{"id":166,"date":"2011-11-11T15:38:58","date_gmt":"2011-11-11T15:38:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artforprogress.org\/blog\/?p=166"},"modified":"2013-02-14T14:50:29","modified_gmt":"2013-02-14T14:50:29","slug":"vivi-la-vivian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artforprogress.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/11\/vivi-la-vivian\/","title":{"rendered":"Vivi la Vivian"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Self Portrait, 1956<\/p><\/div>\n

Who would’ve thought Vivian Maier<\/a> lived a double life. Outside of being a nanny, Maier was a silent street photographer, hoarding mounds of negatives never sharing with others this art she called a hobby. But thankfully fellow street photographer, John Maloof, <\/a>stumbled upon this lost treasure, developing the negatives that documented history.<\/p>\n

Maier’s life story<\/a> sounds like a one from legendary artists–Vincent van Gogh, Edgar Allen Poe, El Greco, Henry Thoreau, just to name a few-where their artwork is popularized before they are able to see the success. Her photography is simply amazing, and that itself is an understatement. A New York native, Maier was semi-nomadic, capturing culture and life from her hometown to Chicago and Europe. From children to cityscape, Maier had a natural eye for bringing to life the mundane.<\/p>\n

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I’m not trying to join the bandwagon and shower praises upon her work. I am one to give it to you straight, no hold bars. Maier’s work is noteworthy. If you like what you see, there’s an exhibition of her photography on December 15 through January 28, 2012 at the Howard Greenberg Gallery<\/a> in New York City. View it, digest it and add Maier to your list of artists. There is also a book of her work here<\/a> that’s a good addition for anyone’s coffee table collection.<\/p>\n

-Heather Liggins<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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