![]() In 2009, curious as to who this photographer was, John Maloof Googled Maier’s name and found a death notice in the Chicago Tribune. Her images were first published a year later when Slattery uploaded a selection to his online blog, but at that point they received little attention. Three photo collectors, Ron Slattery, John Maloof, and Randy Prow, bought parts of her archive. In 2007, t wo years before she died, Maier was forced to sell her work in an auction to keep up with her rent. We also know that Maier took more than 150,000 photographs, many of which remain unseen, mostly of the people and architecture in Chicago, New York and LA, but also of herself, and her young charges. We know that she worked as a nanny for 40 years in Chicago, and that she liked to spend time walking the streets, taking photographs with her Rolleiflex camera – with and without the children she was looking after. Even so, many details of the American street photographer’s life remains a mystery. It been exhibited all over the world, featured in mainstream media outlets, and circulated in multiple books and films. ![]() Since its discovery in 2009, Vivian Maier’s work – and her life – has attracted global attention. ![]()
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