U-Tim Walker ngumfoti weNgesi (owazalwa ngo-1970, uhlala eLondon) obephambili ekufotweni kwefashoni, enemifanekiso yayo ebalaseleyo kwaye izele bubuhle. Iifoto zakhe zibalisa amabali okwenyani, kwaye imifanekiso yakhe eyoyikisayo yandiswa ngexesha, kunye nemiboniso ngononophelo olukhulu, egcwele iinkcukacha kunye nokuthandana okuchaza isimbo sakhe esicacileyo.
Iingoma zakhe ezibandakanya uTilda Swinton, uKate Moss, u-Amanda Harlech, uLynn Wyatt, uJake Love, uMatilda Lowther, abadlali abafana no-Alan Rickman, Mackenzie Crook, uBenedict Cumberbatch, u-Ethan Hawke, uMichael Keaton, u-Edward Norton, kwaye uluhlu lunokuqhubeka kwaye luqhubeke.
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Umdla wakhe wokufota waqala ngomsebenzi wakhe wokuqala kwivenkile yeencwadi eodola iifayile zikaCecil Beaton njengenxalenye yomsebenzi wakhe. Emva kokuphumelela ngo-1994, wasebenza njengomncedisi wokufota ngokuzimeleyo eLondon ngo-1994 emva koko waya eNew York njengomncedisi kaRichard Avedon.
Ngo-1995, emva kweminyaka engama-25 kuphela ubudala, emva kokwenza umfanekiso kunye nokufota okubhaliweyo, wenza iseshoni yakhe yokuqala yemagazini iVogue kwaye ukusuka apho imisebenzi yakhe yabonisa ushicilelo lwesiNgesi, lwesiTaliyane nolwaseMelika.
UWalker usebenzisana neemagazini ezidumileyo ezifana neVogue ekhankanywe ngasentla okanye iHarpers’Bazar. Kwaye kunye neempawu: Dior, Gap, Neiman Marcus, Burberry, Bluemarine, WR Replay, Comme des Garçons, Guerlain, Carolina Herrera, njl.
Ukwasebenzisane nomlawuli wefilimu uTim Burton, othi, njengaye, abe nombono wobuhle obukhethekileyo, kwaye uzobe ebonisa uMonty Phyton wasentsomini, phakathi kwabanye abantu.
Ifoto yakhe entsha yenye yezona ntelekelelo kunye nemincili eveliswayo ngoku. Isimbo sakhe sifana nentelekelelo kunye ne-surrealism. Umsebenzi wakhe uthathwa njengowonwabileyo ngenxa yokukwazi kwakhe ukubonisa ihlabathi elimangalisayo kunye nemifanekiso egcwele umlingo kwimiboniso yakhe nganye.
Iimyuziyam ezibalulekileyo zibamba ingqokelela yazo, ezifana neVictoria & Albert Museum kunye neNational Portrait Gallery eLondon. Wenza umboniso wakhe wokuqala omkhulu kwiMyuziyam yoYilo eLondon ngo-2008, ehambelana nokupapashwa kwencwadi yakhe yeMifanekiso.
Ngo-2008 u-Walker wafumana imbasa ye-Isabella Blow yoMdali weFashoni kwiBhunga leFashoni yaseBritane kwaye ngo-2009 wafumana ibhaso elingapheliyo kwiZiko leHlabathi lokuFota eNew York ngomsebenzi wakhe wokuba ngumfoti wefashoni. Ngo-2010 waye waphumelela iBhaso le-ASME kwipotfoliyo yakhe yase-East End kwimagazini iW.
Ngo-2010, ifilimu yakhe yokuqala emfutshane ethi The Lost Explorer yaqalwa kwi-Locarno Film Festival eSwitzerland yaze yaphumelela elona Bhaso liBalaseleyo leFilimu eMfutshane eChicago United ngo-2011.
Esinye sezizathu ezininzi ezenza ndiwuthande kakhulu umsebenzi wakhe ... uye wachaza ukuba akukho tshintsho lwe-photoshop kuyo nayiphi na imisebenzi yakhe. Njengoko unokucinga, umsebenzi omninzi ungena kwisakhelo ngasinye! Iipropu ezinkulu kunye neeseti; Ndiyayithanda indlela asebenzisa ngayo ubuchule bokufota besintu ukuze afumane ukufota okumangalisayo… kuyakhuthaza ngokwenene kubo nabaphi na abafoti abancinci.
Bendiwuthanda kakhulu umboniso wakhe. Yayiyi-ethereal, ingaqhelekanga kwaye iyinto engaqhelekanga. Unodoli omkhulu ekupheleni uye wandothusa ngokwenene njengoko wenzayo iinkumba kwiisilingi. Iiprops ngokuqinisekileyo zongeze okuninzi kumboniso.
U-Walker wenze umboniso wakhe wokuqala omkhulu kwiMyuziyam yoYilo, eLondon ngo-2008. Oku kwangqamana nokupapashwa kwencwadi yakhe ethi ‘Mifanekiso’ epapashwe ngabakwateNeues.
Kwifilimu yokuqala emfutshane ka-2010 ka-Walker, 'Umhloli olahlekileyo' waqaliswa kwi-Locarno Film Festival eSwitzerland kwaye waphumelela ukuphumelela ifilimu emfutshane kwi-Chicago United Film Festival, ngo-2011.
I-2012 yabona ukuvulwa komboniso wezithombe ze-Walker's 'Story Teller' eSomerset House, eLondon. Lo mboniso uye wangqamana nokupapashwa kwencwadi yakhe ethi, ‘Mbali weBali’ epapashwe nguThames noHudson. Kwintsebenziswano ka-2013 kunye noLawrence Mynott kunye noKit Hesketh-Harvey, waphinda wakhupha i-Alphabet yeGranny, ingqokelela ekhethekileyo yemifanekiso kunye nemifanekiso ebhiyozela oogogo.
U-Walker wafumana 'i-Isabella Blow Award for Fashion Creator' evela kwi-British Fashion Council kwi-2008 kunye ne-Infinity Award evela kwi-International Centre of Photography kwi-2009. Ngo-2012 u-Walker wafumana i-Honorary Fellowship evela kwi-Royal Photographic Society.
IVictoria & Albert Museum kunye neNational Portrait Gallery eLondon ibandakanya iifoto zikaWalker kwiingqokelela zabo ezisisigxina.
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