Artist Blog: Tim Walker

After years of studying photography in his native London, and then in New York City (as Richard Avedon's full time assistant), Tim Walker received the Independent Young Photographer of the Year award and his career took off.

Tim Walker is primarily a fashion or editorial photographer, but his carefully staged images always present a certain amount of escapism.

Eglingham Children and Swan on Beach, Tim Walker, Northumberland, England, 2002. size unknown.

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Tim Walker and I seem to have some similarities - at least in terms of inspiration. He admits that he enjoys turning "funny daydreams into funny photographs" and that he lives in "an imaginary world" most of the time. These made up places are mixed with memories of his childhood in the British countryside.

With his grand and intricate sets, Tim Walker captures a narrative absent of time. His profound connections linking a surreal world with the every day is an enormous inspiration for me, and I work to match his imaginative and technically sound images.

Eglingham Stream, Tim Walker, Northumberland, England 2004. size unknown.

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Shonas Tree, St Pancras Wallpainting, Tim Walker, London, England, 2001. size unknown.

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/3364904/Tim-Walker-adventures-in-wonderland.html