LEGENDARY photographer Tim Walker will showcase over 175 of his most inspirational pictures in a new exhibition held at Somerset House this month and we have an exclusive preview to show you. Entitled Story Teller, the display - supported by Mulberry - will gives fans of his work a chance to see his ambitious and original imagery up close.
"It has been nearly five years since my last show and I felt I had enough work to put together a new publication and exhibition," Walker told us. "It is a great way to reflect on the images and see how things have evolved."
His imaginative and beautiful images have cultivated an impressive cult following over the past few years - his talk at the Vogue Festival in April garnered the longest queues of any event. 
He has worked with the industry's biggest names, including Alexander McQueen and Alber Elbaz, capturing their personalities in unexpected and novel ways.
His shoots are the stuff of fashion dreams - who else could persuade Karen Elson to pose on a bed with a giant faux crocodile or Rollo Hesketh Harvey to sit in a makeshift plane made entirely from bread? Those who can't make it to London to see the exhibition will be able to buy an accompanying book, published by Thames & Hudson, available from October 8.
"It is very difficult to make the ideas in my head come to life, but what is harder is making them look effortless," Walker explained. "A genuine sense of love for the subject matter permeates through every picture in the exhibition and accompanying book. Looking back at my earlier pictures, I think that the work is very much coming from the same place. I have gone through a period of challenging myself with a complicated idea to currently challenging myself with the idea of simplicity."
His shoots are the stuff of fashion dreams - who else could persuade Karen Elson to pose on a bed with a giant faux crocodile or Rollo Hesketh Harvey to sit in a makeshift plane made entirely from bread? Those who can't make it to London to see the exhibition will be able to buy an accompanying book, published by Thames & Hudson, available from October 8.
"It is very difficult to make the ideas in my head come to life, but what is harder is making them look effortless," Walker explained. "A genuine sense of love for the subject matter permeates through every picture in the exhibition and accompanying book. Looking back at my earlier pictures, I think that the work is very much coming from the same place. I have gone through a period of challenging myself with a complicated idea to currently challenging myself with the idea of simplicity."
His advice for aspiring photographers? "Only photograph what you love," he said.
Tim Walker Story Teller will open at Somerset House, London October 18 until January 27 2013.
LEGENDARY photographer Tim Walker will showcase over 175 of his most inspirational pictures in a new exhibition held at Somerset House...
