I had seen some of his images online and loved him work, however you get a completely different feeling when you are there with the actual props. In a way I felt the images came to life, I could imagine how the photographs were made.
Here I am stood next to the actual prop used to create his images. It was amazing to stand next to it! It was huge! Although I am only 5 foot 3 but it puts it into perspective how big the actual doll is...
This is one of his actual images using the doll.
Around the exhibition there were his props such as the big snails all over the walls...
Then there was the massive skeleton! I walked underneath the arch way to go into the other room and I saw bones in the shape of a foot. I looked at the ceiling and this is what I saw!
I found the way in which Tim Walker tells stories through his work was a lot brighter and colourful than Eugenio's work. The whole exhibition reminded me of Alice in Wonderland. Although there are quite strange and dark aspects to his work, the styling and props used in to create the images are bursting with life and colour.
"It’s a world where magic exists and, though darkness threatens, it is never ugly. Beauty rules here, because it is fashion, after all." The Independent
In my work I'm wanting to spread light and colour into my characters dark and dreary lifestyle...
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