Timothy Allen

Timothy is a photojournalist who in 2002 photographed the intriguing subculture of the world of taxidermy championships in springfield, Illinois.

Although his style and message, especially the high key lighting which he uses (which is the focus of my project) differs greatly from what I am trying to achieve with my work. I thought it was interesting to look at how a contemporary photographer has captured taxidermy in their images. Despite looking at fur as a fetish, this is definately not the approach Allen has taken with his images. Which having looked at much of his other work after seeing these photographs, I think is really beautiful.