I am thrilled to write a post on Tim Walker's major new exhibition Story Teller, one of the most visually exciting and influential fashion photographers working today.
With an imagination that knows no bounds, Tim Walker turns fashion shoots into fairytales or, in his own words, "daydreams into photographs." He constructs flamboyant worlds that unfold, page after page, like a series of stills from unrealized films. The photo shoot begins to resemble the film set: hair and make-up artists, fashion stylists and costume fitters, model makers, set designers, builders, producers and painters, prop suppliers and a cast of models playing out imagined roles. At the center is Walker harnessing creative and technical talents to conjure up the harmonious whole in a singular picture.
Tim Walker: Story Teller is on view at Somerset House, London. To coincide with this highly anticipated exhibition, Thames & Hudson will publish Story Teller. The book features over 175 inspirational images, collages and snapshots from Walker's personal archives, many on display in this exciting exhibition.
Sometimes when you're taking a picture an extraordinary sense of luck and chance takes over and propels you to make pictures that you could't in your wildest dreams have imagined. This is the magic of photography.
- Tim Walker, Story Teller. Page 112
Giant doll kicks Lindsey Wixson, Eglingham Hall, Northumberland, 2011
Karlie Kloss and broken Humpty Dumpty, Rye, East Sussex, 2010
Tilda Swinton and aviator goggles, Reykjavik, Iceland, 2011
Xiao Wen and Liu Wen as samurai nuns, New York, 2011
Rollo Hesketh-Harvey and his baguette biplane, Eglingham Hall, Northumberland, 2009
Lily Donaldson and Blue Spitfire, Glemham Hall, Suffolk, 2009
Kinga Rajzak in flying saucer with members of the West Percy Hunt
Eglingham Hall, Northumberland, 2009
Courtesy of the artist and Somerset House, London
Tim Walker: Story Teller, Somerset House, London. October 17th, 2012 - January 27th, 2013.
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