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British fashion photographer

For other people named Timothy Walker, see Timothy Walker (disambiguation).

Timothy WalkerHonFRPS (born ) is a British fashion photographer who regularly works for Vogue, W and Love magazines.^[1][2] He is based in London.^[3]

Life and career

Walker was born in England in ^[4] 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.^[4] 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.^[5]

Upon leaving college in , Walker worked as a freelance photographic assistant in London before moving to New York City as a full-time assistant to Richard Avedon.^[4] When he returned to England, he initially concentrated on portrait and documentary work for British newspapers.^[5]