poeks: Vivian Maier - Her Discovered Work “Vivian Maier, a street photographer from the 1950s - 1970s. Vivian’s work was discovered at an auction here in Chicago where she lived for 50 years but was originally a native to France. Her discovered work includes between 30-40,000 mostly medium format negatives. Born February 1, 1926 and deceased on Tuesday, April 21, 2009.” (thanks, sween) Amazing. The whole notion that Maier’s work has gone undiscovered until now is tremendously exciting and somewhat tragic. I could easily have grown up seeing her photos on LIFE, National Geographic, or Time.

poeks:

Vivian Maier - Her Discovered Work

“Vivian Maier, a street photographer from the 1950s - 1970s. Vivian’s work was discovered at an auction here in Chicago where she lived for 50 years but was originally a native to France. Her discovered work includes between 30-40,000 mostly medium format negatives. Born February 1, 1926 and deceased on Tuesday, April 21, 2009.”

(thanks, sween)

Amazing. The whole notion that Maier’s work has gone undiscovered until now is tremendously exciting and somewhat tragic. I could easily have grown up seeing her photos on LIFE, National Geographic, or Time.

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