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.
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