Street Photographer: Vivian Maier

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

In 2007 a box containing 30,000 rolls of undeveloped film, prints and negatives by an unknown photographer were auctioned off and purchased for $350.  After seeing the images the buyer quickly purchased another box of the same, totaling over 100,000 negatives, images, audio tapes, interviews and undeveloped film. The photography was the work of a New York City nanny, Vivian Maier, who photographed prolifically for over forty years but never exhibited her work. Maiers photograph's have now been turned into a book and documentary titled "Finding Vivian Maier."  The documentary looks fascinating- check it out!
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9 comments:

  1. wow! what an amazing story, the documentary looks so interesting. her photos are so striking. just goes to show-- sometimes, you never really know a person...!

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  2. Such a great story! And beautiful photos

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  3. Oh, I'm so excited for this documentary. What amazing pictures! Thank you for sharing.

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  4. First heard about this last year, can't wait for the documentary!

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  5. We just installed a show of her photographs at the gallery I work at - they're gorgeous!

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  6. thanks for sharing! i wasn't aware of this. it's definitely something i would enjoy watching and reading more about.

    leyla.

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  8. just found you through a cup of jo. beautiful pictures and family!! xx

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  9. This is so wonderful and makes my heart swell. And the images are breathtaking.

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