Tim Walker
Story Teller
January 2013
Somerset House
From the very first photograph by Tim Walker which I saw in Vogue UK back in 2005 and which was of Lily Cole I fell in love. His photography had just so much beauty, elegance and colour that it has stayed with me and I have been an avid fan of Walker's ever since!
As i'm sure you are aware by now is that I am in love with India and this shoot took place in some of the most breathtaking, crumbled down forts I had ever seen. Now I mustn't get carried away with myself as I could discuss Tim Walker's photographs for hours: what I would say is that he is truly innovative and conveys a very real magic which seems absent in so much fashion photography where the models stand coldly, rarely interacting with one another or the camera. What Walker achieves in his photos turns fashion photography into fairy tales.
His photographs appear to hark back to a time of childhood when every new day was an adventure and new people were potential friends.
His photographs appear to hark back to a time of childhood when every new day was an adventure and new people were potential friends.
However I am here to tell you lovely people about the exhibition I went to a few weeks ago at Somerset House which is the first exhibition of Walker's work in a long time and is a collection of photographs from a variety of shoots Walker has done over the past five years.
It was a well laid out exhibition with themes for each room. What made the experience all the more special was the fact that many of the props used in the shoots were installed next to their relevant photographs.
Supported by Mulberry, 'Tim Walker: Story Teller' exhibits 175 of Walker's most whimsical and magical works from the glossy pages of some of the world's leading magazines such as British, French, American and Italian Vogue.
It was a well laid out exhibition with themes for each room. What made the experience all the more special was the fact that many of the props used in the shoots were installed next to their relevant photographs.
What was interesting about the exhibition was that it did not just showcase the photographs that Walker is best known for (his fantastical) but portraits were also included of personalities from the likes of the cast of Monty Python to Vivienne Westwood.
Although this exhibition is now closed there is a fantastic book that goes with it Tim Walker: Story Teller printed by Thames and Hudson. This book includes all of the photographs from the exhibition as well as Tim Walker's own wanderings of the mind and also includes his thought processes shown through mood boards, which the exhibition only touched upon slightly.
As always it has been a joy to write about this truly original photographer. Until next time...
The Raven's Eye Critic
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