Full Description
'Each shoot is a total love letter to an object from the V&A, sometimes several objects. My relationship to objects is like falling in love with someone. It relates to how we interact as people, how you become best friends with someone. It's a search for a new friend...'
TIM WALKER
Published to accompany the V&A's mesmerizing exhibition Tim Walker: Wonderful Things, this book is a journey through the creative mind of one of the world's most inventive photographers. It presents over 100 compelling photographs, from ten magical photoshoots inspired by objects from the V&A's enormous and eclectic collection. Featuring conversations between the set designers, stylists, hair and make-up artists, models and muses who bring Walker's imagination to life, it includes contributions by Jack Appleyard, Zoe Bedeaux, Terry Bloxham, Edie Campbell, Gwendoline Christie, Josephine Cowell, James Crewe, Malcolm Edwards, Karen Elson, Katy England, Edward Enninful OBE, Amanda Harlech, Shona Heath, Hungry/Johannes Jaruraak, Ibrahim Kamara, Kate Phelan, James Spencer, Jerry Stafford, Tilda Swinton and Gareth Wrighton. Previously unpublished behind-the-scenes imagery and preliminary sketches combine to reveal Walker's extraordinary creative process, from his detailed research in the labyrinth of storerooms and galleries at the V&A, to his spectacular final pictures.
Contents
Acknowledgements | Director's Foreword, Tristram Hunt | Notes on Contributors | Preface, Susanna Brown | Introduction: Inspiring Things, Tim Walker, Shona Heath and Susanna Brown | Illuminations, Tim Walker and Terry Bloxham | Lord of the Flies, Tim Walker, Ibrahim Kamara and Gareth Wrighton | Pen & Ink, Shona Heath, Katy England and Susanna Brown | Cloud 9, Tim Walker, Kate Phelan and Edward Enninful | Box of Delights, James Spencer and Malcolm Edwards | Lil' Dragon, Zoe Bedeaux , Hungry / Johannes Jaruraak and Malcolm Edwards | The Land of the Living Men, Tim Walker and Edie Campbell | Handle with Care, Amanda Harlech, Karen Elson and James Crewe | Why Not Be Oneself?, Tilda Swinton, Jerry Stafford and Tim Walker | Soldiers of Tomorrow, Jack Appleyard and Josephine Cowell | The Steadfast Tin Soldier, Tim Walker and Gwendoline Christie | Picture Titles
