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Vivian Maier: Street Photographer 2.53

Hardcover. Vivian Maier was a professional nanny, who from the 1950s until the 1990s took over 100,000 photographs worldwide - from France to New York City, to Chicago and dozens of other countries - and yet showed the results to no one. The photos are amazing both for the breadth of the work and for the high quality of the humorous, moving, beautiful, and raw images of all facets of city life in America's post-war golden age. It wasn't until realtor and amateur historian John Maloof stumbled upon a box of anonymous negatives that her work was revealed to critical acclaim. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

2011. hardcover. Cloth, dj. Minor rubbing and edge wear to dj. Minor shelf wear to boards. Else very sound, with clean and bright internals. Very Good. (Subject: Photography).

May have light to moderate shelf wear and/or a remainder mark. Complete. Clean pages.

110 pages black and white photographs Edited by John Maloof Foreword by Goeff Dyer postage $4.00 within USA

Square Quarto. Hardcover. Grey cloth boards in b&w illustrated jacket. 123 pages: illustrations (chiefly color); 29 cm. A good street photographer must be possessed of many talents: an eye for detail, light, and composition; impeccable timing; a populist or humanitarian outlook; and a tireless ability to constantly shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot and never miss a moment. It is hard enough to find these qualities in trained photographers with the benefit of schooling and mentors and a community of fellow artists and aficionados supporting and rewarding their efforts. It is incredibly rare to find it in someone with no formal training and no network of peers. Yet Vivian Maier is all of these things, a professional nanny, who from the 1950s until the 1990s took over 100, 000 photographs worldwide--from France to New York City to Chicago and dozens of other countries--and yet showed the results to no one. The photos are amazing both for the breadth of the work and for the high quality of the humorous, moving, beautiful, and raw images of all facets of city life in America's post-war golden age. It wasn't until local historian John Maloof purchased a box of Maier's negatives from a Chicago auction house and began collecting and championing her marvelous work just a few years ago that any of it saw the light of day. Presented here for the first time in print, 'Vivian Maier: Street Photographer' collects the best of her incredible, unseen body of work. --From publisher's description.