Unsung NHS heroes take centre stage in new portraits by celebrity photographer Rankin

UNSUNG heroes of the NHS appear in new portraits by celebrity photographer Rankin.

Best known for his portraits of Kate Moss and The Queen, the celebrity photographer has turned his lens on the NHS workers.

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Stammer centre patron Michael Palin and nurse Nafisat Ibrahim[/caption]

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Matt Kennard . . . and Jordan Henderson[/caption]

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Staff together, Jess Shield and Selina Aktar[/caption]

To mark the 75th birthday of the NHS in July Rankin has photographed a series of NHS heroes in his trademark style for a special exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery in London.

Among those photographed for the special project arranged by NHS Charities Together is Beryl Fairclough, 76, from Barnsley.

Beryl is former ward clerk who has raised hundreds and thousands for new hospital equipment by knitting.

Also captured are Sir Michael Palin who supports the Michael Palin Centre for Stammering.

He is snapped alongside Nafisat Ibrahim, 25, from London, a nurse who stammered as a child and was treated at the centre.

Evie Youngs, 16 from Norwich also features in the exhibition having raised thousands for the Jenny Lind Children’s Hospital at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital.

This is where she was treated for Hodgkin’s Lymphoma last year.

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Evie Youngs, 16 from Norwich raised thousands for the Jenny Lind Children’s Hospital at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital[/caption]