Comments on: Vivian Maier – The Greatest Photographer You’ve Never Known

By: Lorenzo P

Lorenzo P — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 10:03:00 +0000

Intriguing!!!

By: yamaha83

yamaha83 — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 15:35:00 +0000

ah i see!! thanks! Ill check it out!! i cant believe I’m just not hearing about this in the last week or so. Such great images and such a great story! i have been skipping out on doing work all of Friday and most of today looking at her stuff!! lol

By: Andrew Griswold

Andrew Griswold — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 15:29:00 +0000

I know that part, I was referencing the large collection of stuff that was found when he went to her old place where she lived alone in someones attic. The guys found outfits, cameras and more boxes full of film and photos. I think its in the longer video I linked above, check it out.

By: yamaha83

yamaha83 — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 15:18:00 +0000

the photos were not found in an attic. they where in a storage locker that was being auctioned off due to no payment. the guy doing the documentary bought them hoping to find pictures of the city for an unrelated book and stumbled upon the greatness!

By: Andrew Griswold

Andrew Griswold — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 14:52:00 +0000

It is a little upsetting to think that way about the photos being found closed away in an attic but with most great artists and primarily painters their work wasn’t known or famous until after their deaths, which is a sad twist on the striving to be famous and successful artists in some cases to have filled a life of work and not become popular until after your demise. A little part of me wants this story to be a little about her collecting these images her entire life and then just before her death having them released into the public for everyone to see as a final goodbye. The craziest part is after her storage locker was sold originally to that guy her death was not far from that, just days! Maybe it was on purpose or just a complete coincidence that her boxes were sold around the same date. I can’t wait to watch the entire documentary, here is a longer video of the details that went into the story behind finding all the photos though, just astonishing! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWEDOnBfDUI

By: Roman

Roman — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 04:18:00 +0000

I don’t feel sad. She didn’t want fame. She didn’t want to get paid or even be recognized. She did it for herself. It was a part of her private life. I am not sure what to thing about exposing her work to the world right now.

By: Lanskymob

Lanskymob — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 02:35:00 +0000

A second book of her photographs was published a few months ago. Vivian Maier: Out Of The Shadows. Fantastic book that also uncovered more of her biography than was ever known before. Here’s an review from the Chicago Tribune http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-12-28/features/ct-prj-1230-vivian-maier-cahan-williams-20121228_1_vivian-maier-cahan-and-williams-printers-row. Full disclosure-I took the pic of the authors for the article.

By: Sissy

Sissy — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 20:16:00 +0000

She definitely had the gift of that special eye that some professionals work all their lives to develop. She truly was a gifted artist. I can’t decide if her life story makes me sad or what, I just wish she knew how much others loved her work. She obviously loved doing the work and my heart tells me that, that was probably enough for her…..one hopes

By: Edd Carlile

Edd Carlile — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 12:17:00 +0000

“I think these are some of the best photographs ever made, by one of the greatest photographers that ever lived. ”- sy

I feel exactly the same way. I saw some of her work here in Budapest. Astoundingly good work. The woman was a tour de force of capturing images and time.

By: sy

sy — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 06:45:00 +0000

I think these are some of the best photographs ever made, by one of the greatest photographers that ever lived.