“Well, only Japanese may understand it, but I'm like a goat or something that likes high places.” Quote by Tamae Watanabe
“I have climbed Everest from the Nepal route and the China route. The other routes are too hard for me. So I don't think I can climb Everest again.” ThinkingI CanHardChinaClimbsRoutesEverestNepal Author:Tamae Watanabe
“I love Mount Fuji and I think it is my love of the mountains in Japan that led me to seek other mountains around the world.” ThinkingWorldMountainAround The WorldJapan Author:Tamae Watanabe
“If children have an interest in nature, they will understand. I want them to become people who appreciate the consequences the next generation will suffer if we destroy our natural surroundings. So without a doubt, they need to learn that nature is vital to us by experiencing it. I want them to like nature and to climb mountains and so on.” PeopleIfsWantNeedsChildrenSufferingNextInterestNaturalDoubtGenerationsMountainConsequenceAppreciateClimbsSurroundingsNext Generation Author:Tamae Watanabe
“We as children went up the mountain to find feed for livestock, like goats, cows and horses, and because in the winter time we would light the fire in the house, we would climb the mountain to collect firewood as well. Because of that, I suppose I became used to climbing mountains.” WellsChildrenLightUsedHouseFireMountainHorseWinterClimbsClimbingCowsGoatsClimbing MountainLivestockWinter TimeFirewood Author:Tamae Watanabe
“Your aim as a photographer is to get a picture of that person that means something. Portraits aren't fantasies; they need to tell a truth.” NeedsMeanPersonsFantasyAimPhotographerPortraits Author:Tim Walker
“Even the pictures I was doing at college - a little narrative based on a butterfly catcher, or a chimney sweep - the images were always telling stories. They were all scenarios and moods which I storyboarded and worked through - it's exactly what I do now.” LittlesStoriesCollegeMoodNarrativeButterflyScenariosTelling StoriesChimneysCatchersChimney Sweeps Author:Tim Walker
“Fantasy isn't something I put into the pictures; I don't try and inject them with a sense of play. But it's about being an honest photographer; a photograph is as much of a mirror of the photographer as it is the subject.” TryingPlayFantasySubjectsHonestMirrorsPhotographerPhotograph Author:Tim Walker
“I'm very particular who I work with. I'm not interested in portraying women with a cliched, generic look. I'm interested in a model who I can take a portrait of.” LooksI CanParticularModelsNot InterestedPortraitsGenericPortraying Author:Tim Walker
“Looking back at my earlier pictures, I think that the work is very much coming from the same place. I have gone through a period of challenging myself with a complicated idea to currently challenging myself with the idea of simplicity.” ThinkingIdeasChallengesGonePeriodsSimplicityComplicatedLooking BackChallenging Myself Author:Tim Walker
“When I was at college, the idea of fashion was more immediate to me, whereas art photography, the depth of it, was a different thing. Storytelling - fanciful storytelling - can only be told through fashion photography. It's the perfect way to play with fantasy and dreams.” WayArtIdeasDifferentPlayDreamPerfectFantasyFashionCollegePhotographyDepthStorytellingDifferent ThingsArt PhotographyFashion Photography Author:Tim Walker