About Me
Tanner Pearson is a freelance photojournalist who is a photography intern with the Cincinnati Reds for the 2024 season. He graduated in 2023 with a Bachelor of Science in Visual Communication from Ohio University. During college, he worked as a staff photographer for Ohio University’s Athletic Department and a contributing photographer for The Post Athens.
In the summer of 2022, he completed an internship with Boyd’s Station Project 306.36/ the Cynthiana Democrat, a local newspaper in Cynthiana, Kentucky. Throughout his college career, he was involved with the National Press Photographers Association chapter at Ohio University. He served as the Secretary and Vice President during his involvement.
In 2022, he attended the Eddie Adams Workshop XXXV in Jeffersonville, New York, and Ohio University’s Visual Discovery Conference held in Lucerne, Switzerland. In March of 2023, he attended the 40th Northern Short Course in photojournalism as a volunteer.
In 2023, he was a Photography Co-Op with The Boston Globe for six months. He photographed daily assignments on deadline including feature stories, New England professional sports teams, breaking news, and a story he pitched about giant pumpkins of New England. He also assisted on the photo desk, archiving current and historical images into the Globe’s digital asset management software for print and digital publication.
Following the Globe and graduation, he returned to his hometown of Cincinnati to pursue a career in freelance photography. Outside of photography, Tanner enjoys spending time with family and friends, his dog Marley, time on the golf course, rock climbing, and cycling.
Available for assignments.
Photo Credits: Joe Timmerman
College Photographer of the Year- Award of Excellence, Sports Action, 2021
National Press Photographer Association Ohio University- Vice President, 2022, Secretary, 2021
Larry Fullerton Photojournalism Scholarship- First Place, 2020
The Curious Society- Gad Schuster Gross Grant, December, 2021
The Patrick Scholarship Recipient- 2021
The Lyon Family Scholarship Recipient- 2022
College of Communication Scholarship Recipient- 2022
Don Perris Internship Scholarship- 2022
About the Logo:
When I was 12, I lost my dad. He was the coolest person I have ever known. In college at Kent State University, he had studied Graphic Design. He designed the original “pear sun” logo.
I received his collection of CDs, laterin my life. He had built up this collection over years and I remembered he kept them in this large wooden organizer. He had them organized alphabetically and that is how they were supposed to stay. I credit him to much of the music interest that I have today.
Once I received this collection, I noticed that on the CDs that he would frequently play, there were these slips of paper with his logo. It was his way of saying, “these are my favorites.”
I was a freshman at Ohio University in an intro to design class. We were tasked with creating a logo for ourselves. For our websites, business cards, resumes, whatever it maybe. I knew what I had to do. I created a variation of his logo, which is now the one I use, for everything.
It is my subtle way of honoring him through what I do. I know he would be proud of me and where I am going.
Thank you, Dad.
Contact
c: (513) 203-8252
e: pearsont79@gmail.com
location: Cincinnati, Ohio
instagram: @tpearsn
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