Tim Walker

I rediscovered the work of Tim Walker whilst looking through the December 2018 Edition of Vogue. The shoot he did was a collaboration with stylist Kate Phelam. The shoot is very fun and colourful. He describes the shoot by saying "For me, India is about life and light and what beauty and colours what it is to be human."

I really like the use of colour in these images as they are so eye catching. I like how Walker and Phelam have used various different shades of the same colour to create depth in a couple of the images.

Walker has an extravagant way of staging things which create romantic and unmistakable images that are full of character. He does mainly focuses on still images but has recently experiment by doing some moving image.

RuPaul and Djimon Hounsou as The Queen and King of Hearts

Looking at this reminded me of the Pirelli 2018 calendar. The theme was an all black Alice in Wonderland. I wanted to look back at this because of how whimsical and theatrical he is. I wanted to look at if there was any other ways I could make my images look more dramatic and potentially more cinematic (I know he isn't a cinematographer but because they are basing the shoot off a film and book it will have a feel to it). He is more extreme than I would want to create but I like how fun his shoots are, I think I will definitely look at him in the future.

I like the way he uses space, a lot of the shots the models were shot in really small rooms making them look bigger and more imposing which is an interesting perspective.

The calendar, had 28 photographs themed to Walker’s reinterpretation of Lewis Carroll’s Alice In Wonderland, styled by new Vogue editor Edward Enninful. It stared 18 different black people coming from various backgrounds ranging from acting, fashion, and music. The shoot involved people like Naomi Campbell, Djimon Hounsou, RuPaul and Whoopi Goldberg.

Whilst reading an article about his work I came across a quote of his:

“As a photographer it’s your responsibility to make people feel very comfortable, from my experience, even the most photographed people in the world have a terrible vulnerability in front of the camera.”

I really like what he says, it is something I try to do but I need to improve on as I am not very confident at directing.

Duckie Thot, Slick Woods, Sasha Lane and Tim Walker

Looking at these images has given me ideas on how I can angle my images differently to achieve different moods. Also if I was to continue this project after the deadline I think I would challenge myself with creating some dreams and I think this would be good shoot to use as inspiration.