Maier in one of several self-portraits she took on the streets of Chicago (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Chicago Tonight has run a terrific story on Vivian Maier this week. Maier was a nanny all her life and lived a quiet life. It wasn’t till a man bought a large box of her photo negatives at a garage sale did anyone realize that Maier was probably the best street photographer of her era in Chicago.
Her black and white photos show drama, emotion, and beauty. I love that she lived her life in anonymity. Most of the 100,000 photos she took were never printed.
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smkelly8
Aug 02, 2012 @ 19:27:24
Thanks for sharing!
Aug 03, 2012 @ 13:13:47
You’re welcome.
Aug 04, 2012 @ 11:40:21
Thanks for sharing this information. Her work is a wonderful catalog of her time.