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Quote by Tim Walker

“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.”

Quote by Tim Walker

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Tim Walker, born in 1970 in the United Kingdom, is a renowned fashion photographer. His work is known for its unique perspective and dreamlike style, often seen in fashion magazines and advertisements. Walker is praised for his exquisite use of color and light, as well as his innovative approach to traditional photographic techniques. more

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“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.”

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“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.”

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“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.”

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“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.”

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