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☆ Vivian Maier: The mysterious New York nanny who helped shape 20th-century street photography
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Helen Stoilas | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —For much of her life, Vivian Maier was something of a mystery. A crying child, photographed by Vivian Maier in Grenoble, France, in 1959. Vivian Maier/Courtesy Fotografiska New YorkVisitors take in photographs on display at Fotografiska's “Vivian Maier Unseen Work” in New York. In 2011, Maloof published a book, “Vivian Maier: Street Photographer,” and with the filmmaker Charlie Siskel co-directed the 2013 documentary “Finding Vivian Maier,” which was nominated for an Academy Award. In a self-portrait featured in “Vivian Maier Unseen Work," the photographer lenses herself in profile, reflected in a hand mirror.

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☆ How Groundbreaking Is Vivian Maier’s Photography?
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Arthur Lubow | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Vivian Maier was a disappearance artist. He has dedicated himself to promoting her legacy, and co-directed an Oscar-nominated documentary film, “Finding Vivian Maier” (2014). “Vivian Maier: Unseen Work,” at Fotografiska until Sept. 29, is the first New York museum show devoted to Maier and one of the largest exhibitions ever mounted of her photographs. Organized by Anne Morin, director of diChroma Photography, it was first seen in a different iteration at the Musée du Luxembourg in Paris in 2021. Thematically arranged and attractively installed, with more than 200 works (including color photos taken with a Leica, Super 8 films and audio recordings), it offers an unusual opportunity to assess Maier’s achievement.

Persons: Vivian Maier, Maier, Diane Arbus, Richard Avedon, Bill Brandt, John Maloof, Oscar, Vivian Maier ”, “ Vivian Maier, Anne Morin, attractively Organizations: Chicago, New, du, Leica Locations: Fotografiska, New York, du Luxembourg, Paris

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