Vivian Maier A photographer who needs to be discovered. Vivian Maier was a nannny and after her shift went out to take photos, it was in the 50´s. until she died in 2009. She had a Rolleiflex camera and everyday went out there to capture the world, people, things, and even herself. No one really knew what she did, she was very strict about that. After work she was a mystery. No one can tell how she learned photography maybe in France??? She did not have much money to develop films, most of them remained until she died unprocessed. She could take the right moment, she had a trained eye and she mastered the techniques. She invented selfies before mobiles existed. Her background A grandmother left France to the US after giving birth to Vivan´s mother. Her mother was French and Her father Austrian. Vivian´s mother went to the US and were Vivian was born. She always said that she was French. Her mother went back to France, a village in the Alps, where Vivian went to school for some years. The family went back to the States. When Vivian grew older, she became a nanny, and travelled to France and to Asia too. Her particularity: always with a camera. Once she applied to get the US residency, she even said that her parents were deceased. She collected newspapers, and kept her undeveloped rolls in boxes, in storage. She died in misery. Her pictures stored in different places where bought for a penny! Now her pictures could be sold for a fortune. No heir, no heritage to be given - so her work is now scattered all over the US. I don´t want to enter in the story about who owns what and who is the official representative... What was discovered? 100.000 negatives and slides, each of them contains 12 pictures... do the math! To know more about it (if you are into photography) http://www.vivianmaier.com/ I highly recommend to watch Finding Vivian Maier. 100 years - Klimt´s death anniversary Klimt revisited Artwork made of copper. Amazing work! Mauricio Garrido Collage -
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