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In the first of its kind, Rankin’s first solo exhibition in Milan since his 2016 Fashion Week project, Outside in, Rankin: From Portraiture To Fashion, allows the iconic photographic to experiment with one of his most complex gallery productions to date.

Showcasing Rankin’s picks of his favourite images – including those of his best known subjects and more conceptual. Rankin: From Portraiture to Fashion was an archival tour through Rankin’s best known work, introducing this industry leading photographer to a new generation of photography collectors.

The exhibition took place across four months, rotating work and constantly evolving in time with Milan’s Cultural calendar; celebrating, amongst others, Vogue Photo Festival (November), Fashion Film Festival (November) and Women’s Fashion Week (February). Allowing the photographer to explore not only his own work but the cultural appetites and changing moods of a leading European city. 

“I’m not one to shy away from a challenge, so this is a great opportunity for me to showcase some of my best work, have some exciting events and really become part of the cultural fabric of a city.” – Rankin, 2019

Phase Two – Art was the second instalment of the exhibition. Inspired by the often intertwined themes of death and sensuality in his work; phase two explored Rankin’s editorial pieces to produce a multi-layered discussion on light and darkness, hard and soft, life and death. Including images from collaborations with world-renowned make-up artists Andrew Gallimore and Marco Antonio, the pieces provided an intimate look at the dark side of desire from across Rankin’s career.

Phase Three – Fashion was the final chapter in the project Rankin: From Portraiture to Fashion. Rankin has often defined his place within the industry as one of being on the outside looking in. Perpetually willing to try new things and critique injustices within fashion; his work has revealed itself to be a prescient look at where fashion is going before concepts and styles enter the mainstream.

An extension on Rankin’s publication Unfashionable, Rizzoli, 2018, this final part of his Milan exhibition, spans the entirety of Rankin’s career. From his first shoot on the street of London, to iconic images of Supermodels taken in the 1990s for Dazed & Confused, and bold fashion and beauty images from his magazine HUNGER.

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