Street Photographer’s Work Discovered A Few Days After Her Death

Vivian Maier’s street photography was recently “discovered” just a few days after she died at the age of 83. The Chicago nanny took over 100,000 photographs and many say she may rank among the top street photographers of the 20th century.

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Ron DeVito
Great Photos. With so many Photos, maybe the best way to see them is as a slide show, instead of 80 or so printed pieces. Also, maybe a series of Disks of her work, with as many as would fit on each. It seems to me that Vivian was a quiet person, with tons of talent, God Bless Her. I don’t normally say such things, but it seems appropriate for her. She saw the ordinary and made it extraordinary.
http://eleanorgreer.blogspot.com Eleanor
Jonathan, Hire some interns from the Chicago area. What an incredible lineage to be a part of.
http://www.skinnygirlsarecrazy.com XANRA
I hope this amazing showing comes to Indianapolis! Often artists are not the best people to market their own work, and many blessing on the soul who took this on as his life’s work.
Maria
The biggest question in my mind is, how can John Maloff use these in a book if he doesn’t own the copyright? Why aren’t more people asking this question? Just because you can’t find the heirs after a cursory search, doesn’t mean the photos are yours to profit from. His original purpose in bidding on these are suspect for this reason. How was he going to get a copyright on photos he got from an auction?
Marguerite
I find it irony that the same streets that she obviously loved to photograph, in the end, inadvertently caused her demise…
http://stephaniefetter.com Stephanie Fetter
Thank You John for doing all of this work. She deserves to be recognized.
John Shaw
I would Love to see this in portland Oregon
Winston Mattis
Long live film,I wonder if our digital images will effect history like this?
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=606826304 Celia Alamo Jacob
great story….