Saturday, January 28, 2012

vivian maier: a life discovered


Vivian Maier, nanny/caregiver and amateur "street" photographer, whose collective body of captivating snapshots where discovered in a storage locker that was being auctioned in order to pay her delinquent bills. John Maloof, buyer of one of several lockers, discovered over 100,000 negatives of Maier's work.  Over 5 decades of iconic street portraits, archived and cataloged, Vivian Maier's masterpieces can be viewed globally on touring exhibitions.

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