‘Vivian Maier (1926 – 2009) was an American amateur street photographer who worked for about forty years as a nanny in Chicago. During those years she took about 100,000 photographs, primarily of people and cityscapes most often in Chicago, although she traveled and photographed worldwide.
‘Her photographs remained unknown and mostly undeveloped until they were discovered by a local historian, John Maloof, in 2007. Following Maier’s death her work began to receive critical acclaim.’
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Via My Modern Met
This capsule was curated by Rob Dickens CBE
Wonderful!
I think you could be running Vivian Maier pjotos for a long, long time.
oops, photos.
new york has its share of homely people…notice the rich from the poor…and them ugly furs…
pictures where shot primarily in Chicago with only a few images in New York.
On the contrary, street signs, traffic lights, light poles, background shots of Riverside Drive, Bryant Park, etc., convince me these are all from Manhattan. #19 is repeated, however.
My mother had one of those furs with the fox heads on it.
Wow, amazing photos, thanks for sharing!
Amazing images with truly talented eyes from behind the camera.
Vivian Mailer has inspired me back to street photography.
Wow!
Wow, I love these!!!
She captured some people that have struggled or given
up. It was sort of a dark ride looking at them. She
has a “Diane Arbus” thing going on. I felt touched by
them. Plus N.Y. or wherever looks like a place I wouldn’t want
to be in those days. Oh!
Agreed, really ugly furs!!
NOT Chicago, nope. DEFINITELY New York. I know my home town when I see it.
horrible ville avec ses horribles habitants.
Very emotional journey.
I hope you are running Vivian Maier for a long time.
They are very well composed and show very interesting subjects.
It would be interesting to know more about her motivation when choosing her subjects.
Fantastic photos!!