Monday, July 30, 2007

Tim Walker

Tim Walker's photography always calls to me. To sum it up: it's often whimsical.

His fairytail photos are my source of inspiration for strong photoshop skills, an imagination that's wide open and the avoidance of shooting fashion photography in the studio.

Here are some of the photos I enjoy (taken straight from his Website):



This picture has been in my mind since I saw it in Vogue (?) after Allegra showed me. We both fell in love with his work. She has pictures that really resemble this from her final projects in Doc's fashion photography class last semester.



This is the photo for the cover of Photografie: Tim Walker. Allegra had this in London and I've been searching the Internet for a copy for myself. Such a great collection of his work.



This is pure imagination. I love it! I forgot what the model's name is, but I know her mostly from the Hermes ads. She's pretty/ugly as the French say "jolie laide". I'm all for semi pretty, but awkward looking models. They bring more to your photography. It's been hard to find that look in Syracuse though.



Ah the Kate Spade ads. I really like how they almost look lite with a backlight behind the photograph. That brightness always draws me to the ads Walker created for them. Such good work: simple, bold and still enough imagination to make you think before you flip the page.

This group of photos turned out great. Again with the imagination!

If you're interested in Walker's work just check out his site and keep a lookout for his byline.