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We went to see Tim Walker's photography show "Wonderful Things" at the V & A museum the other day. Walker really stretches boundaries and is one of the most imaginative photographers working right now. He's specially well known for his spectacular fashion shoots in "Vogue," but the show also included many personal projects, which I found even more interesting after I had read his own accounts of how he came to conceive and create them. His work may seem alive and full of movement, but it is the opposite of spontaneous, and relies on often gigantic and elaborate sets and truly surreal props.

So Walker's just the person to do an "Alice" project, you'd think; specially since in the introduction to the show he actually mentions Wonderland. I was surprised to spot only one definitely Alice-themed photograph (above). When I looked up his website afterwards, though, I found a whole group of "Alice" themed pictures, in a different style. They are images numbers 7-15 on this website carousel.

The "Alice" iconography is so familiar and so many artists have tackled the book that it must be frustrating to try and create anything wholly original. Since extreme originality is one of Walker's main characteristics, I don't feel these Alice pictures are among his most typical images, although I don't think I ever saw black or white models used to represent the chess set...

Oh, come to think of it, perhaps I should go back and look a bit harder...