Vivian Maier, the Wandering Eye

Now acknowledged as a major figure of American street photography, Vivian Maier remains an enigmatic character. Her work, which remained unknown during her lifetime, is being exhibited this fall in Paris.

By Carla Peyrat

• / September 30, 2021

Discreet, secretive, but above all unmissable, Vivian Maier never ceases to fascinate. Neither her relatives nor the families who employed her as a nanny knew what was going on behind the locked door of her room, let alone what was hidden there, which would constitute a major discovery for photography: hundreds of film rolls of exceptional quality, all undeveloped.