Tierney gearon biography of michael jackson

American photographer (born 1963)

Tierney Gearon (born 9 September 1963) is an American photographer who came to prominence in Britain after a media controversy over her work at the Saatchi Gallery.

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She was born in Atlanta, Georgia.^[1] She had no formal art training, but studied ballet in Utah, where a European model agency saw her. This led to five years of modeling and traveling the world. During this time she took up photography herself.^[2] A Paris agent saw some of her Polaroid photos and encouraged her to do more work.

She then became a fashion photographer for five years.

Tierney gearon biography of michael jackson

Her work was used in magazines and on Times Square billboards.^[3]

Her personal work often revolves around her family and friends. She considers it "the diary of my soul."^[4] She started photographing her children and that work was eventually shown in the "I Am a Camera" exhibition at Saatchi Gallery.

She then started photographing her mother. Tha