Tierney Gearon Film

I enjoyed watching the Tierney Gearon Film in class, I thought it was very inspirational to see that almost all the photographs that she was taking were snapshots of her family. I liked how she really gave you an insight to how she took her photos, and how she involved her family in just about every photograph she took. I thought it was especially interesting that after she had her last baby, she had her mom posing naked with the baby. I think that her way of photographing with her kids in her photographs gives the viewer a sense of how she felt when she was being raised as a child. Gearon puts to use the role of using masks as props in her photographs, which adds an entirely new element to her photographs. One thing I really respect about the way that Tierney photographs, is that she brings her camera with her everywhere she goes. This way she is able to show us the true relationship she has with her mother and with her kids.

If I had to compare Tierney Gearon to another photographer, it would be Sally Mann. Tierney Gearon and Sally Mann both shoot their photographs using their kids to display how their feeling. The two photographers relate in that they both involve their kids naked in their photographs. They are different in that, their photographs invoke a completely different feeling from each other.