Vivian Maier: Works In Color

May 29, 2020

A showcase of Vivian Maier’s colour photographs is on display at FOAM Amsterdam from June 1 to September 13, 2020.
Vivian Maier (born 1926 in New York, died 2009 in Chicago) is widely associated with black and white photography. This exhibition focuses on a lesser-known aspect of her oeuvre: works in colour, captured between 1956 and 1986. Compared to her monochrome images, Maier’s colour photographs have a more humorous and playful character. In the course of her forays into colour, Maier increasingly switched from a Rolleiflex to a Leica IIIc and Leica IID.

Vivian Maier earned a living working as a housekeeper and nanny. A prolific amateur and hobby photographer, she never shared her work with a public audience. In 2007, storage boxes containing Maier’s negatives and prints were auctioned to (among others) Ron Slattery and John Maloof, who initially published a small selection of their discoveries online. Within a short space of time, the quality of Maier’s work drew international attention and posthumous renown.

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Vivian Maier: Works In Color