Vivian Maier The Color Work
Photographs by Vivian Maier
Selections from the John Maloof Collection
Featuring Images from the book: Vivian Maier: The Color Work
Vivian Maier Developed – Research and Commentary by: Ann Marks
Vivian Maier
(February 1, 1926 – April 21, 2009)
An American of French and Austro-Hungarian extraction, Vivian bounced between Europe and the United States before coming back to New York City in 1951. Having picked up photography just two years earlier, she would comb the streets of the Big Apple refining her artistic craft. By 1956 Vivian left the East Coast for Chicago, where she’d spend most of the rest of her life working as a caregiver. In her leisure Vivian would shoot photos that she zealously hid from the eyes of others. Taking snapshots into the late 1990′s, Maier would leave behind a body of work comprising over 100,000 negatives. Additionally Vivian’s passion for documenting extended to a series of homemade documentary films and audio recordings. Interesting bits of Americana, the demolition of historic landmarks for new development, the unseen lives of ethnics and the destitute, as well as some of Chicago’s most cherished sites were all meticulously cataloged by Vivian Maier.
More information and additional B&W images by Vivian Maier can be found on her Artist Page
More information and additional Color images by Vivian Maier can be found on her Color Artist Page
Vivian Maier: The Color Work
Essay By: Colin Westerbeck
Foreward By: Joel Meyerowitz
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