The Dress-Lamp Tree, England, 2002, Tim Walke

Tim Walker, The Dress-Lamp Tree, England, 2002

At what point does fashion photography become art? A new show at the Getty Center in Los Angeles explores the art of fashion photography at its most creative. Tim Walker, a photographer whose set-heavy images often dip into realms beyond our traditional understanding of fashion—to theatre, installation and more—does away completely with the notion of models in the above image, hanging various inner-lit dresses from a large tree.