In Reply to: "Finding Vivian Mayer:" for documentary lovers and, if you also are a fan of great photography, that's a posted by tinear on May 11, 2014 at 12:53:48:
Maier is an enigmatic artist who could have obtained some fame if her work was noticed in her lifetime. Her work was discovered in 2007; mostly still on undeveloped film rolls -- over 100,000 exposures! Proof that creativity does not need to be recognized to be fulfilling.
There is remarkable parallel development to Helen Levitt, a New York woman "street" photographer who concentrated on similar scenes and subjects during the same period - 50's and 60's. Levitt was called the "most celebrated least known photographer of her time", by Artforum magazine. But unlike Maier, Levitt was known during her time.
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- 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)