Identity- Initial Photographs
rankin
John rankin waddell, also known under his working name rankin, is a British portrait and fashion photographer. He was born in 1966 in paisley,in Hertfordshire. in 2002 rankin was awarded and honorary fellowship by the royal photographic society.
In 2010 rankin travelled to south Africa with the bbc to shoot the documentary, south Africa in pictures. the same year Rankin was commissioned by nike and bonos R.E.D in the fight against HIV/AIDS to shoot a global nike campaign , lace up save lives to raise awareness about the disease.
In 2010 rankin travelled to south Africa with the bbc to shoot the documentary, south Africa in pictures. the same year Rankin was commissioned by nike and bonos R.E.D in the fight against HIV/AIDS to shoot a global nike campaign , lace up save lives to raise awareness about the disease.
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Akatre
is a French graphic design studio formed by Valentin Abad, Julien Dhivert and Sebastien Riveron. The trio works in a variety of medias including typography, graphic design, photography and video. Akatre is a great way in my opinion to express yourself in ways that other people might not understand. I enjoy the use of 'props' to hide the person behind it all, it kind of shows someone hiding behind a 'shield' to protect themselves from the ideal body/face and shows a more creative persona instead of a perfect one. The 'props' they use you would not expect like they once used envelopes to cover a face and you wouldn't expect that to look as good as it does.
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Stefan sagmister
Stefan began his design career at the age of 15 at 'alphorn' an Austrian youth magazine, which is named after the traditional alpine musical instrument. Stefan Sagmeister proceeded to form the New York based Sagmeister Inc. in 1993 and has since designed branding, graphics, and packaging for clients as diverse as the rolling stones, HBO, the Guggenheim museum and time warner.His motto is "Design that needed guts from the creator and still carries the ghost of these guts in the final execution."Sagmeister goes on a year-long sabbatical around every seven years, where he does not take work from clients.He has spent many years designing for the music industry. Several years ago he decided to dedicate 25% of his work to the art world, things like books and publications for galleries, another 25% to the scientific community, 25% to social causes, and the remaining quarter has stayed dedicated to the music industry.
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Gillian wearing
Gillian Wearing OBE RA is an English conceptual artist, one of the YBAs, and winner of the annual British fine arts award, The Turner Prize, in 1997. On 11 December 2007, Wearing was elected as lifetime member of the Royal Academy of Arts in London.
In the early 1980s, Wearing started putting together photography exhibitions that were based around the idea of photographing anonymous strangers in the street who she had asked to hold up a piece of paper with a message on it. Of these "confessional" pieces, Wearing stated.
I decided that I wanted people to feel protected when they talked about certain things in their life that they wouldn’t want the public that knows them to know. I can understand that sort of holding on to things—it’s kind of part of British society to hold things in. I always think of Britain as being a place where you’re meant to keep your secrets—you should never tell your neighbors or tell anyone. Things are changing now, because the culture’s changed and the Internet has brought people out. We have Facebook and Twitter where people tell you small details of their life.
In 1997, Wearing won the Turner Prize and exhibited videos such as 60 minutes silence which is a video of 26 uniformed police officers, but at first appears to be a photograph. Wearing said, "The piece is about authority, restraint, and control." She also exhibited Sacha and Mum showing emotions between a mother and daughter. Wearing described the piece as, "Things can not be finalized—- as far as emotions are concerned. They’re always in turmoil and can go to two polar opposites." Cornelia Parker, Christine Borland and Angela Bulloch were the other shortlisted artists.
In the early 1980s, Wearing started putting together photography exhibitions that were based around the idea of photographing anonymous strangers in the street who she had asked to hold up a piece of paper with a message on it. Of these "confessional" pieces, Wearing stated.
I decided that I wanted people to feel protected when they talked about certain things in their life that they wouldn’t want the public that knows them to know. I can understand that sort of holding on to things—it’s kind of part of British society to hold things in. I always think of Britain as being a place where you’re meant to keep your secrets—you should never tell your neighbors or tell anyone. Things are changing now, because the culture’s changed and the Internet has brought people out. We have Facebook and Twitter where people tell you small details of their life.
In 1997, Wearing won the Turner Prize and exhibited videos such as 60 minutes silence which is a video of 26 uniformed police officers, but at first appears to be a photograph. Wearing said, "The piece is about authority, restraint, and control." She also exhibited Sacha and Mum showing emotions between a mother and daughter. Wearing described the piece as, "Things can not be finalized—- as far as emotions are concerned. They’re always in turmoil and can go to two polar opposites." Cornelia Parker, Christine Borland and Angela Bulloch were the other shortlisted artists.