jefferson Hack and by the mid 90s the magazine became really popular covering British Music,Art, Fashion and Film.
Rankin's style of Photography is Portraiture and particularly really intimate portraiture. He is inspired by people and likes to know a lot about the people he photographs, to bring out the mood and emotion. When photographing people he talks a lot to the person to try and capture their personalities rather than just taking their picture.
After setting up the magazine this opened up opportunities to photograph Britain's pop bands including Pulp, Blur, Kylie and Madonna. Rankin then expanded into doing covers for German Vogue, Harper's, Bazaar, Arena and GQ Magazine.
John Rankin Waddell was born in Paisley Glasgow in 1966. Rankin went to Brighton Polytechnic to study accountancy but by the age of 21 discovered that photography was his passion. After doing a few college magazines in 1992 Rankin set up Dazed and Confused magazine with Jefferson Hack and by the mid 90s the magazine became really popular covering British Music,Art, Fashion and Film.
Rankin's style of Photography is Portraiture and particularly really intimate portraiture. He is inspired by people and likes to know a lot about the people he photographs, to bring out the mood and emotion. When photographing people he talks a lot to the person to try and capture their personalities rather than just taking their picture.
After setting up the magazine this opened up opportunities to photograph Britain's pop bands including Pulp, Blur, Kylie and Madonna. Rankin then expanded into doing covers for German Vogue, Harper's, Bazaar, Arena and GQ Magazine.
I like this image of "Sienna Miller" taken through a blind. The composition is based around lines and reflection with a frame being made around the eyes. The main focus is on the eyes which are framed between the blinds. The image is in black and white and I love the way the shadow of the blind reflects over the face. A shallow depth of field has allowed the background to blur out.
I love the expression which has been captured in this image I almost imagine him to be roaring which just shows how Rankin likes to capture more than just a portrait but part of the subjects personality. The expression shows great confidence with a little craziness which is probably what Rankin was hoping to achieve.
This image shows the composition aspect of reflection and the Rule of Thirds. I like the way that each side of the body has been captured in its own reflection the hand on one reflection and the gun on the other. This image has good pattern caused by the shadow on the backdrop and the subjects legs causing a joined up image
This image of Pete Doherty is very low key with a good contrast caused by the black cat and the pale complexion of the subject. I like the way they are both looking downcast with a depressed look. I like this type of image with a black backdrop and low key clothing with only the face lit by light.
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