Photography
Derek Rankins

Numbers Protocol

Web 3 focused Asset Network and Blockchain Camera. In photography we often take copyright for granted.  In our current cut, copy, and paste environment we are constantly using other peoples images and writing and adapting it for our own personal use and re-use.  I\’ve been keeping an eye on blockchain, crypto, and web3 developments and

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February 22, 2023 No Comments

Jean Baudrillard

Jean Baudrillard is a French philosopher and photographer.  His works focused on ideas surrounding the media, pop culture, war, consumerism, and many other social commentaries.    Baudrillard is perhaps one of the most influential social and cultural theorists of our time.  His influence has an extremely broad range with its most pop cultural reference being

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December 18, 2021 No Comments
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Derek Rankins

Live Laugh Love

Write a quote.  Build a narrative around said quote.  Go out and do a version of the story you are writing and stage a photograph to fit said narrative and quote.  If no image is possible find a stock image.  Complete the post and tweet the quote. Connect this post to Post then Process. Search

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March 23, 2023 No Comments

Derek Rankins

This post is about Derek Rankins. Derek is a photographer whose work can be see on his personal website at www.derekrankins.com. This post was made by Derek Rankins This post was edited by Derek Rankins To see more work by Derek Rankins visit some of his Other Websites. You can contact Derek Rankins at derek@derekrankins.com.

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April 20, 2022 No Comments

Money Grab

The term Money Grab has begun to pop up in culture this year.  I first noticed hearing it during conversations with people about the COVID-19 Pandemic.  It became aligned with many terms and or themes throughout the years masses of generated content.  It\’s hard to identify the source but I have begun to document its

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December 19, 2021 No Comments

Pixabay

One of the best totally cost free and totally royalty free websites out there for stock imagery is Pixabay. The content is very high quality and there is over 2.4 million images to search through covering all ranges of topics and subjects.

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December 17, 2021 No Comments

Our Image-Saturated Society

Our Image-Saturated Society by Benjamin Lansky is a short but good read.  The book is Benjamin’s Masters Thesis while studying at the Central Saint Martins – University of the Arts London.  I really enjoyed the book and Benjamin\’s personal works of art aligned with some of my own thoughts and photography.  Although not mentioned I

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January 1, 2022 No Comments

Buttery Fish

\”This Buttery Fish Is Weeknight Easy and Julia Child Fancy\” The New York Times For more info contact Derek Rankins

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February 25, 2023 No Comments
Photography
Derek Rankins

Small Plastic Heart

A small road trip through the gravel roads of Southeast Kansas will bring you from a quilted fabric like landscape to rocky rolling hills.  In the middle bottom of the region you will find Altamont in Labette County.  It is known for its square mile sections divided into four by large hedge rows of tangly

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March 13, 2023 No Comments
Derek Rankins
Derek Rankins

86 Different Versions of Derek Rankins

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March 19, 2023 No Comments
Sounds
Derek Rankins

Walkers Snarling

There is an interesting aspect with how subtitles and sounds work.  More specifically how words can describe sound.  Having watched The Walking Dead I noticed the subtitle “Walkers Snarling” and I just found it kind of funny.  Its not supposed to be funny though, or maybe it is.  Regardless of humor it does have a specific context

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February 26, 2023 No Comments

Post then Process

The term \”Post then Process,\” is my way to describe a new trend I have begun to notice in writing and the overall things I observe.  With so many options for social media and self-publishing there is a lot of content being produced.  I read a lot of articles, posts, memes, and conversations going on in

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March 23, 2023 No Comments