Someone hold me because I'm in shock from awesomeness overload!!
I'm sure Tim Walker needs no introduction. His photos capture so much whimsy and wonder that his work is both aspirational and envied by anyone and everyone who wants to get into fashion photography and portraiture.
I've never particularly classified Walker as an inspiration until I stumbled across this body of work featured in the February issue of W Magazine. It's not that I don't like his work, I just find his use of extravagant props and art direction so other worldly to the budgets that I'm confined to in my work. Sure, it would be nice to have models posing with a lion, but where the hell am I going to get said lion from and how much is that going to cost me? It's just not something I can aspire to right now.
Anyway, as you know, I'm a big fan of simple portraits (see previous work with Tavi Gevinson) and I love personalities and expression. I'm also a really big movie buff so naturally these photos combine all of the elements I enjoy about photography and life in general.
(Dakota Fanning in Night Moves / Elle Fanning in Low Down)
(Shailene Woodley in The Fault In Our Stars / Bradley Cooper in American Sniper)
(Keira Knightly in The Imitation Game / Scarlett Johansson in Under The Skin)
(Timothy Spall in Mr. Turner / Tommy Lee Jones in The Homesman) 
(Benedict Cumberbatch in The Imitation Game)
(Meryl Streep and Emily Blunt in Into The Woods)
Currently: Geelong, Australia
Oh I love these a lot! The simplicity that gives these personalities room to be themselves in colors and composition is really interesting. I especially love Scarlet Johansson here, her energy here <3
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I have mixed feelings about him too. I'm more a minimalist myself. but these are great. you are right. thanks for sharing them here. I would have missed them otherwise xo
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Thanks! xChelle
oh wow, i just went back and read your post about photographing tavi and that is amazing! and super cool of her to agree to the shoot and and be so nice and down to earth. i saw her at the sydney talk she did at the opera house and i saw her in a play when i was in new york last year too, even though she's a fair bit younger than me i still really admire her as a career woman and feminist and think she's awesome.
ReplyDeletealso i get what you mean about admiring photographers who create totally a unnatural/other-worldly atmosphere when they shoot because it's not something i'd ever be able to do since i just take photos of life and whatever happens instead of actually organising a proper shoot with props and with a purpose/creative direction. but it's so wonderful that some people are able to do this both because it's their style and because the budget allows for it.
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These are really beautiful! Aren't they?!
ReplyDeleteYou know what though, I see elements of this style of fashion portraiture that are very much present in your work. I'm excited to see your stuff when you are this experienced and refined, (and have the resources!)
This is a cool style, I think it's really you.
Also, congrats on the feature in The Age! So exciting :)
oh my word. i love these! the minimalist and the use of color and the tad bit of oddness. fabulous.
ReplyDeleteWow. Those photographs are incredible! Such talent!
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