Wow

[karohemd]

The street photography of Vivian Maier

By the looks of it, nobody knew of her work (which is not just technically brilliant but also a wonderful insight into life in Chicago during that time) while she was alive and the photos only came to light when the contents of her apartment were auctioned off after she'd died earlier this year.

Many thanks to kylecassidy (via twitter) for the lnk.

Comments

[sarahloo.livejournal.com]

Interesting! :)

[reindeerflotila.livejournal.com]

christ those are good.

[pinkapplejam.livejournal.com]

Amazing! Some of them are so brazen as well, so brave.

This one in particular made me and Andy go "aww!"

Tiny cat!
And the outfit the chap is wearing is so modern, this could be such a contemporary pic :)

I'm glad we know of her today, even if she was not well known during her time.

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

*nods* I hope someone is going to help the chap who found them to make them more widely available. They should go into a public gallery.

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

There's a syndicated feed here: vivianmaier

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Considerig the equipment she used (fully manual studio cameras) and the difficult situations she used them in (candid street shots), she must have been able to judge light situations without thinking much. And obviously being in the right place at the right time with the camera in her hand.