fter graduating from London College of Printing, Tim worked as a rock photographer before moving into fashion. Tim’s work has become more diverse as time goes by ‘ which often finds him being booked for trickier assignments due to his ability to handle a complicated brief. Tim Bret-Day is pretty much the shit when it comes to creating images of fantasy, desire and the somewhat ludicrous scenes that high fashion editorial commands. He’s essentially the opposite of a point and shoot kind of photographer, constructing elaborate scenes of nauseating gloss, depth and glamour finished within an inch of its life. So its really no surprise that brands like Agent Provocateur, Harvey Nichols, Adidas, Mercedes and Smirnoff have all come knocking on his door to make them look good. His images have graced the pages of magazine heavyweights such as Harpers and Queen, The Face, Marie Claire, Flaunt etc. Tim’s portfolio is full of astonishing and amazing photos, works of art or whatever you want to call it.
They were call it “ Visual Orgies”. It must be the company’s new lingerie campaign, inspired by orgies, sacrifice and classic paintings Fleur Britten Turn away now, puritans and prudes. The latest Agent Provocateur campaign has arrived and it’s as provocative as ever. From the brand that brought us Kate Moss’s sexual fantasies, bikes as sex toys and Maggie Gyllenhaal’s steamy LA strip, now comes the ultimate climax. Chanelling the gothic decadence of Hogarth, Caravaggio, Rubens and Delaroche’s Execution of Lady Jane Grey, it is a seething orgiastic scene of girls on top, girls on girls and boys and beasts. Peaches and Daisy Lowe, the bad girls du jour, both star, as does the flame-haired American actress Paz de la Huerta, who holds court over a sacrifice of a topless virgin, accompanied by two male cohorts — David Bailey’s Byronesque son, Fenton, and a 21-year-old albino boy named Alex. It was Alex’s first ever shoot and, according to an insider, “he had quite a surprising day”. The dark master behind the Agent Provocateur sex show is Vivienne Westwood’s son, Joe Corré. He launched the brand in 1994 with his wife, Serena Rees, but she left him for the Clash’s Paul Simonon in 2006. His close friend Kate Moss recently said, “A lot of people don’t dare do the things they dream about, but Corré just goes for it.” You can spot Corré in the picture, surrounded by his disciple-friends as he presides over the sacrifice. “I feel artistically freer without Serena,” he admits. “This was exhilarating — it’s some of the best work we’ve ever done.” Does he find witches erotic? Of course. “Powerful women are not victims,” he says. “They’re in control, and that is very sexy.” Inevitably, matters did get out of control. “People got overexcited,” says Corré, naming no names. “Some have an idea of what they think is sexy, but maybe they’ve been watching too much porn.” Meanwhile, the photographer Tim Bret-Day reckons it was a “miracle” it actually happened: “It was a free-for-all. Everybody ran rampage. These girls are so sure about their sexuality, they’re a scary bunch. We never expected Paz to put a knife to someone’s throat.” See here below Tim’s fantastic steamy campaign for Agent Provocateur:
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