Interview

Celeb photographer Christian Tierney: ‘You get two days’ notice for a job – I always have a bag packed’

The young Irish photographer talks about working with some of the most famous celebrities on the planet, and how his craft comes from the simple act of paying careful attention

Christian Tierney has photographed the biggest names in music, fashion, film and sport. Picture: Christian Tierney

In September 2012, when Christian Tierney was 15, he emailed the management of Macklemore & Ryan Lewis from his family computer in their three-bedroom in west Dublin. Earlier that day, as he changed out of his Lucan Community College uniform, he had learned from the MCD website that the then-underground musicians were set to play a gig at Tower Records in the city centre, hoping to lure hip-hop fans and tastemakers such as a young ...