Tim Walker
Timothy Walker HonFRPS (born 1970) is a British fashion photographer who regularly works for Vogue, W and Love magazines. He is based in London.
Also recorded as Timothy Walker
Tim Walker

Lws Production · CC BY 3.0
- Name
- Tim Walker
- Born
- 1970
- Education
- Exeter College of Art and Design
- Occupation
- Photographer
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
Timothy Walker HonFRPS (born 1970) is a British fashion photographer who regularly works for Vogue, W and Love magazines. He is based in London.
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Note VALÉORINE
Tim Walker (born 1970) is a photographer, of British nationality. The photographer was born in England. Languages used include English.
Composed from admitted, traceable facts · 26 September 2026
VALÉORINE
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Tim Walker. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q4993432 · wikipedia · Tim Walker
In this article
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Tim Walker • Born — 1970 • Education — Exeter College of Art and Design • Occupation — Photographer • Years Active — 1994 - Present • Notable Works — Wonderful Things exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum, Harry Styles' Fine Line album photoshoot Timothy Walker HonFRPS (born 1970) is a British fashion photographer who regularly works for Vogue, W and Love magazines. He is based in London.
Life and career
Life and career
Walker was born in England in 1970. His interest in photography began at the Condé Nast library in London where he worked on the Cecil Beaton archive for a year before college. After obtaining an HBC in Photography at Exeter College of Art and Design, Walker was awarded a third prize as The Independent Young Photographer Of The Year. Upon leaving college in 1994, Walker worked as a freelance photographic assistant in London before moving to New York City as a full-time assistant to Richard Avedon. When he returned to England, he initially concentrated on portrait and documentary work for British newspapers. At the age of 25 he shot his first fashion story for Vogue, and has photographed for the British, Italian, and American editions. He has also shot notable covers for W Magazine, i-D, Vanity Fair, Another Man, and Better Homes and Gardens Magazine. In 2019, Walker photographed the album artwork for Harry Styles' second album, Fine Line. Walker's Wonderful Things exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London in 2019–2020 consisted of 10 rooms containing new projects, each one inspired by various artefacts from the V&A. Over the course of three years, Walker visited the V&A’s numerous storerooms, met with curators and technicians, even scaled the roof of the museum and climbed through the Victorian passages underneath it, in search of the items that would inspire each series.
Exhibitions
Exhibitions
• Pictures, Design Museum, London, 2008 • Story Teller, Somerset House, London, 2012–2013 • Dreamscapes, Bowes Museum, Durham, UK, 2013. Curated by Greville Worthington. Work beyond the pages of Vogue and Vanity Fair. • Wonderful Things, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2019–2020, Galleries 38 and 38a • Wonderful People, Michael Hoppen Gallery, London, 2019–2020
Music videos co-directed by Walker
Music videos co-directed by Walker
• "Blissing Me" (2017) by Björk – co-directed with Emma Dalzell
Publications
• Illustration — Walker's book The Garden of Earthly Delights was inspired by the Hieronymous Bosch painting of the same name. • Tim Walker. Stern Portfolio. teNeues, 2006. • Pictures. teNeues, 2008. • The Lost Explorer. teNeues, 2011. • Story Teller. Thames & Hudson, 2012.. • The Granny Alphabet. Thames & Hudson, 2013.. • The Garden of Earthly Delights. • Shoot for the Moon. Thames & Hudson, 2019.. • Wonderful Things, V&A 2019,.
Short films directed by Walker
• The Lost Explorer (BBC Films, 2010) • The Mechanical Man of the Moon (2014) • The Muse (2014) • The Magic Paintbrush (2016)
Collections
Collections
Walker's work is held in the following permanent collections: • Victoria and Albert Museum, London: 9 prints (as of 19 December 2023) • National Portrait Gallery, London: 2 prints (as of 19 December 2023)
Documents and archives
Primary material
Documents and archives
reference work
- “Tim Walker”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
authority record
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q4993432: Tim Walker
General reference · Wikidata
Awards
• Isabella Blow award for Fashion Creator from The British Fashion Council, 2008 • Infinity Award from the International Center of Photography, New York City, 2009 • Best short film, Chicago United Film Festival, 2011, for The Lost Explorer • Honorary Fellowship from The Royal Photographic Society, 2012
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Lewis, Tim. Tim Walker: 'There's an extremity to my interest in beauty'. The Observer. 15 September 2019. 0029-7712.
- 2.V&A to show biggest-ever exhibition of fashion photographer Tim Walker. The Independent cbignore. 21 March 2019.
- 3.Tim Walker. artreview.com.
- 4.Tim Walker.
- 5.Tim Walker. British Vogue. 2010-07-19.
- 6.Stoppard, Lou. Exclusive: Harry Styles Reveals the Meaning Behind His New Album, 'Harry's House'. Better Homes & Gardens. April 26, 2022.
- 7.Greenwood, Douglas. everything you need to know about harry styles' new album cover. i-D. 2019-11-05.
- 8.Marriott, Hannah. Tim Walker: Wonderful Things review – a vibrant and upbeat V&A show. The Guardian. 16 September 2019. 0261-3077.
- 9.Tim Walker at the V&A Review: A bewitching ode to art, artefact and fashion. The Independent cbignore. 18 September 2019.
- 10.Design Museum. Tim Walker-Pictures.
- 11.Somerset House. Tim Walker: Story Teller exhibition at Somerset House.
- 12.Cochrane, Lauren. Tim Walker: Story Teller exhibition at Somerset House. Wallpaper. 18 October 2012.
- 13.Tim Walker 'Dreamscapes', Bowes Museum, Durham.
- 14.Art Fund. Tim Walker: Dreamscapes.
- 15.Tim Walker - Works. Michael Hoppen Gallery.
- 16.Hume, Marion. The Lost Explorer: Tim Walker's flight of fancy. 12 August 2010. 0307-1235.
- 17.British Fashion Council. British Fashion Awards- 2008.
- 18.International Center of Photography. Infinity Awards 2009.
- 19.Chicago United Film Festival Website.
- 20.Royal Photographic Society Awards 2012.
- 21.Search Results V&A Explore the Collections. Victoria and Albert Museum.
- 22.Best photographs from the V&A collection, in pictures. The Telegraph. 5 April 2017. 0307-1235.
- 23.Tim Walker - Person - National Portrait Gallery. www.npg.org.uk.
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
Secondary witnessauthority record
General reference
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 16 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Photography
11,392 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Tim LowPhotographer
- Tim PagePhotographer
- Tim PalenPhotographer
- Tim RichmondPhotographer
- Tim White-SobieskiPhotographer
- Tim ZinnemannPhotographer
- Timme HoyngPhotographer
- Timo KahlenPhotographer
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Tim Walker?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.