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Title: Tribute to an American Street Photogropher
Post by: bodie on June 24, 2013, 05:52:46 PM

I wonder how many of you already know the name 'Vivian Maier'   I had not even heard of her until last week.  I found her work,and her story to be fascinating and thought i would share.

Vivian Dorothea Maier (February 1, 1926 – April 21, 2009) took many photo's.  Street photo's.  She didn't show them to anyone.  They were discovered after her death in 2009.  Many of them had not been developed.  Just rolls and rolls of film.

You can read more about her http://www.vivianmaier.com/about-vivian-maier/ (http://www.vivianmaier.com/about-vivian-maier/)

"She was a Socialist, a Feminist, a movie critic, and a tell-it-like-it-is type of person. She learned English by going to theaters, which she loved. She wore a men's jacket, men's shoes, and a large hat most of the time. She was constantly taking pictures, which she didn't show anyone."  a description by one of the many children she was a nanny to in Chicago.

Some of her work

New York
untitled, undated
(http://www.vivianmaier.com/media/gallery/new-york-1/53-292.jpg)

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Sept 28, 1959, 108th St. East, New York, NY
(http://www.vivianmaier.com/media/gallery/new-york-1/59-567.jpg)

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Fall, 1953
(http://www.vivianmaier.com/media/gallery/new-york-1/53-338.jpg)

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Armenian woman fighting, September, 1956, Lower East Side, NY
(http://www.vivianmaier.com/media/gallery/new-york-1/56-423.jpg)


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Christmas Eve of 1953, 78th St & 3rd Ave. New York, NY
(http://www.vivianmaier.com/media/gallery/new-york-1/53-372.jpg)

separate posts for more of them due to size and nothing to do with being a postwhore wannabe  :zoinks:

Title: Re: Tribute to an American Street Photogropher
Post by: bodie on June 24, 2013, 05:55:53 PM

Untitled, August 12, 1954, New York, NY
(http://www.vivianmaier.com/media/gallery/new-york-1/55-140.jpg)

Title: Re: Tribute to an American Street Photogropher
Post by: bodie on June 24, 2013, 05:57:47 PM

Jan 26, 1955, Uptown West, New York, NY
(http://www.vivianmaier.com/media/gallery/new-york-1/55-465.jpg)

Title: Re: Tribute to an American Street Photogropher
Post by: Jack on June 24, 2013, 06:00:22 PM

Great photos.

Title: Re: Tribute to an American Street Photogropher
Post by: bodie on June 24, 2013, 06:00:49 PM

Chicago, undated

(http://www.vivianmaier.com/media/gallery/chicago/4204.jpg)

Title: Re: Tribute to an American Street Photogropher
Post by: bodie on June 24, 2013, 06:02:57 PM

Untitled, undated

(http://www.vivianmaier.com/media/gallery/unknown/2408.jpg)

Title: Re: Tribute to an American Street Photogropher
Post by: bodie on June 24, 2013, 06:04:38 PM

Untitled, undated.

(http://[url=http://www.vivianmaier.com/media/gallery/unknown/2398.jpg]http://www.vivianmaier.com/media/gallery/unknown/2398.jpg[/url])

Title: Re: Tribute to an American Street Photogropher
Post by: bodie on June 24, 2013, 06:06:35 PM

Undated,  Canada.

(http://www.vivianmaier.com/media/gallery/travels_1/4044.jpg)

Title: Re: Tribute to an American Street Photogropher
Post by: Jack on June 24, 2013, 06:07:53 PM

The last two aren't showing up.

Title: Re: Tribute to an American Street Photogropher
Post by: bodie on June 24, 2013, 06:12:42 PM

Sorry,  trying to re paste  :2thumbsup:

New York 1955

(http://www.vivianmaier.com/media/gallery/new-york-2/55-1040.jpg)

Title: Re: Tribute to an American Street Photogropher
Post by: bodie on June 24, 2013, 06:15:14 PM

Doh,  i need to use my other computer.  I will post more, later.  x

Title: Re: Tribute to an American Street Photogropher
Post by: skyblue1 on June 24, 2013, 06:17:56 PM

interesting photos of street life back then

thanks

Title: Re: Tribute to an American Street Photogropher
Post by: bodie on June 24, 2013, 06:52:34 PM

Yeah i think they are cool.  Expressions on faces,  odd shoes etc.

End of April, 1953, New York, NY
(http://www.vivianmaier.com/media/gallery/new-york-2/53-473.jpg)

Title: Re: Tribute to an American Street Photogropher
Post by: bodie on June 24, 2013, 06:59:23 PM

1954 New York
(http://www.vivianmaier.com/media/gallery/new-york-2/54-157.jpg)

Title: Re: Tribute to an American Street Photogropher
Post by: bodie on June 24, 2013, 07:02:00 PM

1954 New York

(http://www.vivianmaier.com/media/gallery/new-york-2/54-56.jpg)

Title: Re: Tribute to an American Street Photogropher
Post by: bodie on June 24, 2013, 07:05:21 PM

August 11, 1959, Digne, France

(http://www.vivianmaier.com/media/gallery/travels_1/59-2103.jpg)


I really like this one.

Title: Re: Tribute to an American Street Photogropher
Post by: skyblue1 on June 24, 2013, 07:05:42 PM

Did you notice that most of the women are short?

Title: Re: Tribute to an American Street Photogropher
Post by: bodie on June 24, 2013, 07:08:15 PM

1959  Egypt

(http://www.vivianmaier.com/media/gallery/travels_1/59-461.jpg)

Title: Re: Tribute to an American Street Photogropher
Post by: bodie on June 24, 2013, 07:10:24 PM

Quote from: skyblue1 on June 24, 2013, 07:05:42 PM

Did you notice that most of the women are short?

Yes,  and two of them seem aware of the camera.

Title: Re: Tribute to an American Street Photogropher
Post by: skyblue1 on June 24, 2013, 07:10:34 PM

Quote from: bodie on June 24, 2013, 07:08:15 PM

1959  Egypt

(http://www.vivianmaier.com/media/gallery/travels_1/59-461.jpg)

nice :thumbup:

Title: Re: Tribute to an American Street Photogropher
Post by: bodie on June 24, 2013, 07:15:33 PM

Undated, Chicago

(http://www.vivianmaier.com/media/gallery/chicago/3183.jpg)

Title: Re: Tribute to an American Street Photogropher
Post by: bodie on June 24, 2013, 07:19:05 PM

1957 Chicago

(http://www.vivianmaier.com/media/gallery/chicago/57-511.jpg)

Title: Re: Tribute to an American Street Photogropher
Post by: skyblue1 on June 24, 2013, 07:20:00 PM

Quote from: bodie on June 24, 2013, 07:19:05 PM

1957 Chicago

(http://www.vivianmaier.com/media/gallery/chicago/57-511.jpg)

Mom?

Title: Re: Tribute to an American Street Photogropher
Post by: bodie on June 24, 2013, 07:21:08 PM

Undated,  Chicago

(http://www.vivianmaier.com/media/gallery/chicago/2503.jpg)

Title: Re: Tribute to an American Street Photogropher
Post by: McGiver on June 24, 2013, 09:44:24 PM

Great work.

Title: Re: Tribute to an American Street Photogropher
Post by: odeon on June 24, 2013, 10:42:35 PM

Yup, I know her work. Fabulous. :plus: