ArmiyaRomanova Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 Amazing story of a Chicago nanny who took and hoarded tens of thousands of her street photographs. They were discovered by a young guy in an auction house a couple of years ago and, beginning to realise the import of what he'd found, he took on the mammoth task of archiving her work. The images are amazing, on a par with the accepted 'greats' (Arbus, Winogrand, Frank etc...) For anyone with an interest in photography, this is a truly stunning find. Fingers crossed there's a UK exhibition on the way. Story here.... http://vivianmaier.blogspot.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivian_Maier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaap's Sigh Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 Amazing story of a Chicago nanny who took and hoarded tens of thousands of her street photographs. They were discovered by a young guy in an auction house a couple of years ago and, beginning to realise the import of what he'd found, he took on the mammoth task of archiving her work. The images are amazing, on a par with the accepted 'greats' (Arbus, Winogrand, Frank etc...) For anyone with an interest in photography, this is a truly stunning find. Fingers crossed there's a UK exhibition on the way. Story here.... http://vivianmaier.blogspot.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivian_Maier Thanks for posting. I really enjoyed browsing through those photographs. Some really stunning images in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CostaJambo Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 Amazing story of a Chicago nanny who took and hoarded tens of thousands of her street photographs. They were discovered by a young guy in an auction house a couple of years ago and, beginning to realise the import of what he'd found, he took on the mammoth task of archiving her work. The images are amazing, on a par with the accepted 'greats' (Arbus, Winogrand, Frank etc...) For anyone with an interest in photography, this is a truly stunning find. Fingers crossed there's a UK exhibition on the way. Story here.... http://vivianmaier.blogspot.com/ http://en.wikipedia...ki/Vivian_Maier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heartgarfunkel Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 Phenomenal - cheers for the link. I sold all my DSLR gear last year and bought a Canon G12 which is brilliant for discrete street/boozer photography. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2 Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 Excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randle P McMurphy Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 i love this type of photography, great story and pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 Off topic but can anyone remember the name of the New York photographer who used to cruise around Manhattan with a police radio in his car and get to crime scenes as the police arrived? I think it may have been Weedgie or something similar. Some amazing photos of mafia hits etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 Found it, his name was Weegee. IF you have an interest in film noir of mafia type stuff he's well worth searching out. Weegee Photos by him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmiyaRomanova Posted January 16, 2011 Author Share Posted January 16, 2011 Found it, his name was Weegee. IF you have an interest in film noir of mafia type stuff he's well worth searching out. Weegee Photos by him Some life that guy must have had. He became a bit of a celebrity in his latter years, photographing the stars until his death in the late 60s. Got a couple of weighty books featuring his photos, and always fancied owning a print - a tad steep for me though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2 Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 One of the most amusing Photographer stories I read was in an interview with Patrick Lichfield. In the early 60's he, along witth David Bailey, Terry Donovan Terry O'Neil and a couple of others were wlaking through London, before they were famous, when a couple of Japanese girls stpooed and asked if one of them would take a photo. So they took the girls camera and passed it around and each of the photographers took a pic and gave the girls the camera back. If only they knew, how much would these photo's be worth now ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jambogaz1968 Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 Amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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