Vivian maier street photographer

Fille d’immigrés d’origine austro-hongroise du côté de son père, Charles von Maier, et française du côté de sa mère, Maria Jaussaud, Vivian Maier

The Vivian Maier story has taken another ironic turn as Jeffrey Goldstein (who once owned the second largest collection of Vivian Maier negatives) has

Vivian Maier's street photography has only been unearthed and recognized in recent years. A new book and exhibition of her work will satisfy your curiosity about this secretive figure.

Vivian Maier-Girl in Car- When you consider that Vivian Meyer was a street photographer and that she most likely spent only a few minutes with this girl whom she did not know, her ability to get her subject to drop their usual public mask is quite extraordinary- something every portraitist hopes for but often does not find.

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A movie about this mysterious photographer was nominated for an Oscar. We have 120 photos, plus an interview with the curator behind a massive exhibition revealing the work of one of the “discoveries” of the century in street photography.

Today’s photo challenge is “half and half” so I chose a few pictures cut in the middle. I was spoiled for choice today. Above is a shop keeper having a smoke at her door-step. Berlin steps, outside the Bundestag building. Olafur Eliasson’s installation at the Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris. Reflection of a street off the rooftop of a parked car in Prague. The encounter of two groups of horsemen on “Sword Beach” in Normandy.

Vivian Maier’s rare street shots of New York and Chicago on view at Howard Greenberg Gallery

Each photograph in this self portrait book was first printed by a master printer then scanned into the plates of the book. The book essay is by Elizabeth Avedon. Includes many never before seen photos and a section of her color self portraits. Available on amazon now!