![]() ![]() She was born in 1926 in New York and later moved to the area around Chicago were she spent her live taking care of the children of several families. ![]() There’s very little we know about Vivian Maier. It wasn’t until he stumbled upon an obituary in the local paper in 2009 that he knew that a nanny called Vivian Maier was the author of the brilliant street photographs.Įver since then, Maloof has dedicated a great deal of his time to go through and edit the material Vivian Maier had left behind: almost 150.000 negatives. In the following Maloof tried in vain to find the identity of the artist. Looking through the material at home he quickly realized what he had in hand: a true photographic treasure. It all began when Maloof purchased a box full of negatives at an auction. ![]() Thanks to historian John Maloof from Chicago, Vivian Maier is now – postmortem – receiving the recognition she deserves putting her in the league of the most important US-street photographer of the 20th century. The story of this remarkably talented woman who never showed her work to anyone while she was alive has raised a great deal of attention in the photography world. Vivian Maier – an unpretentious nanny with a passion for photography. It’s a wheel – you get on, you go to the end, and someone else has the same opportunity to go to the end, and so on, and somebody else takes their place. From Vivian Maier: Street Photographer photographs by Vivian Maier, edited by John Maloof, published by powerHouse Books. ![]()
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