Wonderful Photographs - Vivian Maier - Photographer (Page 2): Am I right in thinking that a lot of her works were found in boxes after her death?

Heather Iles Loc: UK, Somerset

rmalarz wrote:

I wish she'd receive more recognition for her work.
--Bob

Am I right in thinking that a lot of her works were found in boxes after her death?

cytafex Loc: Clarksburg MA

Many wonderful photographers have died in obscurity, the important thing is that they continued to create!

philo Loc: philo, ca

As i understand it they found boxes and boxes of her film that were never developed. A couple of people including the maker of this film purchased them and now you know the rest of the story.

JohnSwanda Loc: San Francisco

Heather Iles wrote:

Am I right in thinking that a lot of her works were found in boxes after her death?

I answered this question earlier in the thread.

Rich475 Loc: North of San Francsico

fetzler wrote:

Here is a link to a YouTube video on the Work of Vivian Maier.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMD3YupiuU4

Wonderful street photographs.!

Thanks for the link, fetzier. Street photography is my favorite and Vivian is spectacular. I believe her success came with the reflex camera . . . it didn't impact the subject. When I try with a view finder camera—everyone looks at me like I'm a thief and all I get is an angry look.
Rich

cdayton

Rich475 wrote:

Thanks for the link, fetzier. Street photography is my favorite and Vivian is spectacular. I believe her success came with the reflex camera . . . it didn't impact the subject. When I try with a view finder camera—everyone looks at me like I'm a thief and all I get is an angry look.
Rich

Interesting point. Her work is mesmerizing.

jackm1943 Loc: Omaha, Nebraska

OMG, this is fantastic. Thanks for posting.

Properframe Loc: US Virginia

RSPB wrote:

Thank you for posting this- it was wonderful- I just wish the pictures didn't go by so fast - a slower switch would be nice. I too saw the documentary several years ago and was fascinated by her work. Many thanks go to the photographers who saved these wonderful images and brought them to the attention of the public.

Go ahead and watch it again and just push the pause button on your media viewer. Anything you like as inspiration or want to study further you can take a screen shot if you put the viewer in full screen mode. As below. I am going to have to track down the documentary itself now.

(Download)

ikaush Loc: Medford, MA

fetzler wrote:

Here is a link to a YouTube video on the Work of Vivian Maier.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMD3YupiuU4

Wonderful street photographs.!

Thank you for the link.

Geegee Loc: Peterborough, Ont.

RSPB wrote:

Thank you for posting this- it was wonderful- I just wish the pictures didn't go by so fast - a slower switch would be nice. I too saw the documentary several years ago and was fascinated by her work. Many thanks go to the photographers who saved these wonderful images and brought them to the attention of the public.

Just click on the image and it will pause, then click on it again to resume.

gangulir

What a wonderful story

JohnSwanda Loc: San Francisco

gangulir wrote:

What a wonderful story

A wonderful story in that we have her work, which could easily have been lost, and puts her with some of the greatest in the history of photography. But the story of her life was tragic.

RodeoMan Loc: St Joseph, Missouri

Thank you so much for sharing this with the rest of us. What this brings to mind for me is that despite all the technical knowledge of the gear and how to use it to get the "proper" exposure; despite all the rules to be followed or ignored to obtain the "best" composition; despite everything that can be measured, quantified or understood about making a great image, there is still something intangible in the best images that some folks are able to capture more often than many of the rest of us.

topcat Loc: Alameda, CA

She was an amazing photographer

Heather Iles Loc: UK, Somerset

JohnSwanda wrote:

I answered this question earlier in the thread.

Sorry. I should have read from the beginning. I hadn't noticed.