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Vivian Maier, Self-Portrait

 
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Vivian Maier, Self-Portrait. In 2007, historian and collector John Maloof found a box with thousands of black and white photography and film negatives by Vivian

In 2007, historian and collector John Maloof found a box with thousands of black and white photography and film negatives by Vivian Dorothea Maier. Only in 2011, two years after Maier’s death, was her forgotten talent acknowledged by the public, as her works started traveling through exhibitions in the U.S. and Europe and a book of her photography works was published.


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Vivian Maier, Self-Portrait. In 2007, historian and collector John Maloof found a box with thousands of black and white photography and film negatives by Vivian

Born in New York City, the photographer spent a portion of her life living in France and later returned to the U.S., were she worked as a nanny for forty years. Although she travelled and photographed many places worldwide, most of her newly-found vast collection of photographs focuses on Chicago and New York City life in the 1950s and 1960s.


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Vivian Maier, Self-Portrait. In 2007, historian and collector John Maloof found a box with thousands of black and white photography and film negatives by Vivian

Maier’s photography was a secret passion she hid even from her closest friends. She was described as an open-minded person with socialistic and feministic points of view and an honest personality. This is evident in her photography, which often focuses on the poor and less fortunate. It seems that she always managed to get to the right place at the right moment to capture the power and raw beauty of mid-century American city life


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Vivian Maier, Self-Portrait. In 2007, historian and collector John Maloof found a box with thousands of black and white photography and film negatives by Vivian
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Vivian Maier, Self-Portrait. In 2007, historian and collector John Maloof found a box with thousands of black and white photography and film negatives by Vivian
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Vivian Maier, Self-Portrait. In 2007, historian and collector John Maloof found a box with thousands of black and white photography and film negatives by Vivian
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Vivian Maier, Self-Portrait. In 2007, historian and collector John Maloof found a box with thousands of black and white photography and film negatives by Vivian
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Vivian Maier, Self-Portrait. In 2007, historian and collector John Maloof found a box with thousands of black and white photography and film negatives by Vivian

I didn't think black would be aloud in Disney at this time period.


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Vivian Maier, Self-Portrait. In 2007, historian and collector John Maloof found a box with thousands of black and white photography and film negatives by Vivian
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Vivian Maier, Self-Portrait. In 2007, historian and collector John Maloof found a box with thousands of black and white photography and film negatives by Vivian
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Vivian Maier, Self-Portrait. In 2007, historian and collector John Maloof found a box with thousands of black and white photography and film negatives by Vivian
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Vivian Maier, Self-Portrait. In 2007, historian and collector John Maloof found a box with thousands of black and white photography and film negatives by Vivian
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Vivian Maier, Self-Portrait. In 2007, historian and collector John Maloof found a box with thousands of black and white photography and film negatives by Vivian
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Vivian Maier, Self-Portrait. In 2007, historian and collector John Maloof found a box with thousands of black and white photography and film negatives by Vivian
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Vivian Maier, Self-Portrait. In 2007, historian and collector John Maloof found a box with thousands of black and white photography and film negatives by Vivian
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Vivian Maier, Self-Portrait. In 2007, historian and collector John Maloof found a box with thousands of black and white photography and film negatives by Vivian
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Vivian Maier, Self-Portrait. In 2007, historian and collector John Maloof found a box with thousands of black and white photography and film negatives by Vivian
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Vivian Maier, Self-Portrait. In 2007, historian and collector John Maloof found a box with thousands of black and white photography and film negatives by Vivian
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Vivian Maier, Self-Portrait. In 2007, historian and collector John Maloof found a box with thousands of black and white photography and film negatives by Vivian
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Vivian Maier, Self-Portrait. In 2007, historian and collector John Maloof found a box with thousands of black and white photography and film negatives by Vivian
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Vivian Maier, Self-Portrait. In 2007, historian and collector John Maloof found a box with thousands of black and white photography and film negatives by Vivian
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Vivian Maier, Self-Portrait. In 2007, historian and collector John Maloof found a box with thousands of black and white photography and film negatives by Vivian
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Vivian Maier, Self-Portrait. In 2007, historian and collector John Maloof found a box with thousands of black and white photography and film negatives by Vivian
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Vivian Maier, Self-Portrait. In 2007, historian and collector John Maloof found a box with thousands of black and white photography and film negatives by Vivian
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Vivian Maier, Self-Portrait. In 2007, historian and collector John Maloof found a box with thousands of black and white photography and film negatives by Vivian
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Vivian Maier, Self-Portrait. In 2007, historian and collector John Maloof found a box with thousands of black and white photography and film negatives by Vivian
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Vivian Maier, Self-Portrait. In 2007, historian and collector John Maloof found a box with thousands of black and white photography and film negatives by Vivian
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Vivian Maier, Self-Portrait. In 2007, historian and collector John Maloof found a box with thousands of black and white photography and film negatives by Vivian
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Vivian Maier, Self-Portrait. In 2007, historian and collector John Maloof found a box with thousands of black and white photography and film negatives by Vivian
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Vivian Maier, Self-Portrait. In 2007, historian and collector John Maloof found a box with thousands of black and white photography and film negatives by Vivian
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Vivian Maier, Self-Portrait. In 2007, historian and collector John Maloof found a box with thousands of black and white photography and film negatives by Vivian
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Vivian Maier, Self-Portrait. In 2007, historian and collector John Maloof found a box with thousands of black and white photography and film negatives by Vivian
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Vivian Maier, Self-Portrait. In 2007, historian and collector John Maloof found a box with thousands of black and white photography and film negatives by Vivian
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Vivian Maier, Self-Portrait. In 2007, historian and collector John Maloof found a box with thousands of black and white photography and film negatives by Vivian

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#1 - cheastnut [OP](09/28/2015) [+] (4 replies)
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#4 - taydem (09/28/2015) [-]
reminded me of Robin Williams
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#11 - canadadan (09/28/2015) [-]
Big Boss, the early years
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User avatar #5 - eddio ONLINE (09/28/2015) [-]
These are incredible.
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#20 - JediismUser (09/29/2015) [-]
I know I could get a lot of witty replies, but it's always pleasant to see the basic, calming, things stay the same.
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#16 - seancwatts (09/29/2015) [-]
Jay-Z is that you?
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#9 - necrova (09/28/2015) [-]
Was this guy from Syria?
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#24 to #9 - justakewldewd (09/29/2015) [-]
You're going to hell for telling that joke.
I'm going to hell for laughing at it.
See you there, buckaroo.
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#18 - theawfuldude (09/29/2015) [-]
Oh, man, dat camera. Want!

I can't even imagine living in a time where you could just take pictures of strangers in the street. You do that today and people threaten to kill you.
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User avatar #25 to #18 - whothefkisanon (09/29/2015) [-]
I have one like that It's a Flexora though, not a Rolleiflex . Shooting B/W on film is a whole world for itself, no digital camera comes close to a beautiful, grainy (or not) B/W images.
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User avatar #10 - fornowjr (09/28/2015) [-]
These are quite amazing. The reflective pool of water one caught my eye the most. A sense of serenity to it.
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User avatar #8 - cyrodill (09/28/2015) [-]
The streets are so clean and tidy
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#21 - drfreeman ONLINE (09/29/2015) [-]
Wow I had no idea they had hearing aids that small in the 50's that's actually kinda cool
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User avatar #22 to #21 - rockamekishiko ONLINE (09/29/2015) [-]
those are beats by dre
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#27 - hardcorefap (09/29/2015) [-]
Seriously, amazing work tho
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#12 - mcburd (09/28/2015) [-]
These are amazing
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#23 - YllekNayr ONLINE (09/29/2015) [-]
The word is "allowed"

"Aloud" means you can hear it.
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User avatar #19 - rudeobuteo (09/29/2015) [-]
looks like Norman Rockwell paintings, except photographs
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User avatar #17 - SuperSixONE (09/29/2015) [-]
If you are even remotely interested in photography or this post, watch the documentary "Finding Vivian Maier". Great documentary.
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#14 - anon (09/29/2015) [-]
**anonymous used "*roll picture*"**
**anonymous rolled image**We were doomed to fail from the beginning.
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User avatar #7 - selfdestructo ONLINE (09/28/2015) [-]
On that first one... did anyone notice the faint appearance of a person standing in the same place as she is?
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User avatar #15 to #7 - buttercupbabe ONLINE (09/29/2015) [-]
I think she took the picture of her reflection in some window and it reflected her twice, probably because of more than one sheet of glass
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User avatar #26 to #15 - whothefkisanon (09/29/2015) [-]
It looks more like a double exposure. You can't really see the double edges of the buildings on the right because they are so bright that they probably covered the first exposure.
 
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