Harry Styles nude outtake appears in Tim Walker show in London
A nude portrait of Harry Styles is on public display in London as part of a new exhibition by photographer Tim Walker.
The image is shown at the National Portrait Gallery in Walker's exhibition Fairyland: Love and Legends. The gallery has the show listed to run through 7 February 2027. Billboard
Walker photographed Styles for the artwork for Fine Line, the singer's second album, released in 2019. The nude portrait is an outtake from that shoot. An outtake is a photograph taken during an assignment but not chosen for the final use.
Fine Line debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in December 2019, according to Billboard. The Billboard 200 is the weekly ranking of the most popular albums in the United States. It measures sales and streaming equivalent album units, the figure that converts plays into album sales.
Fairyland is organised around queer identity, community and love. The exhibition brings together more than 250 portraits of contemporary LGBTQ+ Britain. Financial Times
The National Portrait Gallery describes the show as a celebration of queer activism, community and love. National Portrait Gallery Visitors are warned in advance. The gallery says the exhibition contains nudity, adult themes and some sexually explicit imagery.
Comedian and presenter Alan Carr appeared with Walker in behind-the-scenes material for the exhibition released by the gallery. The clip was posted on the gallery's TikTok account in September.
For fans, this means a different view of a familiar shoot. The released Fine Line cover showed Styles in a pink, high-collared outfit. This version was left in the archive until now.
