Project 2 so far

Tierney Gearon: Response

After viewing a video in class titled The Mother Project, it made me look at my life and think about how I would go about emulating her. I guess what i mean is that I can relate to Tierney photographing her mother. Her mother having bi-polar disease and probably some dementia made a very difficult subject. At the same time though she is also very photogenic in her natural state. When the mother actually in a good mood for her photograph to be taken the result is usually quite beautiful. The lighting created and the softness effects in the photographs bring out the beauty in the mother exponentially. After seeing the movie and viewing how Tierney is photographing; the conditions she is in and the attitudes of everyone around you can really start to see why Tierney does what she does.

Gearon's photos from a technical standpoint are controversial, influential, and lifting. She is photographing life. The raw emotions presented in her photos to me say a lot about the type of work that she prefers to shoot. She doesn't like candid camera. She will photograph you in your natural state as is. If you wanna be naked on a beach with a mask on so be it. Your just living your life.

Nate Larson

         While looking at Nate Larson’s work, the projects that stood out to me the most were of the Kirlian Photography, and Burden of Proof. For me Nate’s work is seems to be mostly idea. His religious work seems to be all posed. He is clearly placing objects in the frame to create his photograph, where as I like photographs to be natural or abstract. I do not like using photography as if I were painting on a canvas. I like finding and shooting as is. This is what in intrigues me about the Kirlian work. Every photo is a complete mystery on how it will turn out. The colors suggest manipulation, but the photo is completely as is. It is a photo of a simple object that is captured in a way that it creates an abstract result.

         While going through his Burden of Proof work I liked how he kept everything consistent with a black background. I realize that I said that I do not like using photography as a canvas, but for this style of work I think it looks all right. Nate is using the photos and text together in a way to that there is this separation down the middle, but there is also a connection with that. For the print Ceroscopy, 2005 he is showing you in the photo himself pouring the wax, and then the end result. All right there in the frame with text. This concept is very unique and I believe that Nate pulled it off very successfully.