Finding Vivian Maier

In recent years the photography world has fallen head-over-heels in love with a previously unknown street photographer named Vivian Maier. She lived her life as a nanny in Chicago, raising a family three children and taking photographs all the while. Thousands of negatives ended up in a storage-unit auction late in the last decade, and the man who bought them has, ever since, dedicated his life to learning more about her and publicizing her work. Now a documentary is in production. Here’s a description:

Vivian Maier’s photos were seemingly destined for obscurity, lost among the clutter of the countless objects she’d collected throughout her life. Instead these images have shook the world of street photography and irrevocably changed the life of the man who brought them to the public eye.

This film brings to life the interesting turns and travails of the improbable saga of John Maloof’s discovery of Vivian Maier, unraveling this mysterious tale through her documentary films, photographs, odd collections and personal accounts from the people that knew Vivian.

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