Vivian Maier: a kick ass loner / photographer

black_mamba · #1 28th April 2011, 17:37

Yeah, yeah, yeah. You already knew that loners can be cool and are not all creepy, stalky, serial killers. I get it. But let me just remind you. Plus, this is just a great story and a wonderful inspiration to all creative types out there.

Isn't her work amazing?!

I love her, her work, how adrogenous she looks, and the sheer amount of work she produced!

no0ne · #2 28th April 2011, 17:54

goes to show you don't need the latest posh camera to take amazing photos

black_mamba · #3 28th April 2011, 17:58

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Originally Posted by BFG

goes to show you don't need the latest posh camera to take amazing photos

Naa if you have talent or work hard at getting some, you can take amazing shots with even a disposable camera.

The thing is the camera she is using must've been a good one because the quality of those shots is incredible.

talisman · #4 28th April 2011, 18:43

wow, those are amazing photos!!

It's so sad she never had the chance to see her work get displayed, but I get the feeling she wouldn't really have wanted that. Still it's a fascinating story.

Diluted · #5 28th April 2011, 19:24

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Originally Posted by black_mamba

The thing is the camera she is using must've been a good one because the quality of those shots is incredible.

Looks like a pretty decent camera. I wish I could take pictures like that!

black_mamba · #6 28th April 2011, 19:48

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Originally Posted by kafkafan

Awesome. Those pictures are so evocative, I really wanna see some more of her work. And great story about how that guy found the negetives - reminds me a bit of Emily Dickinson, creating this huge mass of work but just stashing most of it away until after she died. Thanks for posting this.

I actually want to sit through, what was it, 100,000 photos of hers?!

They are beautiful, some of the most amazing street photos I've ever seen.

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Originally Posted by talisman

wow, those are amazing photos!!

It's so sad she never had the chance to see her work get displayed, but I get the feeling she wouldn't really have wanted that. Still it's a fascinating story.

It is!! I've never seen anything like it!

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Originally Posted by Diluted

Looks like a pretty decent camera. I wish I could take pictures like that!

I can't quite understand how she get so close to people's faces, sometimes it looks as if they were caught by surprise!

black_mamba · #7 28th April 2011, 19:50

http://www.vivianmaier.com/

Rane · #8 28th April 2011, 20:34

Thanks for posting that up BM, fantastic images.

Think there may be more images herehttp://vivianmaier.blogspot.com/