Face To Face Creative Portraits Heads To Its Second Stretch Goal

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Face To Face Creative Portraits has now hit its first stretch goal and is well on the way to its second stretch goal. Here’s a look at the third subject in the book…

Ian Rankin, now Sir Ian Rankin, is a crime writer best known for creating Rebus, a character who is heading back to the small screen. I first met him interviewing him at BAFTA around 2008 talking about writing his first comic, a graphic novel featuring John Constantine for DC, and he has always been a fascinating interview subject. He also has a wonderfully expressive face for portrait photos. He is a huge fan of comics and graphic novels as well.

In over thirty years as a professional journalist I have interviewed pretty much every mover and shaker in the worlds of comics, film, TV and genre. Also if I have been lucky enough to  do it face to face, I have always made sure I can capture them with one of my own photos. So I thought it was time to try and encapsulate this in a book. Face to Face features 50 subjects from the worlds of comics, film, TV, books and genre, offering a snapshot if you’ll pardon the pun of my career as a journalist and a photographer.
Shooting portraits sometimes with only a few minutes to do this at a press event or a convention rather than the comfort of a creator’s home or studio surroundings can be a challenge. For me creating a portrait is intended to be a piece that reflects the essence of the subject that I have shot and that is why I like to photograph people that I have interviewed as I already have a rapport with the subject.

Here’s where to pledge on the book and help us get to the second stretch goal, £4500, where we add a second brand new spread

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tripwire100/face-to-face-0?