Nanny who was a secret street photographer!
Mar 7, 2014 09:21:29 #
A friend sent me this article, and I wanted to share it with you. It reminded me of the beauty of black & white film photography.
I'm sure there are others like her among you.
http://www.rsvlts.com/2014/03/06/the-1950s-nanny-who-was-a-secret-street-photographer-32-hq-photos/
I'm sure there are others like her among you.
http://www.rsvlts.com/2014/03/06/the-1950s-nanny-who-was-a-secret-street-photographer-32-hq-photos/
Mar 7, 2014 09:31:03 #
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Mar 7, 2014 09:40:04 #
WAL wrote:
I think I have seen these. Is there a name for the photographer? Is it the women at the end?
"Vivian Maier" but I've seen it spelled "Meier" also at the end of the article.
Mar 7, 2014 10:32:44 #
chienfou wrote:
"Vivian Maier" but I've seen it spelled "Meier" also at the end of the article.
It is correctly "Maier":
http://vivianmaierprints.com/
http://www.picturecorrect.com/tips/discovering-the-work-of-a-mysterious-unknown-master-of-street-photographer/
She was a spinster nanny, who photographed for her own pleasure. She'd been a nanny for Phil Donahue back in the day. The discovery of film, unprocessed rolls still in their canisters, thousands of negatives and prints was phenomenal. She WAS "street photography" before there ever was such a thing. I've learned much from her work. Enjoy!
Mar 8, 2014 06:16:55 #
Mar 8, 2014 07:06:40 #
I love seeing old street pictures. Thanks for the info and link! These are wonderful, with good exposure!
Mar 8, 2014 08:13:41 #
Thank you so much for sharing these. I think I will go see the movie version of her work coming to town her on April 19th.
Mar 8, 2014 08:30:58 #
I'm glad that you all enjoyed the post. Special thanks to HEART for the additional info and links.
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Mar 9, 2014 14:58:20 #
janvoigt
Loc: South Dakota
I get a lot of enjoyment studying her photos. Pretty classic that a woman was not aware, back in the day, of how important her work would be. I was born in 1952 and grew up in Aberdeen, SD. I loved to see the nun in her whole nun habit- I grew up seeing that all the time. Even in South Dakota in the summertime. Kids nowadays can not get a concept of that. The mother downtown with her 2 daughters could have been my biological mother, my sister and I. Females wore dresses back then and we had to walk downtown for dr appt etc. We did not have homeless on the streets but we did have some who lived under the overpass right beside the railroad tracks. They looked about like the grungiest man. Can you let us know when the documentary will be shown? Thank you so much for sharing this with us.
Mar 9, 2014 15:33:07 #
chienfou wrote:
A friend sent me this article, and I wanted to share it with you. It reminded me of the beauty of black & white film photography.
I'm sure there are others like her among you.
http://www.rsvlts.com/2014/03/06/the-1950s-nanny-who-was-a-secret-street-photographer-32-hq-photos/
I'm sure there are others like her among you.
http://www.rsvlts.com/2014/03/06/the-1950s-nanny-who-was-a-secret-street-photographer-32-hq-photos/
Fantastic shots. A real time capsule. I'm assuming that's a selfie of her in the last shot. Nice camera.
The show of her pictures will be in NYC March 28th.
Mar 10, 2014 09:52:55 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Fantastic shots. A real time capsule. I'm assuming that's a selfie of her in the last shot. Nice camera.
The show of her pictures will be in NYC March 28th.
The show of her pictures will be in NYC March 28th.
Thanks for the headsup! will try to catch it.
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