Tierney Gearon, “Manhattan Bridge, New York”

Tierney Gearon is an photographer, born in Atlanta, Georgia, who had no formal art training. She was a model for five years, during which time she began taking Polaroid pictures. This developed into full time fashion photography for magazines and Times Square billboards. Her photographic work was included in the “I am a Camea” exhibition at Saatchi Gallery. Gearon also had an exhibition called “The Mother Project” which consisted of photographs of her mother and later a book published called “Daddy, Where Are You?”

A documentary film by Jack Youngelson and Peter Sutherland entitled “Tierney Gearon: The Mother Project” was released in 2007. It follows the artist as she photographs her mother and covers the controversy surrounding the photographs of her children which she included in the “I am a Camera” exhibition.