U-Tim Walker ungumthwebuli wezithombe waseNgilandi (owazalwa ngo-1970, uhlala eLondon) obehamba phambili ekuthwebuleni izithombe zemfashini, ngezithombe zakhona ezidumile futhi ezigcwele ubuhle. Izithombe zakhe zikhuluma izindaba eziyiqiniso, futhi izithombe zakhe eziwubukhazikhazi zinwetshwa ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, ezinezigcawu ngokucophelela, zigcwele imininingwane kanye nokuthandana okuchaza isitayela sakhe esingenaphutha.
Izingoma zakhe ezihlanganisa uTilda Swinton, Kate Moss, Amanda Harlech, Lynn Wyatt, Jake Love, Matilda Lowther, abalingisi abafana no-Alan Rickman, Mackenzie Crook, Benedict Cumberbatch, Ethan Hawke, Michael Keaton, Edward Norton, futhi uhlu lungaqhubeka nokunye.
I-Biography
Intshisekelo yakhe yokuthwebula izithombe yaqala ngomsebenzi wakhe wokuqala esitolo sezincwadi e-oda amafayela kaCecil Beaton njengengxenye yomsebenzi wakhe. Ngemva kokuphothula iziqu ngo-1994, wasebenza njengomsizi wezithombe ezizimele eLondon ngo-1994 wabe esethuthela eNew York njengomsizi kaRichard Avedon.
Ngo-1995, ngemva kweminyaka engu-25 kuphela ubudala, ngemva kokwenza izithombe kanye nokuthwebula izithombe, wenza iseshini yakhe yokuqala yephephabhuku iVogue futhi kusukela lapho imisebenzi yakhe yabonisa imibhalo yesiNgisi, isiNtaliyane kanye neMelika yalolo shicilelo.
U-Walker usebenzisana nomagazini abahlonishwayo njengeVogue eshiwo ngenhla noma iHarpers'Bazar. Futhi nemikhiqizo: Dior, Gap, Neiman Marcus, Burberry, Bluemarine, WR Replay, Comme des Garçons, Guerlain, Carolina Herrera, njll.
Uphinde wasebenzisana nomqondisi wamafilimu u-Tim Burton, naye, ofana naye, onombono wobuhle obukhethekile, futhi uveze u-Monty Phyton wodumo, phakathi kwabanye abantu.
Ukuthwebula kwakhe okusha kungenye yezithombe eziqanjiwe nezijabulisayo ezikhiqizwa njengamanje. Isitayela sakhe sifana nephupho kanye ne-surrealism. Umsebenzi wakhe uthathwe njengomuhle kakhulu ngekhono lakhe lokwethula imihlaba emangalisayo nemifanekiso egcwele umlingo kulowo nalowo mbukiso wakhe.
Iminyuziyamu ebalulekile ibamba amaqoqo awo, njengeVictoria & Albert Museum kanye ne-National Portrait Gallery eLondon. Wenza umbukiso wakhe wokuqala omkhulu eDesign Museum eLondon ngo-2008, waqondana nokushicilelwa kwencwadi yakhe ethi Pictures.
Ngo-2008 u-Walker wathola i-Isabella Blow Award for Fashion Creator evela ku-British Fashion Council kwathi ngo-2009 wathola indondo engapheli evela ku-The International Center of Photography e-New York ngomsebenzi wakhe njengomthwebuli wezithombe zemfashini. Ngo-2010 uwine Umklomelo we-ASME wephothifoliyo yakhe yase-East End kumagazini i-W.
Ngo-2010, ifilimu yakhe yokuqala emfushane ethi The Lost Explorer yaboniswa okokuqala ku-Locarno Film Festival eSwitzerland futhi yawina Umklomelo Ongcono Kakhulu Wefilimu Emfishane eChicago United Film Festival ngo-2011.
Esinye sezizathu eziningi ezenza ngiwuthande kakhulu umsebenzi wakhe...ushilo ukuthi azikho izinguquko ze-photoshop kunoma yimiphi imisebenzi yakhe. Njengoba ungacabanga, umsebenzi omningi ungena kulo lonke uhlaka! Izinsiza ezinkulu namasethi; Ngiyayithanda indlela asebenzisa ngayo izindlela zokuthatha izithombe zendabuko ukuze athwebule izithombe ezihlekisayo...okukhuthaza ngempela noma yibaphi abathwebuli bezithombe abasha
Ngangiwuthanda kakhulu umbukiso wakhe. Kwakuyi-ethereal, engavamile futhi engavamile. Unodoli omkhulu ekugcineni wangethusa ngempela njengoba kwenza iminenke ophahleni. Ama-props angeze okuningi embukisweni.
U-Walker wenza umbukiso wakhe wokuqala omkhulu e-Design Museum, e-London ngo-2008. Lokhu kwaqondana nokushicilelwa kwencwadi yakhe ethi ‘Izithombe’ eyanyatheliswa ngabakwa-teNeues.
Kwifilimu yokuqala emfushane ka-2010 ka-Walker, ethi, 'The Lost Explorer' yaboniswa okokuqala ku-Locarno Film Festival e-Switzerland futhi yaqhubeka nokuwina ifilimu emfushane ehamba phambili ku-Chicago United Film Festival, ngo-2011.
Ngo-2012 kwavulwa umbukiso wezithombe ka-Walker othi ‘Story Teller’ eSomerset House, eLondon. Lo mbukiso uqondane nokushicilelwa kwencwadi yakhe ethi, ‘Story Teller’ enyatheliswa uThames no-Hudson. Ngokusebenzisana ngo-2013 no-Lawrence Mynott kanye no-Kit Hesketh-Harvey, uphinde wakhulula I-Alphabet Yogogo, iqoqo eliyingqayizivele lezithombe nemifanekiso ebungaza ogogo.
U-Walker uthole i-‘Isabella Blow Award for Fashion Creator’ evela ku-British Fashion Council ngo-2008 kanye ne-Infinity Award evela ku-International Centre of Photography ngo-2009. Ngo-2012 u-Walker uthole i-Honorary Fellowship evela ku-Royal Photographic Society.
I-Victoria & Albert Museum kanye ne-National Portrait Gallery eLondon ihlanganisa izithombe zika-Walker emaqoqweni azo angunaphakade.
UTim uhlala eLondon.
Umthwebuli wezithombe u-Tim Walker
Imodeli Uyaziwa
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