Monday, September 8, 2008

TIERNEY GEARON






























Incredible photographer mentioned in class. you might want to do a bit of exploration via google, especially regarding her editorial work, but some images can be seen here

James


6 comments:

Agathe PHILBÉ said...

thanks a lot for this link... very inspiring work. I see a lot of similarities with Martin Parr indeed (saturated colors and topics -family, middle class world, body...). But I feel there is more empathy here, and less "making fun of". Also, first time I like images of kids that much !

Margo said...

Yeah these are great images. I like the combination of the comfortable, free nature of being a kid and the humor of it. What adults see as sometimes weird behavior for them is just natural. At some point we lose the comfort to just put it out there naked on the street wearing a mask, and just feel like, 'what's the problem' ?

There's a really great image on her site from the link of the kid on the plane... The light, the composition, and the emotion are all so strong and uncomfortable.

charlie said...

Some of these made me laugh, others kinda scared the hell out of me. It's like small kids mocking and laughing at all our big kid insecurities, this i enjoy. Also, something about asking a kid to take out his junk at age 5 and piss for the camera leaves me wanting to ask the photographer what part she enjoys most about it. Why not show a kid crapping in the street? Is it not funny then? Does it matter?

Agathe PHILBÉ said...

ahaha your comment made me laugh ... I have to say you are right and can't really answer the "crapping" question... but maybe it did not happen like "hey please kid, take out your thing and piss!"... I mean kids do pee wherever, she probably did not have to force them much to make it happen...

charlie said...

you are right agathe, and even some adults too! I'm just curious if they were prompted and if so, how that changes the work.

kimberly said...

There is a raw honesty to this work that made me want to go back and look at Nan Goldin's work. They certainly have a different style but there is a "shoot at all costs" mentality that they share. I appreciate this.