Shortly afterward, Maier’s parents split up. Her father left, and her mother shrugged off the task of parenting, leaving young Vivian to be raised largely by others. “I was shuffled around a ...

(Maier is thought to have been deeply suspicious of men, as a general rule; she warned her young charges against ... turned-artist whose film “Finding Vivian Maier” was nominated for an ...

Yet, she seemed to appreciate beauty, too: a young brunette with cat-eye makeup holding a fluffy black cat; Lena Horne, radiant in pearls; all manner of couples holding hands. “Vivian Maier had ...

“Vivian Maier the mystery, the discovery ... She started capturing street scenes in the city as a young woman in the 1950s, first borrowing her mother’s Kodak Brownie box camera and then ...

“Finding Vivian Maier” shows that stories of difficult ... who may have taught the young Maier how to take pictures. I wonder what Maier learned from her, what she told her about trying ...

IT’S IMPOSSIBLE TO TAKE measure of Vivian Maier’s photos without taking stock of her story. She was by all accounts remarkably private, someone who didn’t always enjoy the company of other ...

A self-portrait of Vivian Maier from 1953 © Estate of Vivian Maier, Courtesy of Maloof Collection and Howard Greenberg Gallery, NY For decades, Vivian Maier wandered ...

Vivian Maier is one of the most recognized photographers of the 20th century, with both her photographic ability and her story bringing much-deserved posthumous success. Fotografiska New York will ...

A new exhibition in Milton Keynes examines the legacy of New York and Chicago’s pioneering 20th century street photographer, whose vast collection of images went unseen for most of her life In some ...