Vivian Maier

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Vivian Maier


Born
in New York City, The United States
February 01, 1926

Died
April 21, 2009

Website

Genre
Art


Vivian Dorothea Maier (February 1, 1926 – April 21, 2009) was an American street photographer, who was born in New York City and spent much of her childhood in France.[1] After returning to the United States, she worked for approximately forty years as a nanny in Chicago, Illinois. During those years, she took more than 150,000 photographs, primarily of people and architecture of New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, although she traveled and photographed worldwide.[2]

Maier's photographs remained unknown, and many of her films remained undeveloped, until her boxes of possessions were auctioned off. A Chicago historian and collector, John Maloof, examined the images and started to post Maier's photographs on the web in 2009, soon after Maier's dea
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“We have to make room for other people. It's a wheel. You get on. You go to the end. And someone else has the same opportunity to go to the end. And so on. And somebody else takes their place.”
Vivian Maier, Vivian Maier: Street Photographer

“Well, I suppose nothing is meant to last forever. We have to make room for other people. It’s a wheel. You get on, you have to go to the end. And then somebody has the same opportunity to go to the end and so on.”
Vivian Maier

“Well, I suppose nothing is meant to last forever. We have to make room for other people. It's a wheel. You get on. You have to go to the end, and then somebody else takes your place. And now I am going to close and quickly run next door to do my work.”
Vivian Maier

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