Vivian Maier by Vivian Maier

Vivian Maier by Vivian Maier

The original, instant classic which set the world afire. The first book to introduce the phenomenon that is the life story and work of Vivian Maier.

A good street photographer must be possessed of many talents: an eye for detail, light, and composition; impeccable timing; a populist or humanitarian outlook; and a tireless ability to constantly shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot and never miss a moment. It is hard enough to find these
qualities in trained photographers with the benefit of schooling and mentors and a community of fellow artists and aficionados supporting and rewarding their efforts. It is incredibly rare to find it in someone with no formal training and no network of peers.

Yet Vivian Maier is all of these things, a professional nanny, who from the 1950s until the 1990s took over 100,000 photographs worldwide--from France to New York City to Chicago and dozens of other countries--and yet showed the results to no one. The photos are amazing both for the breadth of the work and for the high quality of the humorous, moving, beautiful, and raw images of all facets of city life in America's post-war golden age.

It wasn't until local historian John Maloof purchased a box of Maier's negatives from a Chicago auction house and began collecting and championing her marvelous work just a few years ago that any of it saw the light of day. Presented here for the first time in print, Vivian Maier: Street Photographer collects the best of her incredible, unseen body of work.

Please note that all blank pages in the book were chosen as part of the design by the publisher.

Vivian Maier was born in New York City and spent much of her childhood in France. After returning to the United States, she worked for many years as a nanny in Chicago. She took more than 100,000 photographs during her life. Since her death in 2009, Vivian Maier has become a photographic phenomenon. Richard Cahan is a former picture editor for the Chicago Sun-Times and was the director of CITY 2000. He is the coauthor of Edgar Miller and the Handmade Home, The Lost Panoramas, Multifarious, and Vivian Maier: Out of the Shadows. He lives in Skokie, Illinois. Michael Williams is the coauthor of 10 books, including Edgar Miller and the Handmade Home, The Lost Panoramas, Multifarious, and Vivian Maier: Out of the Shadows. He lives in Chicago.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9781576875773
ISBN 10	1576875776
Title	Vivian Maier
Author	Vivian Maier
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	powerHouse Books,U.S.
Year published	2011-12-08
Number of pages	128
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
Note	Unavailable