TIM WALKER PHOTOGRAPHY

samonabroskvar
Jan 3, 2018
2 min read

"I think an intense enthusiasm to create a vision you have seen in your head makes you ignore certain obstacles“ – Tim Walker

Tim Walker is born in England in 1970. His career developed very quickly, he was working with the famous photographer, Cecil Beaton, when his interest for photography was born. He got a degree in Photography at the Exter Collage of Art, and even won a award as the „ Independent Young Photographer Of The Year“.

Later on he moved to New York to work with the photographer, Richard Avedon. At 25, he shot his first Vogue story, as well as for the British, Italian and American Vogue and also for W Magazine and Love Magazine. He had a few exhibitions in London, and he released 2 books and in 2010 he made a short film „The Lost Explorer“ which won the best short film at the Chicago United Film Festival.

"I was never interested in fashion when I started out. I was interested in people. Fashion photography allowed me to explore dreams and fantasy, and that's what I love about it." - Tim Walker

Tim has never been interested in clothes, he is referring to fashion as a „giant dressing-up box.“ I took the inspiration from The Guardian article which talk about Tim`s work : „Walker has a very specific take on fashion photography. His work is theatrical, bordering on surrealist and – to state the obvious about a man who once dyed Persian cats pastel – incredibly romantic. Every fantastical scene is created with props, and all the meticulously crafted tableaux existed at some point. Walker strives to create his pictures within what he calls "the parameters of the impossible" – something has to be physically, rather than digitally, possible for the picture to register with the viewer."

In my opinion, Tim Walker is a fantastic photographer and that is why l decided to make this post and show my favorite photographs of his. His shoots are very inspiring, because in a way, they take place in wild sets where everything is put together perfect, but you still get the feeling of something surreal. A lot of his photographs are set up great to show off the clothes while still „making a work of art“.

Here is a few of my favorite Tim Walker`s photographs :