John, goes through the massive quantity of negatives, describes how impressed he was by the quality of the images, quickly determined they were not reverent to his project and just put them away. Real estate agent, John Maloof explains how a trip to a local auction house, in search for old pictures to use for a book history of his neighborhood, resulted in him bidding and winning a box full of old negatives. Her incredible body of work, only discovered after her death, lives on and has established her as one of the master street photographers. This remarkable volume draws upon recently conducted interviews with people who knew Maier, which shed new light on Maier’s photographic skill and her life.If there is one photography exhibition or documentary you MUST see in 2014, it would be ‘ Finding Vivian Maier’.Īn exciting photography exhibition (and documentary) about a nanny in 60-70’s New York and Chicago who, unbeknown to many, had a secret passion for photography.
It features images of and excerpts from Maier’s personal artifacts, memorabilia, and audiotapes, made available for the first time. ? Vivian Maier presents the most comprehensive collection and largest selection of the photographer’s work-created during the 1950s through the 1970s in New York, Chicago, and on her travels around the country-almost exclusively unpublished and including her previously unknown color work. They revealed a surprising and accomplished artist and a stunning body of work, which Maloof championed and brought to worldwide acclaim. In 2007, two years before her death, Chicago historic preservationist John Maloof discovered a trove of negatives, and roll upon roll of undeveloped film in a storage locker he bought at auction. During her lifetime she shot more than 100,000 images, which she kept hidden from the world.
Vivian Maier’s story-the secretive nanny-photographer during her life who becomes a popular sensation shortly after her death-has, to date, been pieced together only from previously seen or known images she made and the handful of facts that have surfaced about her life. The definitive monograph of American photographer Vivian Maier, exploring the full range and brilliance of her work and the mystery of her life, written and edited by noted photography curator and writer Marvin Heiferman featuring 250 black-and-white images, color work, and other materials never seen before and a foreword by New York Times bestselling author Laura Lippman.
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