Rankin and friends celebrate 30 years of his fashion photography

The photographer also revealed to us his favourite A List photo subject - and the shoot he would love to do all over again

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Emily Reynolds29 November 2018

Kate Moss, Giles Deacon and Charlotte Tilbury hit the Ennismore Session House on Tuesday night for the launch of fashion photographer Rankin's new book.

Unfashionable: 30 Years of Fashion Photography celebrates some of the photographer's most iconic work.

 Rankin and Kate Moss. (Darren Gerrish) 

Ahead of the party we asked Rankin - who has made a name in the last three decades as the go-to photographer for the A List - who he would go back and photograph again if he could.

Louie Banks (Darren Gerrish)

"I’m not one for regrets, though I do regret being an arrogant idiot for most of the 90s" he told us, "but if I could go back and redo a shoot, it would probably be George Michael. I was such a fan and I ended up just chatting too much and not trying to get more or better images. Also, I’d shoot lots more photos of Kate Moss – all of those images are so iconic now."

Rankin's new book 30 Years of Fashion Photography (Darren Gerrish)

He also had advice for new photographers, explaining "how much of a business person you need to be" to succeed.

Katy Grand and Jefferson Hack. (Darren Gerrish)

"You have to know how to hustle," he said.

Aweng Mayen Chuol and Bibi Abdulkadir (Darren Gerrish)

And as for his most entertaining photo subject? Heidi Klum.

"Even the most stressful shoot [with Heidi] can be a laugh," he said. "She's also very easy to photograph or film!"

Unfashionable: 30 Years of Fashion Photography by Rankin is published by Rizzoli priced at £50.00 and available from all good book stores

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