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Vivian Maier

Title
Vivian Maier / general editor: Anne Morin.
Author
Morin, Anne (Photographer)
Publication
  • London ; New York : Thames & Hudson, 2022.
  • ©2022

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TextUse in library JQF 22-1896Schwarzman Building - Art & Architecture Room 300

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Additional Authors
  • Marks, Ann
  • Blümlinger, Christa, 1963-
  • Taylor, Ruth (Translator)
Description
255 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations (some color), portraits; 30 cm
Summary
When Vivian Maier's archive was discovered in Chicago in 2007, the photography community gained an immense and singular talent. Little-known during her lifetime, Maier is now recognized as one of the great American photographers of the twentieth century. Born in New York in 1926 to an Austro-Hungarian father and French mother, she lived in France several times in her youth and worked as a governess in New York and Chicago for much of her adult life. It was during her years as a governess that she took many of the photographs that have made her posthumously famous. Now the subject of films and books, Maier lived in relative obscurity until her death in 2009. Maier's incredible body of work consists of more than 150,000 photographic images, super 8 and 16 mm films, various recordings, and a multitude of undeveloped films. Working primarily as a street photographer, Maier's work has been compared with such luminaries as Helen Levitt, Robert Frank, Diane Arbus, and Joel Meyerowitz. Thanks to unpublished archives and recent scientific analyses, this retrospective volume sheds new light on Maier's work as it documents the artistry of her photographic oeuvre. With texts by Anne Morin and Christa Blümlinger, this detailed look at Maier's entire archive is organized thematically into sections that cover self-portraits, the street, portraits, gestures, cinematography, children, color work, and forms. A valuable addition to the continuing assessment of Maier's work, this book is a one-volume compendium of her most enduring images.
Subject
  • Maier, Vivian, 1926-2009
  • 1900-1999
  • Photography, Artistic
  • Photography > 20th century > Exhibitions
  • Photography
Genre/Form
Exhibition catalogs.
Note
  • "Text translated from the French by Ruth Taylor."--Page 256.
  • Maps on endpapers.
  • Original French edition was published on the occasion of the exhibition 'Vivian Maier', held at Musée du Luxembourg, Paris, 2021 September 15 to 2022 January 16.--Page 252.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Call Number
JQF 22-1896
ISBN
  • 9780500025703
  • 0500025703
LCCN
2022932316
OCLC
1304813765
Author
Morin, Anne (Photographer), editor, author. Editor. Author
Title
Vivian Maier / general editor: Anne Morin.
Publisher
London ; New York : Thames & Hudson, 2022.
Copyright Date
©2022
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Chronological Term
1900-1999
Added Author
Marks, Ann, author. Author
Blümlinger, Christa, 1963- author. Author
Taylor, Ruth (Translator), translator. Translator
Research Call Number
JQF 22-1896
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