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fantasy land
December 18, 2014

See a Makeup Artist’s Stunning, Surrealist Take on Beauty

By Erica Schwiegershausen

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Photo: Rankin, from the book Andrew Gallimore by Rankin, published by Rankin Photography

This month, the photographer Rankin is releasing the fourth installment in his beauty book series, a collaboration with Hunger magazine’s beauty editor-at-large Andrew Gallimore. The resulting tome, Andrew Gallimore by Rankin, features selected work from Rankin and Gallimore’s editorial and commercial shoots (they’ve been collaborating since 2008) as well as new, never-before-seen material. To that end, it puts even the most outlandish runway beauty to shame: Gallimore has experimented with unconventional beauty materials since he was in art school at Manchester Metropolitan University in the late ’90s. “I used a lot of different things to decorate a face — bits of paper, rubber, parts of old shoes,” he says in an interview with Holly Fraser that appears in the book. “I was playing with the concept of facial decoration, which I think I still do. I don’t think my lecturers at the time could have handled the idea of me putting lipstick and blusher on somebody in the name of art, so they encouraged me to use alternative materials.”

The results of Gallimore’s fantastical, Surrealist approach to beauty are wide ranging, from M.C. Escher–inspired face paint to face jewelry made from glow-in-the-dark string to lip and eyebrow appliqués made from matted embroidery thread. Click through the slideshow for a look at some of his most striking — and, in a few cases, terrifying — creations, photographed by Rankin.

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Model: Goergie Hobday Hair: Bianca Tuovi Stylist: Chelsey Clarke Manicurist: Ama Quashie Photo: Rankin, from the book Andrew Gallimore by Rankin, p... Model: Goergie Hobday Hair: Bianca Tuovi Stylist: Chelsey Clarke Manicurist: Ama Quashie Photo: Rankin, from the book Andrew Gallimore by Rankin, published by Rankin Photography
Model: Scarlett Etienne Photo: Rankin, from the book Andrew Gallimore by Rankin, published by Rankin Photography
Model: Ellen Burton Hair: Susanne Lichtenegger Photo: Rankin, from the book Andrew Gallimore by Rankin, published by Rankin Photography
Model: Ellen Burton Hair: Bianca Tuovi Stylist: Chelsey Clarke Photo: Rankin, from the book Andrew Gallimore by Rankin, published by Rankin Photography
Model: Georgie Hobday Hair: Nick Irwin Photo: Rankin, from the book Andrew Gallimore by Rankin, published by Rankin Photography
Model: Tatyana Gillam Hair: Bianca Tuovi Stylist: Chelsey Clarke Photo: Rankin, from the book Andrew Gallimore by Rankin, published by Rankin Photog... Model: Tatyana Gillam Hair: Bianca Tuovi Stylist: Chelsey Clarke Photo: Rankin, from the book Andrew Gallimore by Rankin, published by Rankin Photography
Model: Tom Lander Stylist: Tyler Johnston Stylist: Joseph Kocharian Manicurist: Jenny Longworth Photo: Rankin, from the book Andrew Gallimore by Ra... Model: Tom Lander Stylist: Tyler Johnston Stylist: Joseph Kocharian Manicurist: Jenny Longworth Photo: Rankin, from the book Andrew Gallimore by Rankin, published by Rankin Photography
Model: Isabelle Johnson Hair: Federico Ghezzi Stylist: Joseph Kocharian Manicurist: Zarra Celik Set Design: Dominic Chinea Photo: Rankin, from the... Model: Isabelle Johnson Hair: Federico Ghezzi Stylist: Joseph Kocharian Manicurist: Zarra Celik Set Design: Dominic Chinea Photo: Rankin, from the book Andrew Gallimore by Rankin, published by Rankin Photography
Model: Alys Hale Hair: Bianca Tuovi Stylist: Chelsey Clarke Manicurist: Ama Quashie Photo: Rankin, from the book Andrew Gallimore by Rankin, publis... Model: Alys Hale Hair: Bianca Tuovi Stylist: Chelsey Clarke Manicurist: Ama Quashie Photo: Rankin, from the book Andrew Gallimore by Rankin, published by Rankin Photography
Model: Isabelle Johnson Hair: Federico Ghezzi Stylist: Joseph Kocharian Manicurist: Zarra Celik Set Design: Dominic Chinea Photo: Rankin, from the... Model: Isabelle Johnson Hair: Federico Ghezzi Stylist: Joseph Kocharian Manicurist: Zarra Celik Set Design: Dominic Chinea Photo: Rankin, from the book Andrew Gallimore by Rankin, published by Rankin Photography
Model: Sophie Drake Hair: Shukeel Murtaza Stylist: Anna Hughes-Chamberlain Photo: Rankin, from the book Andrew Gallimore by Rankin, published by Ran... Model: Sophie Drake Hair: Shukeel Murtaza Stylist: Anna Hughes-Chamberlain Photo: Rankin, from the book Andrew Gallimore by Rankin, published by Rankin Photography
Model: Alys Hale Hair: Bianca Tuovi Stylist: Chelsey Clarke Manicurist: Ama Quashie Photo: Rankin, from the book Andrew Gallimore by Rankin, publis... Model: Alys Hale Hair: Bianca Tuovi Stylist: Chelsey Clarke Manicurist: Ama Quashie Photo: Rankin, from the book Andrew Gallimore by Rankin, published by Rankin Photography
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