Vivian Maier : street photographer / edited by John Maloof ; foreword by Geoff Dyer.

Main entry:

Maier, Vivian, 1926-2009, photographer.

Title & Author:

Vivian Maier : street photographer / edited by John Maloof ; foreword by Geoff Dyer.

Edition:

First edition

Publication:

Brooklyn, NY : PowerHouse Books, 2011.
©2011

Description:

123 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm

Summary:

A good street photographer must be possessed of many talents: an eye for detail, light, and composition; impeccable timing; a populist or humanitarian outlook; and a tireless ability to constantly shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot and never miss a moment. It is hard enough to find these qualities in trained photographers with the benefit of schooling and mentors and a community of fellow artists and aficionados supporting and rewarding their efforts. It is incredibly rare to find it in someone with no formal training and no network of peers. Yet Vivian Maier is all of these things, a professional nanny, who from the 1950s until the 1990s took over 100,000 photographs worldwide--from France to New York City to Chicago and dozens of other countries--and yet showed the results to no one. The photos are amazing both for the breadth of the work and for the high quality of the humorous, moving, beautiful, and raw images of all facets of city life in America's post-war golden age. It wasn't until local historian John Maloof purchased a box of Maier's negatives from a Chicago auction house and began collecting and championing her marvelous work just a few years ago that any of it saw the light of day. Presented here for the first time in print, 'Vivian Maier: Street Photographer' collects the best of her incredible, unseen body of work. --From publisher's description.

Resources:
Additional Information at Google Books

ISBN:

9781576875773 (hardcover)
1576875776 (hardcover)
9781576865773

Subject:

Maier, Vivian, 1926-2009.
Street photography Illinois Chicago.
Street photography New York (State) New York.
Street life Illinois Chicago Pictorial works.
Street life New York (State) New York Pictorial works.
Photographie de rue Illinois Chicago.
Photographie de rue New York (État) New York.
Vie dans la rue Illinois Chicago Ouvrages illustrés.
Vie dans la rue New York (État) New York Ouvrages illustrés.
Street life
Street photography
Photography.
Illinois Chicago.
New York (State) New York.

Form/genre:

illustrated books.
Illustrated works
Pictorial works
Ouvrages illustrés.

Added entries:

Maloof, John, editor.
Dyer, Geoff, writer of foreword.

Street photographer

Holdings:

Location: Library main 320267
Call No.: 320267
Copy: 1
Status: Available

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