Exhibition On now until Sunday, 8 March 2020

Tim Walker: Wonderful Things

An immersive journey into the fantastical worlds created by photographer Tim Walker

On now until Sunday, 8 March 2020
Galleries 38 and 38a
£15.00

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Experience the extraordinary creative process of one of the world's most inventive photographers through his pictures, films, photographic sets, and special installations – including ten new series of photographs influenced by the V&A's collections.

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Sarah Grace Wallerstedt, fashion: Moncler London, 2018. © Tim Walker Studio

Tobias and Sara on their Wedding Night, about 1520, Cologne, Germany. Museum no. C.219-1928. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Zo, Kiran Kandola, Firpal, Yusuf, Ravyanshi Mehta, Jeenu Mahadevan, Chawntell Kulkami, & Radhika Nair, fashion: Marni, Paolina Russo, Missoni, Ahluwalia Studio, Bottega Veneta, Chloé, Lou Dallas Pershore, Worcestershire, 2018. © Tim Walker Studio

Krishna and Indra, about 1590, Lahore. Museum no. IS.5-1970. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Duckie Thot, Aubrey’s shadow. Fashion: Saint Laurent. London, 2017. © Tim Walker Studio

The Peacock Skirt, Aubrey Beardsley (1872-1898), 1894. Museum no. E.426-1972. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Tilda Swinton. Fashion: Gucci, Marc Jacobs, jewellery: Lisa Eisner Jewelry, Vela, Uno de 50, A. Brandt + Son. Renishaw Hall, Derbyshire, 2018. © Tim Walker Studio

Karen Elson, Sgaire Wood & James Crewe. Fashion: The Row, Saint Laurent by Anthony Vacarello, Daniela Geraci, Sarah Bruylant, hat: Molly Goddard. London, 2018. © Tim Walker Studio

Dress from ‘The Horn of Plenty’ Autumn/Winter collection Alexander McQueen (1969-2010), 2009. Museum no. T.29-2012. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Door to Design photo

Door to Design

On now until Sunday, 5 January 2020

Lunchtime Lecture: Wonderful Things: The Making of an Exhibition photo

Lunchtime Lecture: Wonderful Things: The Making of an Exhibition

Wednesday, 15 January 2020

Get to Know Your Camera photo

Get to Know Your Camera

Wednesday, 29 January 2020 – Wednesday, 25 March 2020

Inside the Tim Walker: Wonderful Things exhibition

Step in to the fantastical and immersive worlds of photographer Tim Walker

Tim Walker's love letter to the V&A

We joined Tim Walker on some shoots for his latest project...

Working with Tim Walker: set design

Meet Shona Heath, the set designer behind Tim Walker's incredible photographs

Working with Tim Walker: stylists

How do you begin to style the looks that feature in Tim Walker's otherworldly visions?

Working with Tim Walker: models

Find out about Tim Walker's unique working relationship with the models he photographs

Working with Tim Walker: hair and makeup

Tim Walker's fantasy worlds require equally otherworldly hair and makeup...

Tim Walker's Soldiers of Tomorrow photoshoot

Experience the Tim Walker photoshoot for Soldiers of Tomorrow

Tim Walker: Wonderful Things — Tim Walker: Wonderful Things

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.
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Making It Up: Photographic Fictions — Making It Up: Photographic Fictions

With over 130 photographs supported by extended commentaries and an introduction, Making It Up: Photographic Fictions shows how photography has been used to depict fiction as well as fact.
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The Peacock Skirt from Salome (custom print) — The Peacock Skirt from Salome (custom print)

The Peacock Skirt is from 'A Portfolio of Aubrey Beardsley's Drawings illustrating 'Salome' by Oscar Wilde'. This illustration is Plate V from a portfolio of 17 plates in total. Line block print. England, 1893-94.
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