Title: Vivian Maier - unknown photographer extraordinaire
Post by: ezsha on 12-Apr-10, 03:24:43 PM
She (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivian_Maier) passed away last fall, but her archives of decades of photos were discovered a couple years ago. They are mostly of Chicago in the 50s and 60s. She was a French immigrant who came here and fell in love with movies and her camera. (Thank you, mldeed (http://rfalconcam.com/forum/index.php?topic=1991.0), for posting the european blog link, which started this webquest.)
The gentleman who bought them has created a wonderful blog (http://www.vivianmaier.blogspot.com/), on which he is posting a great many of her pictures... he still has thousands to go...
An article (http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/features/little-miss-big-shot-fifties-america-exposed-ndash-by-a-french-nanny-1811040.html) with more about the gentleman and his inspiration... it's a neat and also enigmatic story... ezsha
(She liked to photograph people... I hope this guy was careful... urban pf bait, for sure! :D)
The gentleman who bought them has created a wonderful blog (http://www.vivianmaier.blogspot.com/), on which he is posting a great many of her pictures... he still has thousands to go...
An article (http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/features/little-miss-big-shot-fifties-america-exposed-ndash-by-a-french-nanny-1811040.html) with more about the gentleman and his inspiration... it's a neat and also enigmatic story... ezsha
(She liked to photograph people... I hope this guy was careful... urban pf bait, for sure! :D)