Tim Walker wani mai daukar hoto ne na Ingilishi (an haife shi a shekara ta 1970, yana zaune a Landan) wanda ya kasance a sahun gaba wajen daukar hoto na zamani, tare da fitattun hotunansa da cike da kyau. Hotunan nasa suna bayar da ingantattun labarai, kuma hotunansa na almubazzaranci suna tsawaita cikin lokaci, tare da fage sosai, masu cike da cikakkun bayanai da son zuciya waɗanda ke bayyana salonsa marar kuskure.
Ayyukansa sun hada da Tilda Swinton, Kate Moss, Amanda Harlech, Lynn Wyatt, Jake Love, Matilda Lowther, 'yan wasan kwaikwayo kamar Alan Rickman, Mackenzie Crook, Benedict Cumberbatch, Ethan Hawke, Michael Keaton, Edward Norton, da jerin sunayen zasu iya ci gaba da ci gaba.
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Sha'awar daukar hoto ya fara ne da aikinsa na farko a kantin sayar da littattafai yana ba da umarnin fayilolin Cecil Beaton a matsayin wani ɓangare na aikinsa. Bayan kammala karatunsa a 1994, ya yi aiki a matsayin mataimakin mai daukar hoto mai zaman kansa a Landan a cikin 1994 sannan ya koma New York a matsayin mataimaki ga Richard Avedon.
A cikin 1995, bayan shekaru 25 kawai, bayan yin hotuna da daukar hoto, ya fara zama na farko ga mujallar Vogue kuma daga nan ayyukansa sun kwatanta bugu na Turanci, Italiyanci da Amurka na wannan ɗaba'ar.
Walker yana aiki tare da manyan mujallu irin su Vogue da aka ambata ko Harpers'Bazar. Kuma tare da alamun: Dior, Gap, Neiman Marcus, Burberry, Bluemarine, WR Replay, Comme des Garçons, Guerlain, Carolina Herrera, da dai sauransu.
Ya kuma yi aiki tare da daraktan fina-finai Tim Burton, wanda, kamar shi, yana da hangen nesa na musamman na ado, kuma ya kwatanta fitaccen Monty Phyton, a tsakanin sauran mutane.
Hotunan nasa na zamani na ɗaya daga cikin mafi hasashe da farin ciki waɗanda ake samarwa a halin yanzu. Salon sa kamar fantasy da surrealism ne. An yi la'akari da aikinsa a matsayin abin ban sha'awa don ikonsa na gabatar da duniya masu ban mamaki da hotuna masu cike da sihiri a cikin kowane nunin nasa.
Muhimman gidajen tarihi na daukar nauyin tarin su, kamar gidan tarihi na Victoria & Albert da The National Portrait Gallery a London. Ya yi babban baje kolinsa na farko a gidan adana kayan tarihi da ke Landan a shekarar 2008, wanda ya zo daidai da fitowar littafinsa Hotuna.
A cikin 2008 Walker ya sami lambar yabo ta Isabella Blow Award don Mahaliccin Fashion daga Majalisar Kayayyakin Kayayyakin Biritaniya kuma a cikin 2009 ta sami lambar yabo mara iyaka daga Cibiyar Hoto ta Duniya a New York saboda aikinta na mai daukar hoto. A cikin 2010 shi ne wanda ya ci kyautar ASME don kundin sa na Gabashin Ƙarshen don mujallar W..
A cikin 2010, ɗan gajeren fim ɗinsa na farko The Lost Explorer ya fara a Locarno Film Festival a Switzerland kuma ya sami lambar yabo mafi kyawun Gajerun Fim a Bikin Fim na Chicago United a 2011.
Daya daga cikin dalilai da yawa na son aikinsa sosai… ya bayyana cewa babu wani canje-canjen Photoshop zuwa kowane ɗayan ayyukansa. Kamar yadda zaku iya tunanin, aiki da yawa yana shiga cikin kowane firam! Manyan kayan tallafi da saiti; Ina son yadda yake amfani da dabarun daukar hoto na al'ada don samun hotuna masu ban sha'awa… da gaske mai ban sha'awa ga kowane matashi mai daukar hoto
Ina matukar son nunin sa. Ya kasance ethereal, wuce gona da iri kuma ɗan ban tsoro. Babban ’yar tsana a ƙarshe ya firgita ni sosai kamar yadda katantanwa suka yi a kan rufin. Babu shakka kayan kwalliyar sun kara da yawa ga nunin.
Walker ya gudanar da babban baje kolinsa na farko a Gidan Tarihi na Zane, London a cikin 2008. Wannan ya zo daidai da buga littafinsa 'Hotuna' da teNeues ya buga.
A cikin ɗan gajeren fim ɗin farko na Walker na 2010, 'The Lost Explorer' an ƙaddamar da shi a Locarno Film Festival a Switzerland kuma ya ci gaba da cin nasara mafi kyawun ɗan gajeren fim a Bikin Fim na Chicago United, 2011.
2012 ya ga buɗe baje kolin hoto na Walker's 'Labarin Labari' a Somerset House, London. Baje kolin ya zo daidai da buga littafinsa mai suna ‘Story Teller’ wanda Thames da Hudson suka buga. A cikin haɗin gwiwar 2013 tare da Lawrence Mynott da Kit Hesketh-Harvey, ya kuma saki The Granny Alphabet, tarin hoto na musamman da zane na bikin kakanni.
Walker ya sami lambar yabo ta Isabella Blow Award for Fashion Created daga Majalisar Fashion na Burtaniya a cikin 2008 da kuma lambar yabo ta Infinity daga Cibiyar Hoto ta Duniya a 2009. A cikin 2012 Walker ya sami Fellowship Fellowship daga Royal Photographic Society.
Gidan kayan tarihi na Victoria & Albert da National Portrait Gallery a London sun haɗa da hotunan Walker a cikin tarin su na dindindin.
Tim yana zaune a Landan.
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