Poet of Color Photography
Poet of Color Photography
November 14, 2018
Self portrait, 1975
© Estate of Vivian Maier, Courtesy Maloof Collection and Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York
Many of the photographs are on view for the first time, deepening the understanding of Maier’s oeuvre and her keenness to record and present her interpretation of the world around her. Dating from the 1950s to the 1980s, “Vivian Maier: The Color Work” captures the street life of Chicago and New York, and includes a number of her enigmatic self-portraits.
Since 2010, Maier’s photographs have been exhibited in museums and galleries worldwide. The 2013 documentary film, Finding Vivian Maier, co-directed by historian John Maloof (who discovered her work at an auction in Chicago in 2007), was nominated for an Academy Award.
Vivian Maier (1926–2009) was born in New York City, spent much of her youth in France, worked for 40 years as a nanny mostly in Chicago, and photographed consistently over five decades. When she died, Maier left behind more than 150,000 photographic images—prints, negatives, transparencies, and rolls of undeveloped film—though few had ever heard about or seen her work.
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Self portrait, 1975
© Estate of Vivian Maier, Courtesy Maloof Collection and Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York
New York City, 1959
© Estate of Vivian Maier, Courtesy Maloof Collection and Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York
Chicago, 1962
© Estate of Vivian Maier, Courtesy Maloof Collection and Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York