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Tierney Gearon: The Mother Project2006
Celebrated photographer Tierney Gearon's work has been labeled manipulative, and disturbing. A former model and dancer, Gearon came to notorious fame in 2001 when photos of her own naked and masked children in the "I Am a Camera" show at London's Saatchi Gallery had authorities threatening child pornography charges. Filmmakers Peter Sutherland and Jack Youngelson follow this exceptional artist over the course of three years as she assembles her most daring and emotionally complex body of work to date: a series on her manic-depressive schizophrenic mother, who resides in Grey Gardens squalor in the frozen suburbs of upstate New York. The mixture of art and family can almost be too close for comfort, but like much of Gearon's photographs there is a subversive beauty that emerges from the incongruity between ordinary moments and madness. TIERNEY GEARON: THE MOTHER PROJECT is a moving and intricate portrait of an artist, her inspirations and unconventional family relationships.
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Member Reviews (2)
Here's one to make you wonder about your own sense propriety and consider your personal boundaries.
I laughed. I cried. I could relate. It was an interesting film which revealed the artistic side of photography, the challenges from critics and the human emotion that occurs within each photo and from the participants.