ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: Who was Vivian Maier?
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- Опубликовано: 22 мар 2023
- This video explores the fascinating story of Vivian Maier, an enigmatic street photographer whose work has captivated audiences around the world. Maier was a nanny who took photographs in her spare time, but she never shared her work with anyone during her lifetime.
"Vivian Maier: A Photographer’s Life and Afterlife" by Pamela Bannos
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40 years as a professional photographer, I'm in awe of her work, critics, who are they, show me their work, anybody could have done what she did, they wish, that's why they are critics, as we say in Ireland,
"hurlers on the ditch"
Hello. I love photography. I'm 57 years old, and have been taking photographs since I was 8 years old. I think that when someone says they can take the same photos they just can't. A photo can only be captured in time once. Nothing looks the same after. I love photography, but never really cared about becoming well known from them. I never cared about reviews, or anyone's critics. It's a photo. It has beauty, because I captured it. It's personal, because I shot it. I lived in New York City most of my life. Through out the years I shot many photographs of the city's street as well. I never show cased any of it. I just enjoyed it. I rather keep my joy to myself. I use my photography work these days to create my book covers, and create art work for my music releases. I use photography for graphic design as well. Photography has opened doors for me in many ways. I love it.
A good picture is one that is worth looking at. These pictures are very good.
One thing I’m learning fast is, critics only stifle a persons freedom with how something should have been done. Who cares? I love how she took photos for the love of it, not searching for anyone else’s admiration and it’s how I see myself in a way. My boring images will never match this fantastic artist in any way but they will remain mine, and won’t need sharing online etc for others to take the meaning away.
I’m a fan of hers. Like her, I take photos for myself with my film cameras and in doing so, derived great joy in the process of documenting the every day lives of our existence on this planet.
Damn fool critics! Vivian was amazing. And I love your style, dude. Keep ‘em coming.
Her work is brilliant as was her approach to it, she seemed to exist to take part in photography or at least arranged her life that way. If you watched any docs on her work you'll leave stunned at her hit ratio per roll. Not many on the planet are able to produce that way. Pure genius.
She took amazing photos. I like how she captured the life and spirit of the people of her times. When I look at her photos, the subjects speak through her photos. She is an invisible artist.
Although I have had a camera in hand for decades it was the discovery of and story of Vivian Maier that got me into street photography. Yes she definitely had a quirky personality but there are many photographers and artists who fall into that category. I think her work stands alongside many other street photographers of her era. She had a great visual sense and timing of the moment I believe. What I find remarkable is she continued for nearly 50 years without any apparent recognition. That signifies motivation, dedication and belief in what she was doing. Yes there are always armchair critics out there who say a version of "Oh I could do that." Well I say put your money where your mouth is and do it.
People love a good mystery. Vivian’s recording of her life on film in many ways is like our own. Many of us take photographs because we find subject matter that inspires us to capture moments which turn into memories. We probably aren’t thinking of becoming famous or even hoping for praise, we take photographs for our own enjoyment. I remember very well the discovery of her huge volume of photographs and have been enjoying the mystery of her life examined time and again by people who see the importance of it all. Thank you for adding one more voice to the multitudes of admirers of her photos and subsequently, her life and it’s inherent mystery.
From the Vivian story one thing to be learned is archival ideas. Especially since digital is so easy to lose and hard drives fail and even degrade the quality of the pics
Vivian Maier's photography is inspiring. As for those "CRITICS" I'm pretty sure very few have ever picked up a camera gone out and tried street photography. Great video, subscribed. JT
Great series!
Nicely done video on Vivian.
Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Besides the story I think the reason why she has been so successful is because she comes from an era of photographers that produced real street images as opposed to some of the more modern photographers that claim to produce street photography but use models!
Until recently, I had never heard of Vivian Maier. Now I have. Her work is amazing, so much so that I feel she's one of the best street photographers who has ever lived. I would compare her best street images with the street photos of Paul Strand, except that she produced tens of thousands of them. As for the naysayers, they are jealous that a woman, a self-taught artist, made them all look like rank amateurs and that she had no desire to kiss the collective asses of the gallery elites.
Thank you.
Beautiful words.
Inspiring video.
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I bet the critics wouldn't even know how to use the type of camera that Vivian Maier used.
Her pictures exhibited the interesting in the ordinary or mundane. Screw the critics. The point is she enjoyed her work.
You gave a very good presentation. I enjoyed it very much. She was a fascinating person. I wish she would have come out with her photography while she was still alive. Her perspective would add so much more to the story. I suspect she would not have wanted the fame associated with her work. Thanks for your presentation.
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7:20 Stupid critic saying anybody could have done the same as Vivian Maier..I'm a pro photographer for 4o years, and I can honestly say, that Vivian was a brilliant photographer. What she did wasn't easy at all. She was fast, spot on with composition, angels and sharpness. And she managed to take streets portraits very close up using the Rolleiflex 85 mm lens. She produced so many magnificent and brilliant photos. She was one of the best street photographers of all time in my opinion.
@@MM-lw2rf At one point she inherited a lot of money from a deceased family member in France, where she came from. She used part of that inheritance to travel around the world to, among other places, Asia and Europe. I also think she was able to afford her quality cameras and film because it was the only hobby she had and that she only had a small consumption and lived for free in a room with the family where she was a nanny. You have to remember that she photographed for an incredible number of years as an adult, so the costs of film were spread over many years. I don't have a big problem with the two curators making money from her photos. Otherwise, her collection of amazing photos might never have been shown to us. I am sure that Vivian is pleased with her photos being exhibited and all the positive reactions and comments coming from all of us who are delighted by her fabulous photos.😀
Harry Callahan, who. unfortunately, now seems to be drifting more and more into the past, would make an excellent subject for one of your videos. Thx for your great piece on Maier!
Maier is an interesting character.
Clearly the process of making images was more important than the actual images. Why would she not want to share her images? They were hers to do as she pleased. Having so many rolls of film undeveloped is interesting. Was it because as a nanny she couldn’t afford to have them developed? Then why did she keep them? Winogrand had even more rolls of undeveloped. He had ~6500 undeveloped rolls of undeveloped film.
I understand this. I have a dozen of memory cards full of images. I have some images on my laptops. Nobody will see my images. They aren’t important. The only value is for me and I’ve told you about my images.
My images are the result of my light therapy. I get out of the house and walk the street. I get exercise and sunlight when it is available. Looking at other street photographer’s work I’ve learned to see what is not obvious to others. Sometimes seeing what others don’t see brings a smile to my face. That is the total of my street photography. Unlike Maier’s work, it will never be discovered. And so it goes.
Mask On Nurse Marty (Ret)
With all the undeveloped images (much like Garry Winogrand) I wonder of her motivation as well. I wonder if much like for me, it is observing, people watching, and finding a scene.....once I snap an image I am not very motivated to develop my film. If I do develop them, whether I like or detest my results I rarely every look at them again. I simply enjoy the experience of being out there and observing and searching. Whether I capture anything is insignificant. Much like the process of writing a note helps a person remember something by also "writing" it in their brain, for me the process of snapping the shot helps my mind remember the event even if I never look at the resulting image.
@@MM-lw2rf Maier owned some nice gear , yes. No Leicas. She must have saved long and hard for her gear. She wasn’t earning a lot as a nanny so it is understandable she couldn’t develop all her rolls of film.
What is hard to fathom is why she never discussed or showed her work to anyone. True, many non photographers do not understand or appreciate the images in the genre. Why she never ran across any NYC or Chicago street photographers I don’t know.
I talk about street photography to people who give me a polite node of the head but aren’t interested. It is like when they talk about their children to me.
Mostly my images are not seen by anybody other than me. Sometimes not even me. Some images live on a hard drive. Others on memory cards. Sometimes I erase my memory cards without sending the images to a hard drive. Let’s face it. My images are just OK on their best day. I have no friends, like Vivian, so who can I share my images? I look at my images and move on. When I die all my images will wind up in a trash heap or deleted to store other data. I do photography for fun. I have No possibly I will be recognized as a good street photographer. So be it.
Mask On Nurse Marty (Ret)
I think the reason why some people, especially curators, critics, writers etc., criticized Vivian Maier's work as not of any importance is that its significance put the mechanics of recognition in question. Critics like work on which they can write about and which is contextualized within a strategic body of work. Simply, they don't like work which is not part of an accepted canon. Secondly, they don't like artists who are not interested in them or the art world. Remember: The art scene is overcrowded with egomaniacs and artists who crave for their 5 minutes of fame. It's just simple as that!
Critics are always frustrated bystanders. Vivian Maier was a true artist. Her passion was taking the picture. Proof on paper was not what she needed.
Lovely video, as a beginner photographer I'd love to learn more about those who came before me and their stories. Please continue with this series!
Thank you so much for watching! I've got plenty more videos just like this one planned so be sure to look out for those!
Wonderfully researched and shared. Thanks for the thoughtful depiction and provocative questions. Looking forward to more videos like this.
Thank you so much for watching and i'm so glad you enjoyed it! I've got plenty more videos like this down the pipeline so be sure to look out for those. Feel free to recommend any photographers you think I should make a video about!
Bravo!
Thank you!
I have had many photographers inspire me including Vivian Maier. Jay Maisel is my number one with his philosophical view on photography. Check him out when you get a moment.
She’s photographers Van Gogh 🤘🏻
I studied journalism and photography before taking a different path. Her work is incredible. What any critic says is completely irrelevant.
She was a photographer on the brink of insanity from her social observations and position in society. To have such a great eye and yet so tormented...as most genius artists. Also, multiple auction buyers before Maloof have a portion of her work.
Vivian Maier, never existed, is the creation of Joan Fontcuberta, a great Spanish photographer, teacher and philosopher. It was an experiment for an investigation and his documentary. The photos were taken by him. He said that one day looking through the boxes full of old photos of him, he came up with that idea.
This is not true. How could Fontcuberta take all these pics in the 60s and 70s in the USA when he was born in 1956 in Spain and graduated from a Spanish university in th elate 70s? When did he travel to the US and when did he manage to take so many pics in such a short time?
Diane Arbus
It's just pure jealousy by her critics, she is a genius believe me, the only mystery is that she took so many images but processed so little.
Frustrated nanny with a brilliant eye for 6x6 snaps.
@FidelCastro128 Your comment is the definition of damning with faint praise.
In Vivian’s time she was seen as a nanny and nothing more. She did try to get her work shown according to movies of her life. I don’t think that she had the “right pedigree”and wasn’t well connect with the gallery’s. It such a shame that she wasn’t recognized for the artist she was, all due to sexism and classism.
It's pronounced MY-er not May-er.