Timberland 6" Boot "Tone on Tone"

Timberland has released another iteration of its classic 6” boot silhouette with a limited release of the “Tone on Tone” collection featuring three new colorways. The lookbook for the offering was shot by Brooklyn-based artist and food photographer Henry Hargreaves. Working off of the green and brown colorway that was nicknamed “Beef and Broccoli,” the resulting images are fun and whimsical renderings of the signature boot elevated to artistic portraiture. The Timberland 6” Boot “Tone on Tone” collection is currently available on Timberland’s online store and at select retailers.

Also, check out an excerpt below from Timberland’s exclusive interview with Henry Hargreaves about the inspiration behind the collaboration. 

You’re an art photographer who loves to shoot food. What’s the appeal?

It doesn’t talk back and you can eat it after! Also it’s something everyone can relate to or has an opinion of if they have tasted it.

How did you get started as a photographer and when did you first start using edible subjects?

I began shooting around 10 years ago, I started doing luxury still life but the products were so hard to come by. By comparison, the supermarket had so much attainable subject matter at a cheap price – and I was so inspired by what I saw!

How did you approach this project and can you discuss the creative process?

I usually like to look at design, illustration and other things that get me thinking in different ways about taking a picture. So with these two-tone boots, we thought about the colorways, how they could be described, how they would look, what would complement them. The blue and blueberries pairing is obvious, but we wanted to make a beautiful shot, so we pulled in the branches and made it look more like a painting than a photograph.

The beef and broccoli with the mountains and the cows is more tongue-in-cheek. We wanted strong, different images but still have the ability to place them next to each other without them feeling like complete strangers.