Author Topic: Vivian Maier (Read 388 times)

Nichi · « **on:** October 12, 2017, 01:15:18 PM »

I began to read in depth about her today. She was an American street photographer, b.1926 - d.2009. The astonishing thing about her is that during her life, she did not even get prints of most of her work, which numbered in the 100-thousands. After her death, the contents of her storage unit, where her negatives and rolls of undeveloped film were stacked in boxes, were bought in an auction by a collector, who then brought her to the public eye. Though she began to use color in the 70's, the majority of her work was shot in black and white, and so many of the photos were stunning. Her biography and story are still being researched and unraveled.

NY, 1962

http://ea8e669eb988da20809a34bc.maloofcollection.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/VM1962W00997-08-MC.jpg

Nichi · « **Reply #1 on:** October 12, 2017, 01:19:25 PM »

Here is a gallery of some of her work.

http://www.vivianmaier.com/gallery/street-1/#slide-1

Navigation-wise, when you slide back to the first slide, change street-1 to street-2 in the url, to see more.

Nichi · « **Reply #2 on:** October 12, 2017, 04:59:54 PM »

https://youtu.be/DMD3YupiuU4

(You'll want to go full screen on these.)

Nichi · « **Reply #3 on:** October 12, 2017, 05:10:46 PM »

Her New York street photos look so familiar to me. She took a lot in the section called the "Bowery", through which I rode several times as a child. That was part of my dark legacy. She captured it well, and it's rather unnerving that she routinely walked through that area.