Portrait of a Photographer
Vivian Maier
Vivian Meier was an unknown photographer, masked by shadows for many years. She was a nanny in the early-mid 1900's and spent her free time taking pictures on her polaroid camera. She was not a fan of publicity or fame, evident through the fact that only a few self portraits exist. While nannying for forty years, she took over 100,000 photographs that she showed to no one. Unable to keep up payments on her storage space, her things were auctioned off in 2007 to John Maloof, who discovered thousands of unseen prints she had taken and knew they had to be shared. Her street photography caught on and all of a sudden, her fame was coming to light only after she died. Most of her photography is taken in black and white, and I really admire her artistic style. They have a very wistful, observant nature about them. She manages to convey a much deeper message through her photos; it leaves you wondering who these people are and what is their story. She had a natural, selfless eye in that she wasn't taking these photos for anyone but herself. You feel like these people are strangers and there is a lack of intimacy in all of the pictures, it reminds me of meeting someone intriguing that you know you will never see again. And I really admire her perspective, when shooting little kids the camera is at their level and when shooting people on buildings the camera is looking up. It is her view of the world and yet is everyone else's too, a million faces moving through space, waiting and searching and leaving.
One in Sixteen Hundred
Portrait Project
Still Life Project
Gender Studies Project
first four: new look of modeling shorts. last image: current look of modeling shorts
Left: new way of modeling tights/long socks. Right: current way of modeling tights/long socks.
first two images: new way of modeling fingerless gloves. last two images: current way of modeling fingerless gloves.
Artist Statement
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