Tim Walker worked in London for vogue in 1994 before he became the full time assistant to Richard Avedon in New York City. His work is unique in a way that he plays with reality, fairly tale and make believe. His work has relations to real life but with a child like, magical quality.
Each of his images tell a story as well as portray a fashion style image. I like how we aren't forced into looking directly towards the model and what she's wearing, we're allowed to explore the image and use our imagination and creativity to tell the rest of the story.
As well as creating magical still images, Walker has made some short films. I found one of his videos to be quite influential in relation to my idea. Below are some screen shots of the video and the link to take you there to watch it in full.
Everything about this moving image had doll like qualities. The music was 'child's toy' like, the camera was flickering and jumpy to suggest an amateurish/childish way of filming and the lighting was very playful, it wasn't dark and deep at most points, it was clear, fresh and bright. There was no explanation along with this so as viewers we have to make up our own story and reasons behind it, this gives us a chance to interact with the film and keeps us occupied and entertained. The story that my head decided to make up was the young woman is 'trapped' and doesn't like her way of life, she's scared (metaphorically shown by her fear of the large lurking doll), she wants to escape. At the start of the video she's outside and seems very happy, the film also ends with her being outside and looking as though she's relieved that she's got out of the 'doll house'. I like the fashion element running throughout, it gives the video some sophistication and elegance. I like the costume changes as they suggest it's filmed over a period of time as well as giving us something new to look at each time.
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