Rankin Launches Exclusive Portraits

AUGUST 2012 - Kate Moss

Rankin, one of the best photographers in the world has released his latest book “Rankin Portraits”. The book is a study of his most famous subjects, Kate Moss, Emma Watson, Cindy Crawford, Heidi Klum as well as Hollywood stars such as Michael Fassbender and Ray Winstone.

Rankin states that "This book is a bit different from previous ones that I have put out, Normally, I self-publish all my books, but in this instance I was approached by Sea Design and the paper merchants, Robert Horne, who together proposed to publish it as a collaboration. There are so many amazing images taken on shoot days and, so often, they never see the light of day. This way I could collate my portraits into one publication that celebrates the iconic people I have been lucky enough to shoot. It feels quite intimate I think."

The book is a celebration of the photographers most impressive portraits.

"I do especially like the cover image of Kate Moss. It was an amazing shoot - I never tire of photographing her, or seeing her in photographs. That's the other thing - there are some people who you can look at in photographs forever without getting bored. That's the power of a great subject and a strong photograph. I would say that there are a lot of portraits in the book that will continue to captivate people for a long time.”