A Photographer's Life: 1990-2005

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Many fans know — or think they know — the general outline of the mystery of the late Vivian Maier and her so-called discovery: the secretive nanny of Chicago's North Shore and Rogers Park with murky connections to France who died poor and obscure in April 2009, leaving behind literal tons — "more than four tons of stored boxes" — of photographs, negatives, undeveloped film and other ephemera, which such men as John Maloof, Ron Slattery and Jeffrey Goldstein acquired and began to circulate, leading to her posthumous viral fame. His photographic style is “meticulously created in a high-gloss, color-popping, hyper-realistic style.” And it is considered “kitsch pop surrealism.” Seeing his iconic style, it is no surprise that a writer called him the “ Fellini of photography.” She has published books in 83 countries and has sold more than 18 million copies. In 1997, Cedco Publishing sold more than 1.8 million calendars and datebooks of her work. Over the years he faced a couple of extremely dangerous situations which brought him close to losing his life. He was a survivor in an airplane crash in Yugoslavia and he nearly drowned in India.

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Bannos quotes Rose Lichter-Mark in The New Yorker on how, unfortunately, "Finding Vivian Maier shows that the stories of difficult women can be unflattering even when they are told in praise. The unconventional choices of women are explained in the language of mental illness, trauma, or sexual repression, as symptoms of pathology rather than as an active response to structural challenges or mere preferences." I first became interested in photojournalism primarily out of an interest in history. One day, while studying the Industrial Revolution, I found myself very saddened by a photograph of a child in a factory. I remember realizing in that moment that both the child and photographer were likely no longer alive and I became fascinated by how the photograph could make me so upset for the hard life of someone who lived so many decades before me. In a way both of them became almost immortal through the photograph and there was something very compelling about that. This is when he became most famous. The Guggenheim Fellowship allowed him to travel the country. And that resulted in his most famous work— The Americans (pictured below). Dorothea Lange was an American documentary photographer and photojournalist. Her early work focused on photographing the social elite in a studio setting. Later, Lange’s work shifted direction and she started to take documentary photographs. This book tells two stories – that of Vivian Maier and her work; and the story of what happened to that work.VIVIAN MAIER’s earliest known photographs date to France in nineteen fifty, the year that half of American households used cameras. Over the years, Maier’s relentless photographing, a hundred thousand images, put her above amateurs but apart from only the busiest professionals, writes Banos. In the early years, Maier’s photos revealed her journeys while demonstrating evolving strategies.

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Steve McCurry is an American photographer who is mainly known for his work as a photojournalist. His most famous photograph, “Afghan Girl”, is an outstanding image that you’ve all probably seen on a National Geographic cover. He started off assisting David Ollins, and then John French. But his poor school attendance stopped his dream of going to the London School of Fashion. Bailey helped create and photograph the “swinging sixties.” It was a culture of fashion and celebrity chic. 13. David LaChapelle He started as a photographer for Harper’s Bazaar. That helped him fund his studio, starting in 1946. There, he produced images for Vogue and Life magazines. She places herself in her own work and uses a range of disguises and personas. They were disturbing, distasteful, and sometimes amusing. And she’s not just a photographer. She’s also a model, hairdresser, stylist, and makeup artist. 2. Robert Frank

A Photographer’s Life and Afterlife

In her groundbreaking biography "Vivian Maier: A Photographer's Life and Afterlife," Pamela Bannos offers an exhaustively researched and engrossingly written examination of the life and work of the enormously talented and intensely private American photographer whose images of life in the 20th century have captured countless imaginations in the 21st.

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His photographs make you stare for a long time because of their unique atmosphere. Doisneau’s words describe his art perfectly.”The marvels of daily life are so exciting… no movie director can arrange the unexpected that you find in the street.” 17. Steve McCurry

Not even in her 40s and already a world famous photographer, Alex Prager’s staged color images have earned her spots in exhibitions from New York to Australia. Paul Strand was an American photographer. He helped establish photography as an art form in the 20th century. His diverse work spanned six decades. More, this really gives a sense of Maier's depth of love for photography. It wasn't that she was a secret talent. She LOVED doing it and while she was eccentric, it's clear she worked caring for children because it helped her afford a life of travel and photography. There's a really unbelievable piece of this story where Bannos talks about a mega trip that Maier planned to travel through South America....that didn't happen (she traveled across Asia, Africa, and Europe later on) and yet, Maloof had taken, and talked up, to have been a thing that DID happen.