Rankin, the UK's leading fashion photographer, reveals the rich history of Hollywood photography and how its most influential and enduring images were created. From Hollywood's golden age, epitomised by gorgeous images of screen goddesses Greta Garbo and Marlene Dietrich to brooding shots of Marlon Brando; from the unparalleled allure of pictures of Marilyn Monroe to iconic black and white stills of Charlie Chaplin, Rankin immerses himself in the art of the Hollywood portrait and explores the vital role it has played in both the movie business and our continuing love affair with 
movie stars.
movie stars.To understand how the image makers of Hollywood created these iconic photographs, Rankin recruits a cast of leading Hollywood actors to help him recreate some of the most important - including Leslie Mann (Knocked Up, 40 Year Old Virgin); Selma Blair (Legally Blonde, Cruel Intentions), British actor Matthew Rhys (Brothers & Sisters, Dylan Thomas's biopic The Edge of Love); actor extraordinaire Michael Sheen (The Damned United, Frost/Nixon), and living Hollywood legend Jane Russell
Hopefully you have been inspired to create your own interpretation of an iconic image.
In todays lesson you should:
1. find and print off an image that you think it would be possible for you to recreate.
2. Stick it in your sketch book and comment on:
the framing and composition
use of light and shade
context/location
camera angle
depth of field
representation of the subject
why you have chosen it.
In next Monday's lesson I would like you to bring in a print of your own version, stick it in your book and comment on the experience.
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