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Alive: Rankin Faces Death

The Culture Show has unique behind-the-scenes access to Rankin's latest exhibition Alive: In the Face of Death, at Liverpool's Walker Gallery.

We all know death is life's only certainty, but as a rule we'd rather pretend it isn't going to happen.

One of Britain's most successful photographers, Rankin has been tackling the subject head on for his latest exhibition: Alive: In the Face of Death at Liverpool's Walker Gallery. The Culture Show has had unique behind-the-scenes access as he focuses his lens on people who are living with a terminal illness, or have been forced to confront their mortality through personal or professional experience.

By asking the questions we'd all rather avoid, this documentary captures the stories behind Rankin's powerful images, and reveals an intimate and thoughtful side to one of Britain's top photographers.

1 hour

Music Played

  • Alexandre Desplat

    Birth Waltz

  • J贸nsi & Alex

    Atlas Song

  • Aqualung

    Strange and Beautiful

  • 补濒迟鈥怞

    Ms

  • Alexandre Desplat

    Prologue

  • Vetiver

    Roll On Babe

  • Snow Patrol

    Give Me Strength

  • The Beta Band

    Dry The Rain

  • Stephen D. Hilton

    Day

  • amiina

    Sogg

  • Bill Callahan

    Rococo Zephyr

  • JJ Milteau

    L'Internationale

  • Dr. Feelgood & Wilko Johnson

    Roxette

  • John Lee Hooker

    Graveyard Blues

  • Chuck Berry & Wilko Johnson

    Bye Bye Johnny

  • Fairport Convention

    Who Knows Where The Time Goes?

  • Aretha Franklin

    It Ain't Necesssarily So

  • Lightnin鈥 Hopkins

    See That My Grave Is Kept Clean

  • Emerson String Quartet & Ludwig van Beethoven

    Op. 135 - Lento assai, cantate e tranquillo, String Quartet No. 16

  • 脫lafur Arnalds

    Undan Hulu

  • Carter Burwell

    Balloon Escapes

  • Alexander

    Truth

  • Alexandre Desplat

    Prologue

  • Maps

    Some Winter Song

Credits

Role Contributor
Participant Rankin
Director Jack Cocker
Series Editor Janet Lee

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