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What Vivian Maier saw in color (2018)
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#12The story of Maier is also re-told in a beautiful tome by a French artist:
Not knowing about who Maier was, I picked this up at a local book fair because of the way the compositions in the panels reminded me of photography. Only by talking to the author at the fair did I realize that she told the story of some of Maier's best known photographs, and that's why it looked the way.
Anyhow, if you speak french, I wholeheartedly recommend it:
https://peinture-fraiche.be/en/book/vivian-maier-a-la-surfac...
Re: What Vivian Maier saw in color (2018)
#13The interesting part of her work is that unlike other photographers who not only took photos but had the chance to edit them, someone else discovered a bunch of negatives she left behind. So others came in later to turn them into what you see. Anyone who has shot photos (film or digital) knows how much effort goes into the editing process. I love her photographs and her story, I just find it fascinating to think abou…
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Re: What Vivian Maier saw in color (2018)
#14The interesting part of her work is that unlike other photographers who not only took photos but had the chance to edit them, someone else discovered a bunch of negatives she left behind. So others came in later to turn them into what you see. Anyone who has shot photos (film or digital) knows how much effort goes into the editing process. I love her photographs and her story, I just find it fascinating to think abou…
…and she will never know how famous she became! Here is a true artist, one that never seeked to be appreciated as one. I’m such a fan.
Re: What Vivian Maier saw in color (2018)
#15The interesting part of her work is that unlike other photographers who not only took photos but had the chance to edit them, someone else discovered a bunch of negatives she left behind. So others came in later to turn them into what you see. Anyone who has shot photos (film or digital) knows how much effort goes into the editing process. I love her photographs and her story, I just find it fascinating to think abou…
The actual story is that she was photographing on her free time and the rest of her days were spent caring for children of some rich family. When she died, the rich family were the only people who could inherit her stuff. What they saw was not only pretty, but they saw an opportunity. They began marketing right away and made her a well known photographer and kept all the money as rights holder.
This is a story of exploitation of someone talented in a system designed to waste her life.