Teirney Gearon-Virginia

Teirney Gearon is an American Photographer most famously known for the controversy surrounding her series in which she photographs her schizophrenic mother. Not limited to family portraiture, Gearon’s work seems very cohesive in her techniques.  Weather a staged shot or a cadid photo, all of her work carries a feeling of impermanence- a fleeting moment. The colors in her work are always strong and saturated. Color is easily what makes Gearon’s work so compelling. She seems to either knowingly or not, color coordinate her shots. With in each photograph, there is a nearly perfectly balanced color palette. Gearon manipulates her colors with light. She uses intense situational lighting to highlight the importance of her subjects.

Gearon’s work ranges over the spectrum of photography. She is known for her family photography, but also has an archive of work in fashion. Though the subjects seem polar opposite, Gearon’s work remains the same. She still utilizes color as a resource for evoking emotion, and making her images cohesive. The idea of identity is explored throughout all of her photographs – and each in each of her snap shots she seems to attempt to capture a tangible remnant of the subject’s self.