Street shooting charming beauty

She is just an unremarkable nanny, with a stubborn and plain appearance, unmarried all her life and unknown.

But after her death, photography made her famous.

She is vivian maier, an outsider who has stayed in one family after another, a time recorder who pointed a double-camera at strangers in the streets of new york and Chicago, and a street photographer before the concept of street photography was formally formed.

She leads a double life.

In front of people, she is a dutiful nanny and gets along well with children;

After her death, she kept exploring in the world of photography, observing and capturing the lives of those marginalized groups with her eyes.

Photography is the art of observation and a kind of gaze.

She stared at the world, walked into the picture, locked in the people and scenes that attracted her, quickly pressed the shutter, and then quietly left.

She photographed a lady in gorgeous clothes, a tramp on the street, herself in various mirrors, stacks of newspapers and discarded items in the trash can. ......

Vivian kept staring at the world, but never gave the world a chance to turn to stare at her, until john maloof, the director of Looking for vivian maier, discovered the secrets hidden in those heavy suitcases.

Chen Danqing once said that even photographers who live in extreme seclusion and have obscure subjects are clamoring for the exclusive enjoyment of the world.

This is the case in vivian maier.

195 1 After returning to new york, she started to work as a nanny, and bought her favorite Rolleiflex double-mirror camera the next year.

1956, she moved into a family in Chicago as a nanny. In this family, she is lucky to have a private bathroom that can be used as a darkroom. But after that, it was hard for her to have such an opportunity again, so there were countless films piled up in the big suitcase she carried with her.

Around 1970s, Vivian began to take color photography, mainly using Leica IIIc camera, some German SLR cameras and Kodak Ektachrome 35mm film.

Ten years later, as she grew older, she found it difficult to find a job and fell into poverty. She can't afford this movie anymore.

The only way for her to express herself-photography-is over.

When john maloof searched her name online, the only information he found was her obituary.

To this world, she seems to have never existed.

But she does exist. She pays attention to current events and stares at the world. Her photo is the best proof of her existence.

For everyone who is keen on photography, every moment that the lens remains should be his own, and it should also be a proof of his existence.

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