bonus.
Ms. Mayer worked as a nanny for her whole life. Soon after her death, hundreds of thousands of negatives were unearthed that showed her to be, arguably, one of the 20th century's greatest snappers. I wouldn't argue.
But, she also was an extremely secretive and unusual personality. What drove her to devote her life to an art form whose product she concealed? Why did she concentrate on humans and not inanimate objects, so much easier to stage? How did she become such a driven artist? And why was she so fiercely protective of her low-wattage life?
I'll add that those who like real-life mystery stories also will be enthralled.
Edits: 05/11/14
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Topic - "Finding Vivian Mayer:" for documentary lovers and, if you also are a fan of great photography, that's a - tinear 12:53:48 05/11/14 (5)
- Should be very interesting. Thanks for the notice. I have a couple of books of Maier's images. - free.ranger 14:51:36 05/11/14 (0)
- We saw it last week - fascinating and worthwhile for sure [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 13:06:14 05/11/14 (3)
- Hey you, get back to Music! So, Chris, are you a lurker? "-) nt - tinear 14:30:29 05/12/14 (2)
- So many boards, so little time. . . [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 00:06:50 05/13/14 (1)
- Hey, Vivian was a looker, in a bookish, cerebral way. You might like her.. nt - tinear 17:41:57 05/13/14 (0)