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The official website of photographer Vivian Maier. Showcasing photo galleries, information about exhibitions, print sales, books and documentary film.
Vivian Dorothy Maier (February 1, 1926 – April 21, 2009) was an American street photographer whose work was discovered and recognized after her death.
V ivian Maier (February 1, 1926 – April 21, 2009) was an American street photographer born in New York City. Although born in the U.S., it was in France that Maier spent most of her youth. Maier returned to the U.S. in 1951 where she took up work as a nanny and care-giver for the rest of her life.
Sep 3, 2020 · After further sleuthing, he finally managed to give the anonymous photographer an identity: she was a former professional carer named Vivian Maier, who had since died, and who had kept her images...
May 31, 2024 · Intensely private and decidedly unmaterialistic, Vivian Maier (1926-2009) was an American street photographer and nanny born in New York City. She took snapshots into the late 1990′s, eventually leaving behind a body of work comprised of over 100,000 negatives.
Jul 9, 2024 · Meet Vivian Maier, the Reclusive Nanny Who Secretly Became One of the Best Street Photographers of the 20th Century. The self-taught artist is getting her first museum exhibition in...
Jun 13, 2024 · Vivian Maier was a disappearance artist. Street photographers typically keep hidden when shooting, but Maier receded in every aspect of her life.
Finding Vivian Maier is the critically acclaimed documentary about a mysterious nanny, who secretly took over 100,000 photographs that were hidden in storage lockers and, discovered decades later, is now among the 20th century’s greatest photographers.
History. Discovery. After John Maloof purchased his first home in 2005, he began to get more involved in the community where he lived. He delved heavily into historic preservation and eventually became the president of the local historical society on Chicago’s Northwest Side.
Jun 16, 2022 · For decades, Vivian Maier wandered around New York and Chicago, surreptitiously taking tens of thousands of photographs of people and scenes she encountered on the street.
