Rankin

John Rankin Waddell was born in 1966 and is a fashion photographer who specifies in portrait photography, he is one of the biggest photographers in Britain and is very well known for taking photos of famous stars and for doing the front page photographs for magazines. He is very well known for black and white photography and the purpose In many of his photos is to attempt to use famous celebrities who may have a bad image or a fake image and make them look natural. Examples of this would be Kate Moss and Lindsay Lohan.

Image analysisThis photo would have been taken in a studio with artificial lighting and a model which would have been specifically chosen for the photograph. He would have taken hundreds of photos to get the picture he wanted and dressed the model up to how he wanted. The camera would have had a small aperture and a fast shutter speed to capture the model in movement clearly.

Interpretation of meaningIn this photo meaning is produced primarily from the colours in the picture, the vary simplistic and subtle colours could show that Kate Moss is beautiful on the inside as this is what would get ignored usually because her career relies on her physical appearance and not her personality.

Image analysisLike all the previous photos this photo would have been taken in a studio with artificial lighting and a plane white background. Milla Jovovich would have been specifically chosen as the model for this photo. A small aperture and fast shutter speed would have been used to get clear and sharp photos without any motion blur as the model would have been moving about as Rankin took lots of photos.

Interpretation of meaningMilla Jovovich is portrayed as elegant and beautiful through the black and white colour and position she is in. The black and white colour along with the high amount of contrast makes the model look like she has ‘perfect’ skin in the way she has no blemishes or imperfections.The use of the hand running down her neck shows her elegance and possibly how protective she is over her body. The fact that she also seems to have no cloths on emphasis the purity of Milla.

Image analysisThis photo is taken in a studio with artificial lighting and white background. Florence Welch was used as the model as this was put into a magazine with an article about her. Once again small aperture and fast shutter speed would have been used to get a clear sharp image of Florence, you can see this as the photo seems to have captured her hair in a movement but there is no motion blur.

Interpretation of meaningThe meaning that could be produced in this photo could be about how Florence’s occupation is protected by her image. Lots of people know her by the colour of her hair and in this photo you can see that her hair covers a lot of her face and takes up most of the photo which could produce the meaning that her hair is what has helped her become so successful. She is well known for emotional and sometimes serious during her performances when singing live, yet in this photo she is smiling which suggests that he possibly has a more playful side.