Rankin Professions : Photographer Born : 1966 Browse All Authors Top 15 quotes by Rankin I think if you don't love people and aren't fascinated by them, you'll never succeed as a portrait photographer, because your pictures will look cold. Rankin portraits people thinking If you surround yourself with talented people and you give them the freedom to achieve, then the work will never fail. Rankin failing giving people It's important to be honest enough about your work, and the areas in which you can improve. I'm still learning every day and I'm still Hungry to create more and better work, hence the name. Rankin honest important names You have to believe in what you're doing otherwise what's the point? Rankin believe There's a time when people say your work is revolutionary, but you have to keep being revolutionary. I can't keep shooting pop stars all my life. You have to keep changing, keep pushing yourself, looking for the new, the unusual. Rankin stars photography people At the end of the day, photography is ninety-nine percent business, connections, and politics and one percent creativity. Rankin ninety-nine creativity photography I remember driving around with my parents when I was little and looking out of the window and being very aware that it was the shape of a film screen when you went to the cinema. This was how I first saw the world, framed through a car window. Rankin car cinema parent At the end of the day, it's only a photograph and if someone is going to get really upset about a photograph, then they have a lot of issues. I just roll with it and see what happens. Rankin upset issues the-end-of-the-day Photography to me is an addiction. I get jittery after a couple of days without a camera. Everyone who knows me says I'm happiest when I'm shooting. Rankin addiction couple photography My dad would often take me to the cinema and I found myself really seduced by the imagery, I think this had a massive impact on how I viewed the world. Rankin impact dad thinking When you look at pornography, the women become objects, whereas what I'm trying to do is make the person in the photograph as important as their body. And obviously, I like tits and arse, because I just do. I like the sex of taking photographs. Rankin important trying sex I always used to say to my ex-girlfriends that I could never take a good photograph of them, because there was too much of an intimacy between us, but actually the real thing is, if there's a proper intimacy between you... I find it really compelling and exciting - it's quite good foreplay. Rankin girlfriend too-much real When I worked on an erotic shoot... I shot digitally. It helped the models get into it because they could come over and see what was happening. It was the closest to being sexual, because it was a participatory experience. Rankin erotic shots models My Dad taught me that the English upper class are sent to school to be taught to be confident, whereas in Glasgow you're born confident. I've always thought that pretty much summed me up. Born confident. Rankin dad class school I think the relationship between print and film is symbiotic, it's more about evolving and complimenting your existing content. The two are very much interconnected. Rankin film two thinking Similar Authors Inge Morath photographer Bert Stern photographer Brent Stirton photographer Bunny Yeager photographer Burt Glinn photographer Bruno Barbey photographer All Authors
