31 August 2008

walk to walker

On Friday morning, Jaye and I took the train into London, then walked along the Thames to the Design Museum to see Tim Walker Pictures.

Not being an avid reader of fashion magazines, I wasn't familiar with Walker's photographs. But his work is so much more than the ordinary series of glossy spreads. I was utterly and completely entranced. The images had the most fabulous Alice in Wonderland quality:

Tim Walker, Lily Cole and Spiral Staircase, Whadwan, Gujarat, India, 2005,
British Vogue

And they invariably captured a very English sensibility:

Tim Walker, Otis Ferry and His Foxhounds, Shropshire, England, 2007, Vanity Fair

The photographs were complemented by numerous pages from Walker's scrapbooks as well as a few rather amazing props from the shoots.

Tim Walker Pictures is most definitely worth making a trip into London for. Now I just need to save up my pennies (lots and lots of them) for the limited-edition exhibition catalogue!

3 comments:

  1. n some of his photographs (sadly not in real life) and they are wonderful. Sounds like a good day.

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  2. I haven't heard of that exhibition, so thank you for sharing the photos, I'd love to go and see them now

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  3. Those photographs are stunning! And the catalog looks fantastic, too. Sounds like a lovely day all around.

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