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Rankin Live, a mammoth, interactive spectacle and exhibition

April 21, 2016 by

Always interested in the democratisation of the image, and also a keen advocate of the amazing digital advances of the photographic industry, Rankin Live was the culmination of the accessibility and speed of modern photography. Rankin proved that everyone can look like a magazine cover star as, for 7 straight weeks, he photographed people off the street, one every 15 minutes – retouching, printing and hanging the image within half an hour of the shutter being fired.

Rankin Live / Sky Arts / Behind The Scenes — Rankin Live / Behind The Scenes © Rankin

Following the huge success of the London show in 2009, Rankin Live continues to gain momentum around the globe and has now successfully taken place in Milan, Paris, LA and beyond. Rankin and his team invite real members of the public into the studio to shoot their portraits… from shooting to on the wall in fifteen minutes.

Behind the scenes with Rankin

Rankin himself describes it as “the most ambitious project I’ve ever undertaken”. Rankin Live has given members of the public the exclusive opportunity to feature in front of a lens that has shot the likes of George Clooney, Grace Jones, Daniel Craig and countless others.

The show must go on – this week’s portraits #PortraitofBerlin

April 17, 2016 by

It’s been a busy week, to say the least…it’s getting harder and harder for photographer Rankin and us to pick out only a few portraits each week, watching all these fantastic pictures coming in on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter as well as over e-Mail. We would have loved to simply pick a few more of you prior to the event! Collectively we are creating a #PortraitofBerlin.

However, we want to offer as many passers-by as possible the chance to be photographed on April 30th, too. We are looking forward to another week with your photos, the final week of our social media campaign. It’s all about hashtagging things on the social web these days, so we are using #portraitofberlin #RankinLive #KaDeWe. Add them to your posts on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter to easily participate in our project. Next Sunday, 5 pm, we will announce the last ten portraits selected prior to the event.

The dice has been cast and there they are, this week’s five portraits for #portraitofberlin #RankinLive #KaDeWe

portrait9_oscar — Portrait 6 #portraitofberlin – Photo submitted by Facebook user Oscar

portrait7_cassandra — Portrait 7 #portraitofberlin – Photo submitted by Instagram user Cassandra

portrait8_daniel — Portrait 8 #portraitofberlin – Photo submitted by Instagram user Daniel

portrait11_silke — Portrait 9 #portraitofberlin – Photo submitted by Facebook user Silke

portrait10_monique — Portrait 10 #portraitofberlin – Photo submitted by Facebook user Monique

Read the full guidelines of participation here.

The show must go on – our first week’s five portraits

April 10, 2016 by

It’s been an exciting first week seeing all your photos for #PortraitOfBerlin coming in, causing photographer Rankin and us a hard time picking out the first portraits for Rankin Live at KaDeWe. So, here they are…the first five lucky people that will have their photo taken by Rankin live at KaDeWe, 30. April 2016. Congratulations!

It’s all about hashtagging things on the social web these days, so we are using #portraitofberlin #RankinLive #KaDeWe. Add them to your posts on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter to easily participate in our project. We will pick out five more Berliner portraits next Sunday, 5pm and even ten more on Sunday, 24. April. Try again next week to increase your chances to be seen among all those great Berliners. There are fifteen of you left to be assured in advance that they will be photographed!

portrait1_1 — Portrait 1 #portraitofberlin – Photo submitted by Instagram user stef_unveiled

Portrait 2 #portraitofberlin - Facebook user Diane — Portrait 2 #portraitofberlin – Photo submitted by Facebook user Diane

Portrait 3 #portraitofberlin - Facebook user De Niz — Portrait 3 #portraitofberlin – Photo submitted by Facebook user De Niz

Portrait 4 #portraitofberlin - Instagram user pollykreuzost — Portrait 4 #portraitofberlin – Photo submitted by Instagram user pollykreuzost

Portrait 5 #portraitofberlin - Facebook user Tamara — Portrait 5 #portraitofberlin – Photo submitted by Facebook user Tamara

This is just the beginning: At the event plenty of you will have the opportunity to experience one of the biggest photo shoots in Germany. Sign up to our newsletter or stay in touch via our Facebook event.

Collectively we are creating a Portrait of Berlin. You can send an e-Mail to digital (at) kadewe.com for further questions.

For the last time before its reconstruction, the KaDeWe Atrium will serve as a platform for an outstanding installation: a huge custom built photographic portrait studio, with hair and make-up stations as part of the experience. We are looking forward to seeing you for an extra-ordinary piece of theater, soon!

You can read the guidelines of participation for the social media streetcasting here. Berlin isn’t about beauty, it is about character.

I like the aspect that it is a timely piece – Rankin on ‘Portrait of Berlin’

April 7, 2016 by

On Saturday, April 30th 2016 for the last time before its reconstruction, the KaDeWe Atrium will serve as a platform for the Rankin Live concept, in the form of an outstanding installation: a huge custom built photographic portrait studio, with hair and make-up stations as part of the experience. These unique portraits, taken at the live event, will be arranged by Rankin and KaDeWe into a visually striking artwork to be exhibited along a 5m high and 110m long street level gallery, covering the store during the takeoff of its renovation. Displayed for a limited time only. In a conversation with Rankin, the artist tells us:

“I was a fan of bringing Rankin live to Berlin from the very beginning..I like the aspect that it is a timely piece. It comes and then it’s gone…Portrait of Berlin is this idea to showcase a contemporary urban picture of this fastpaced city utilising large scale black and white portraits of some of its inhabitants. Berlin is changing so fast at the moment that I like the timely aspect of the exhibition. It’s basically a snapshot of this vibrant city. Things will have progressed a little by then.”

Members of the public will have the opportunity to experience one of the biggest photo shoots in Germany and to be photographed by Rankin.

Rankin Live / Behind The Scenes © Rankin

In addition, dedicated viewing areas with exclusive Rankomats – selfie booths configured by Rankin Studios – will be set up to allow a wider audience to participate in the event.

How to become a part of #PortraitOfBerlin

April 4, 2016 by

Over a three-weeks period, starting today, twenty of you can be assured to have their photo taken by Rankin live at KaDeWe Berlin on Saturday, April 30th 2016, no cueing needed on the day as we will schedule you in prior to the event.

Here is how it works: Take a selfie or upload an interesting portrait of you and let us know what makes you a #portraitofberlin. Try again the following week for another chance.

Show us who are the people making Berlin such a great city to live in. Collectively, we are creating a #PortraitofBerlin. Each of the three Sundays, between 10.04.16 & 27.04.16 at 5pm that weeks portraits will be announced. We will pick out five, another five and then ten more of you, week by week, with the last chance on Sunday, April 24th. Follow KaDeWe Berlin on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter or just watch out on #portraitofberlin for further information. You can start sending your pictures now!

Berlin is not about beauty, it’s about character.

4778-58-004_klein — Self-portrait © Rankin

“I think every city has its aesthetics doesn’t it?” Rankin told WWD in an interview last week.

As the interview continues: “I don’t know what it will be like in Berlin. I haven’t been in a while. There are a lot of British people that go to Berlin. Artists make a beeline because it’s a place to create art. It’s a creative community. I’ve got friends who live there full time. Loads of my friends have gone and spent time there. I like Germany, in general. I do a lot with Heidi Klum, obviously. It’s a great place to visit.” “I love taking pictures of different people,” he said. “To represent it on the store hoarding while it’s being redone, it’s really a big thing. It’s a real treat. It’s what I enjoy doing the most — taking pictures of people. I love the idea, it’s not celebrities. I love photographing everybody. I like people for the sake of what they are as people, not fame.”

Bauzaun.indd — Pre-visualisation of the exhibition on the hoardings

Please note that you must be over 18 to join this campaign. Have a read through the full guidelines of participation here.

There would be no #PortraitofBerlin without ‘Ostkreuz’

April 2, 2016 by

Ostkreuz is a renowned agency of photographers that has been existing in Berlin for over 25 years by now, collectively founded in 1990 by seven photographers of former East Germany. Many things have changed in more than 25 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall on 9 November 1989. Nowadays, Ostkreuz combines three generations of photographers from both, East and West.

A topic of their united interest is naturally Berlin, a city that had to grow back together at first, after its long years of separation. A constant transition and movement in the air, changing Berlin into one of the most fascinating metropoles of Europe today. Ostkreuz photographers have accompanied these 25 years of changes with their camera in this sense creating one of the most powerful portraits of Berlin, a portrait of an ever changing city and its photographers, a city attracting people from all across the globe for its uniqueness.

The story of Ostkreuz may be told best through the photographers participating in the collective. Constant exchange of ideas, thoughts and opinions on eachothers works have driven Ostkreuz photographers from the very beginning. The photographers of Ostkreuz regularly meet up to dicuss their latest works – this intense exchange is genuin for the agency.

Zeitungslesender Tourist am Strand, August 2015, Kos, Insel Kos, Griechenland, Europa — © Jörg Brüggemann/OSTKREUZ Tourist reading the newspaper, island of Kos, Greece, August 2015

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