Rankin
Castaway
Laura Whitmore + Mags Creative
4.6 • 618 Ratings
🗓️ 14 November 2019
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Today's interview is recorded in the London studio of British photographer and film director Rankin, in amongst a busy shoot day. He has photographed everyone from David Bowie to Kate Moss and THE Queen (yes, the actual Queen). He created the publications Dazed and Confused and Hunger as well as Rankin Film. In this episode, Rankin shares how his podcast selection is driven by his love of gripping, real life stories and his fascination with the darker side of humanity. Think Serial, Slow Burn and The Last Days of August. He also talks about the dark side of social media, how it will effect the new generation of photographers and why he doesn’t have to deal with rush hour traffic!
Podcasts referenced in the conversation include:
The Last Days of August
Under The Skin with Russell Brand
Serial
David Tennant Does A Podcast
Slow Burn
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| 0:00.0 | And it wasn't really kind of the subject matter that was interested me. |
| 0:05.0 | It was the rabbit hole of the subject that really interested me. |
| 0:10.0 | I think it's the same with a lot of the ones I read. |
| 0:13.0 | I love the intrigue of real life and how that can go from here to there to that to wow, how the hell that happened. |
| 0:22.9 | That fascinates me. |
| 0:25.8 | Hello and welcome to the podcast Castaway. |
| 0:30.0 | A podcast about podcasts. |
| 0:33.2 | Across between a goggle box and desert island discs of podcasts. |
| 0:37.2 | I'm Laura Whitmore, broadcaster, |
| 0:39.0 | performer, chancer and podcast lover. I've been on a mission to get my next fix of podcast |
| 0:44.8 | recommendations. Every week I'll be talking about all things podcasts but people who love podcasts, |
| 0:50.8 | many of whom have podcasts themselves. Many times can I say podcasts in one sentence? Recruit a few more. So whether you're looking for podcasts, many of whom have podcasts themselves. Many times can I say podcast in one sentence? |
| 0:55.7 | Wrecking a few more. |
| 0:57.0 | So whether you're looking for podcasts about mental health or comedy, love, crime, |
| 1:02.5 | or your next fictional series to binge listen to, my guests have got you covered. |
| 1:07.5 | You may also be surprised by what some folk are listening to, and from that a springboard into some really interesting discussions. |
| 1:16.3 | Welcome to Castaway. |
| 1:23.6 | Hello. So, this week is a little bit of a change on Castaway. This is the first person on the podcast who doesn't actually have their own podcast, though by the end of our chat, I think he probably will bring one out. Three decades of trailblazing photography under his belt, Rankin loves storytelling. I mean, he is a storyteller. |
| 1:46.7 | He has photographed everyone, all the greats from David Bowie to Kate Moss and the queen, |
| 1:53.5 | like the actual queen. He's the founder of Dazed and Confused with Jefferson Hack. He has |
| 1:59.5 | shot for GQ for Vogue. He started |
| 2:02.0 | Hunger Magazine and launched Rankin film. This guy is iconic. I remember years ago, the first |
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