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Vivian Maier (American, 1926-2009), Self-portrait, 1959

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Vivian Maier

Vivian Maier is the Emily Dickinson of street photography. Maier worked as a nanny in New York and Chicago for more than a half-century, and took thousands of brilliant photographs, never sharing them with anyone except, occasionally, for the children in her charge. Some of her negatives were found by chance, when a local real estate agent purchased them at an auction house; now an exhibition of her photography is traveling the world (this summer it's in the U.K.)....

~ Vivian Maier ‘Self-Portrait’

A professional nanny for over four decades, Vivian Maier lived her life in the shadows; a strange woman with a secret talent and a veiled past.

Vivian Maier - Emmett Kelly as the clown figure "Weary Willie"

Vivian Maier. Selfportrait

Vivian Maier

New York, NY, Vivian Maier, March 1954

These 10 images from a newly published set of portraits show an unexpected side of the Chicago photographer.

Vivian Maier, an excellent New York street photographer who took thousand of photos in the 1950s and 60s, was left woefully unacknowledged during her time. It was only in 2011, two years after her death, that her photos were recognized for their raw beauty in a collection published by historian and collector John Maloof.

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The photographer's shadow (Olive Cotton and Max Dupain), National Portrait Gallery

USA, Women - A decade ago, experts and the general public were surprised by the impressive photographic work of a previously unknown artist

Twenty Wonderful Vivian Maier Self-Portraits - Flashbak

New York, Vivian Maier