Tuulitastic


Book Description

Tuulitastic sees Rankin taking a step back from his intensive schedule to reflect and collect together his many different images of his favourite model, Tuuli. Featuring a combination of commissioned fashion, advertising and editorial, the book also includes intimate moments of the artist alone with his muse. Photographed over a three year period, Tuulitastic is an example of how one woman's individuality can inspire and provoke where so many others have simply come and gone.




Visually Hungry


Book Description

This unique book draws together two decades' worth of work by the ubiquitous British photographer Rankin. Acting as a retrospective, Visually Hungry documents the iconic creative genius throughout an extraordinary career in which he has shot many of the world's leading personalities, models and celebrities. This collection spans Rankin's extensive back catalogue, including seminal work from his early career, right through to his era-defining portraiture, genre-challenging fashion and his impossibly erotic nudes. It is - in short - a selection of Rankin's favourites.




The Impossible Dead


Book Description

Malcolm Fox returns in the stunning second novel in Ian Rankin's series... 'Criminally good' WOMAN & HOME From the No.1 bestselling author of A SONG FOR THE DARK TIMES. 'Excitingly gripping storytelling' THE TIMES Malcolm Fox and his team are back, investigating whether fellow cops covered up for Detective Paul Carter. Carter has been found guilty of misconduct, but what should be a simple job is soon complicated by a brutal murder and a weapon that should not even exist. A trail of revelations leads Fox back to 1985, a year of desperate unrest when letter-bombs and poisonous spores were sent to government offices, and kidnappings and murders were plotted. But while the body count rises the clock starts ticking, and a dramatic turn of events sees Fox in mortal danger.




Saints of the Shadow Bible


Book Description

Old crimes don't stay buried... From the No.1 bestselling author of A SONG FOR THE DARK TIMES 'Ian Rankin is a genius' Lee Child 'A first-rate thriller but also a forensic examination of contemporary Scottish society' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY Rebus is back on the force, albeit with a demotion and a chip on his shoulder. A 30-year-old case is being reopened, and Rebus's team from back then is suspected of foul play. With Malcolm Fox as the investigating officer, are the past and present about to collide in a shocking and murderous fashion? And does Rebus have anything to hide? His old colleagues called themselves 'the Saints', and swore a bond on something called 'the Shadow Bible'. But times have changed and the crimes of the past may not stay hidden much longer, especially with a referendum on Scottish independence just around the corner. Who are the saints and who are the sinners? And can the one ever become the other? **** Ian Rankin's SAINTS OF THE SHADOW BIBLE was a #1 Sunday Times bestseller w/c 8th September 2014







The Photographer's Eye Digitally Remastered 10th Anniversary Edition


Book Description

Design is the single most important factor in creating a successful photograph. The ability to see the potential for a strong picture, then to organise the graphic elements into an effective, compelling composition has always been one of the critical skills in making photographs. Since its first publication in 2007, The Photographer's Eye has established itself as the essential work on this subject, and a key book for modern photographers, with hundreds of thousands of copies sold. It explores all the traditional approaches to composition and design and, crucially, also covers digital possibilities like stitching and HDR. In keeping with the book's purpose "to expand the possibilities of the medium without compromising the photographer's vision" this edition has been completely remastered to celebrate its tenth anniversary. All-new digital reproduction, not available when the book first came out, gives the author's photography a fresh new look, while retaining the know-how that has given a generation of photographers new purpose.




Male Nudes


Book Description

Rankin Male Nudes draws its subjects from an anonymous ad for models placed in the classifieds column of London's Time Out magazine. The subjects were then chosen for their ideas about how they wanted to be portrayed rather than how they looked, making this book a true collaboration between photographer and subject. These men are literally revealing themselves, and the results are funny, sexy, tender, theatrical, and audacious. While naked women appear in advertisements, films, and newspapers with almost relentless frequency, men do not. Rankin Male Nudes asks why this is, aiming to raise the profile of the male form in the mainstream, and explore the attitudes that inform its presentation and reception.




Sofasosexy


Book Description

On a decidedly un-glamourous set, consisting of a battered old sofa, Rankin captures an honest and humourous study of sexual intimacy. Discarding their inhibitions, along with their underwear, some of the sexiest models and glamour girls on the planet willingly meld lips, lashes and cleavage in this personal foray against the unreal world of celebrity.




Beautyfull


Book Description

The most photographed women in the world are collected here in a powerfully sumptuous display of beauty. From a cobra-covered Eva Hervigoza to sparkling Gisele and flame-haired Vivienne Westwood, Rankin showcases images that encapsulate grace, colour, enigma and depth. Collected from international beauty, fashion, portrait and car advertising campaigns, Rankin's work is a heady mixture of highly finished makeup, styling, lighting and composition. Pefectionist, epic - but with the natural beauty of the sitter always shining through, regardless of age or fame.




Ten Times Rosie


Book Description

Photographer Rankin and Paula Thomas of edgy clothing label Thomas Wylde knew they had found their perfect triumvirate in Rosie Huntington-Whitely, the hottest new supermodel who is being lauded as the new Kate Moss. Having already worked for Burberry, DKNY and Ralph Lauren, she epitomises the supersexy and empowered spirit of Thomas Wylde. Her innate urbanity makes her their perfect muse and Rankin's large-scale photographic publication devoted to her is set to catapult her into the next phase of her already stellar career as the supermodel of the era.