RANKIN – ALIVE: IN THE FACE OF DEATH
2013-05-20Featuring more than 70 images, in ‘Alive: In The Face of Death’, photographer Rankin sets out to explore and challenge our perceptions of death. Through his lens, the stories of those touched by death are revealed.
They include people living with a terminal illness, those who have faced death and survived, and those who work within the death industry.
One portrait is of 48-year-old Mum, Sandra, who was diagnosed with breast cancer eight years ago. In Rankin’s image of her, Sandra feels she is displaying her ‘inner warrior’ as she battles her condition.
Rankin’s own response to the subject is reflected in a series of self-portraits and in his ‘life masks’. These include images of living stars such as Jarvis Cocker, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Joanna Lumley along with those who have passed away such as Marlon Brando and Peter Cushing.
Exhibition runs through till September 15th, 2013
Walker Art Gallery
William Brown Street
Liverpool
L3 8EL
