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Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2011 1:56 am
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Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2011 1:56 am
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Love her work:

http://vivianmaier.blogspot.com/


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Katastrofo wrote:
Love her work:

http://vivianmaier.blogspot.com/


It's quite a story. I think it's posted here... someplace.

Undiscovered nanny photographer leaving over 100,000 negatives and lots of undeveloped film, bought at an auction of her storage space, which she could no longer pay for.

She did some wonderful work.


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Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2011 5:46 am
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Amazing. She had a really good eye for street photography.


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Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2011 7:28 am
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Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2011 7:28 am
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Here's a video:

http://www.wttw.com/main.taf?p=42,8,80&pid=A1hO97qcWo7ViDL_rWniVH2LakYxNa7J

Just click on the screen to start it.


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Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2011 8:48 am
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Please continue in this thread:
http://forum.mflenses.com/the-incredible-story-of-vivian-maier-t21853.html


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Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2011 7:56 pm
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Blende8, thanks, missed that thread, alhough I think posting her work here
in the Art section is more fitting.


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Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2011 5:14 am
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Katastrofo wrote:
alhough I think posting her work here
in the Art section is more fitting.


Absolutely yes.
I moved the Café thread to here.


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Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2011 3:41 pm
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Orio, thanks, it's good that her work will be easy to find in this section.


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Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2011 4:25 pm
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Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2011 4:25 pm
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The New York Times is on it now:
http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/07/new-street-photography-60-years-old/

Several great images that I hadn't seen before.


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Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2011 6:01 pm
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I often wonder if women could be the better street photographers because they might not as easily be seen as a threat by the depicted persons.
What do you think?


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Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2011 8:23 pm
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LucisPictor wrote:
I often wonder if women could be the better street photographers because they might not as easily be seen as a threat by the depicted persons.
What do you think?


Well, it's kind of a generalization. Women can be targets for all kinds of unwanted attention. Diane Arbus would boldly go into the NYC subway at 3AM with a couple of expensive cameras (Rollei's?) around her neck. Balls. Real balls.

What I find interesting is that apparently she never sought any kind of notoriety or recognition. She had a superb eye and presumably had a real need to shoot, to satisfy herself only.

I do think that in some circumstances, being female might be an advantage. Think I'll shave my legs and go try on one of my wife's dresses...


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Ha Ha, yes I thought about that also but i couldn't fool anyone. My feet are too big and my beard is too long.


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has there been a link offered to http://www.vivianmaier.com/
well, here it is now Wink

found at an articel from BBC about her featuring a short documeentary video: http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-28123706
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