The work of Tim Walker

Credited by the likes of Vogue, Love magazine and W magazine, Tim Walker has been known for his photographic genius status and commitment to the fashion industry for almost two decades. Although he is primarily known for his empowering and stylish photography, Walker has also recently started to delve into the world of filmography to further develop his extravagant style into other areas of the creative industry and experiment with a mixture of media to express the eclectic emotion behind his work in a moving format.

In regards to his short films or 'Moving Images' as Walker likes to call them himself, his most iconic and probably most well known films have been 'The Lost Explorer' (2010), Story Teller (2012) and 'The Mechanical Man of the Moon' (2014). However, Walker has also created short editorial films  called 'Mood'  in collaboration with top fashion magazines and some of the leaders and icons of fashion in the 21st century such as Kate Moss and Tilda Swinton for Vogue (British and Italian) and W Magazine.

The Lost Explorer
Whilst Walker's work is most recognisable for including white rabbits, powder-pink Persian kittens and stately homes covered in balloons, his vision became slightly darker back in 2010 when he released his first ever short film called 'The Lost Explorer'. At first the story seems quite child friendly as the fourteen year old girl, Evelyn, comes across a tent at the bottom of her garden. However, the plot soon escalates into a darkened thrilling scene as Evelyn finds the 'lost explorer' lying down holding onto a revolver whilst he slowly dies of malaria. Whilst Walker explores his interest of fantasy, creativity and a dream world within the short film, his work still intended to touch on moving subjects and emotions which are especially depicted through his surrealist approach and the meeting of Evelyn and the Lost Explorer.





As for his photography, Walker's portraiture work is expressive yet unoriginally bizarre. Walker has shot possibly the most notable fashionistas of our time whose works spans from designing, illustrating and all the way to film directing. He captures each of his models exactly the way they want to be perceived in the media; whether it be in a laid back manner or dressed in a flamboyant eccentric combination of colours, props and clothing to objectify the specific creative's style.  Here are just a few portraiture shots that Walker can proudly call his own...

 
 


Another interesting piece of work by Walker was his homage to Cecil Beaton's 1948 image of debutantes in Charles James Couture for American Vogue in 2014. Walker's career in the fashion world started off by working in the Cecil Beaton archive at the Condé Nast Library in London before he started university.


Walker's remake of Cecil Beaton's photography in 1948


The original photography taken by Cecil Beaton in 1948