gerald dearing
Born in Normandy, 1940 | Lives and works in New York City
Gerald Dearing’s approach to photography is simple and direct:
Working spontaneously and without artifice, Gerald seeks to capture the authenticity of the moment; no tricks, no manipulation, the technique of no technique. The results reflect such directness. They are intimate, honest, unadorned and ruggedly pure. Within his images lies a sharp sense of transience, a soul both deeply contemplative and melancholic.
Gerald, born and raised in the luminous light of coastal Normandy in the 1940’s, has a body of work spanning over thirty years. He discovered the Polaroid Land Camera 180 early in his career and it has become the perfect vehicle to fulfill his creative intentions. The Polaroid’s images are not only immediate, but like Gerald’s work, make no attempt to conceal the markings and scratches of time.
Selected Exhibitions
2008 gallerynine5, Indivisible, New York, NY
2007 Time and Space Limited, Hudson, NY
2006 Gallagher’s Art Gallery, New York, NY
2005 Time and Space Limited, Hudson, NY
2003 Time and Space Limited, Hudson, NY
Selected Press
2008 Flavorpill, “Gerald Dearing: Indivisible”, by Joel Withrow , July
2005 American Photo Magazine, “Gerald Dearing’s Time to Shine Comes at Last”, by Jeffrey Elbies
2005 Times Union: Art Events, “A Celebration of the Spontaneous Image”, by Tresca Weinsten, January
2004 Italian Photo Magazine, “Il Poeta Normano E La Soggezza Della Cose Semplici”, by Michele Moilnari , April, Italy
2003 German Photo Magazine, “Das Besondere Porfolio: Suche Nach Der Verlorenen Ziet” , by Manfred Zollner , September, Germany
