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HomeContents > People > Photographers > Vivian Maier

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We are seeking any background details and example photographs that will assist us improve this page. If you have any advice or leads please send an email to - alan@luminous-lint.com 
  
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Dates:  1926, 1 February - 2009, 21 April
Died:  US, IL, Oak Park
Active:  US
Gender:  Female
Website:  vivianmaier.blogspot.com
 
  
She lived in both the USA and France as a child and settled permanently in the USA where she worked as a family nanny. She appears to have had little or no contact with the photographic world although she did have a number of photographic books. A collection of her negatives was purchased by chance at a furniture and antique auction and the purchaser, John Maloof, went on to acquire many of her possessions along with her cameras, clippings files and prints. In all the collection includes over 100,000 negatives of American street photography making it a highly significant collection.

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Readings on, or by, individual photographers 
  
Maloof, John (ed.), 2011, Vivian Maier: Street Photographer, (powerHouse Books) isbn-10: 1576875776 isbn-13: 978-1576875773 [Contribution by Geoff Dyer.] [Δ
  
 
  
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Portraits 
  
If you have a portrait of this photographer or know of the whereabouts of one we would be most grateful. 
  
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Family history 
  
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