{"id":9656,"date":"2011-12-18T23:45:32","date_gmt":"2011-12-19T03:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/?p=9656"},"modified":"2018-01-10T03:40:54","modified_gmt":"2018-01-10T07:40:54","slug":"vivian-maier-exhibition-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/vivian-maier-exhibition-new-york\/","title":{"rendered":"Vivian Maier exhibition in New York"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Vivian Maier exhibition in New York<\/h1>\n

One of the most interesting stories unfolding in photography in recent years, was the accidental discovery of an incredible body of work by an unknown photographer, Vivian Maier<\/strong>. Incredible in terms of quality and the sheer volume of photographs. If you’re not familiar with the backstory \u00a0– \u00a0in 2007, John Maloof, a real estate agent in Chicago, who was working on a project documenting the one neighborhood in Chicago, discovered and bought a vast collection of negatives and prints of a completely unknown photographer, Vivian Maier.<\/p>\n

What makes this story so interesting, is that Vivian Maier had an eye for street photography on par with the great names in photography. Then there is the fortunate twist to the story, in that the images and negatives landed up in the hands of someone like John Maloof who realized what a treasure he had stumbled upon and took care of this legacy with the attention it needed.<\/p>\n

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Some of the best photos can be seen in this book – Vivian Maier: Street Photographer<\/strong><\/a>. In my opinion it’s a must-have book if you appreciate Street Photography and Art Photography.\nAmazon USA<\/a> | Amazon UK<\/a>
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The Vivian Maier story is well documented here:
\nVivian Maier – website<\/a>\u00a0 &\u00a0bio<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0| \u00a0 Artsy – Vivian Maier<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>

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This past Friday, 15 Dec 2011, the Vivian Maier exhibition opened up in New York, and I was pretty excited that I was able to attend. It’s always a special event to be able to leisurely look at photographs at an exhibition.<\/p>\n

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Other photography books<\/h2>\n