Timothy Walker
HonFRPS (born 1970) is a British
fashion photographer
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, who regularly works for ''
Vogue
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Business
* ''Vogue'' (magazine), a US fashion magazine
** British ''Vogue'', a British fashion magazine
** ''Vogue Arabia'', an Arab fashion magazine
** ''Vogue Australia'', an Australian fashion magazine
** ''Vogue China'', ...
'', ''
W'' and ''
Love
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'' magazines.
He is based in London.
Life and career
Walker was born in England in 1970.
His interest in photography began at the Condé Nast library in London where he worked on the Cecil Beaton archive for a year before college.
After obtaining an HBC in Photography at Exeter College of Art, Walker was awarded a third prize as The Independent Young Photographer Of The Year.
Upon leaving college in 1994, Walker worked as a freelance photographic assistant in London before moving to New York City as a full-time assistant to
Richard Avedon
Richard Avedon (May 15, 1923 – October 1, 2004) was an American fashion and portrait photographer. He worked for ''Harper's Bazaar'', ''Vogue'' and ''Elle'' specializing in capturing movement in still pictures of fashion, theater and danc ...
.
When he returned to England, he initially concentrated on portrait and documentary work for British newspapers.
At the age of 25 he shot his first fashion story for ''Vogue'', and has photographed for the British, Italian, and American editions.
He has also shot notable covers for ''
W Magazine
''W'' is an American fashion magazine that features stories about style through the lens of culture, fashion, art, celebrity, and film.
W was created in 1972 by James Brady, the publisher of sister magazine ''Women's Wear Daily'' (''WWD''), ori ...
,
i-D,
Vanity Fair,
Another Man
Another or variant may refer to:
* anOther or Another Magazine, culture and fashion magazine
* ''Another'' (novel), a Japanese horror novel
** ''Another'' (film), a Japanese 2012 live-action film based on the novel
* Another River, a river in the ...
'', and
''Better Homes and Gardens Magazine''.
In 2019, Tim Walker shot the album artwork for
Harry Styles
Harry Edward Styles (born 1 February 1994) is an English singer, songwriter, and actor. His musical career began in 2010 as a solo contestant on the British music competition series ''The X Factor (UK TV series), The X Factor''. Following hi ...
' second album,
Fine Line.
Exhibitions
*''Pictures,''
Design Museum
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, London, 2008
*''Story Teller,''
Somerset House
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, London, 2012/2013
*''Dreamscapes,''
Bowes Museum
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, Durham, UK, 2013. Curated by Greville Worthington. Work beyond the pages of ''Vogue'' and ''
Vanity Fair.''
*''Wonderful Things,''
Victoria and Albert Museum
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, London, 2019/2020, Galleries 38 and 38a Consisting of 10 rooms containing new projects, each one inspired by various artefacts from the V&A. Over the course of three years, Walker visited the V&A’s numerous storerooms, met with curators and technicians, even scaled the roof of the museum and climbed through the Victorian passages underneath it, in search of the items that would inspire each series.
*''Wonderful People,'' Michael Hoppen Gallery, London, 2019/2020
Books
* ''Tim Walker.'' Stern Portfolio.
teNeues
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, 2006.
* ''Pictures.'' teNeues, 2008.
* ''The Lost Explorer.'' teNeues, 2011.
* ''Story Teller.''
Thames & Hudson
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, 2012. .
*''The Granny Alphabet.'' Thames & Hudson, 2013. .
*''The Garden of Earthly Delights.''
*''Shoot for the Moon.'' Thames & Hudson, 2019. .
*''Wonderful Things,'' V&A 2019, .
Films
Short films directed by Walker
*''The Lost Explorer'' (
BBC Films
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, 2010)
*''The Mechanical Man of the Moon'' (2014)
*''The Muse'' (2014)
*''The Magic Paintbrush'' (2016)
Music videos co-directed by Walker
*"
Blissing Me
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A two-track remix EP followed ...
" (2017) by
Björk
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– co-directed with Emma Dalzell
Awards
*
Isabella Blow
Isabella "Issie" Blow (nee Delves Broughton; 19 November 1958 – 7 May 2007) was an English magazine editor. As the muse of hat designer Philip Treacy, she is credited with discovering the models Stella Tennant and Sophie Dahl as well as pr ...
award for Fashion Creator from The
British Fashion Council
The British Fashion Council (BFC) is a non-profit organization that aims to enable sustainable growth of British fashion in the global fashion economy. Founded in 1983, the BFC organizes biannual womenswear and menswear showcases, London Fashi ...
, 2008
*
Infinity Award from the
International Center of Photography
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, New York City, 2009
*Best short film, Chicago United Film Festival, 2011, for ''The Lost Explorer''
*Honorary Fellowship from The
Royal Photographic Society
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, 2012
Collections
Walker's photography is held in the archives of the following collections:
*
Victoria and Albert Museum
The Victoria and Albert Museum (often abbreviated as the V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.27 million objects. It was founded in 1852 and nam ...
, London
Other work can be located in two permanent collection galleries, featuring two of his films -
The Steadfast Tin Soldier • The Modern Media Gallery, Room 99
The Rebel Belle • Theatre & Performance, Room 104
*
National Portrait Gallery, London
References
External links
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1970 births
Living people
Artists from London
Fashion photographers
English photographers
Fellows of the Royal Photographic Society