Alexis Ping-DiFiore
Tim Walker, "Like a Doll"
Vogue Italia- Jan 2012
Tim Walker is a famous fashion photographer who creates ads and images that intrigue the viewer with his wonderful world of fantasy. He is perhaps most well known for his Juicy Couture ads where the juxtaposition between classic femininity and pastel tones contrast with hard tattoos or neon hair of its subjects. He has so many intriguing series with exciting subject matter. I chose this particular image because it reminded me of a doll I had as a little girl whose name was in fact Big Doll. To me the image's subject is an exaggerated depiction of a memento from my childhood. In this image the doll grabs my immediate attention, but if I was flipping through a fashion magazine seeing the peculiar doll would stop me at this page and due to the sharp contrast of the dolls bright blue dress and the models pink coat both subjects are very visible against the dark forest background. Everything about this image flows as my eyes drift from the odd doll, to the sad model, and follow the fallen tree trunk back to the initial starting point.
