Most importantly the portraits are the ones which stand out in a photographers portfolio.The go for attitude is also within her photographs and this is one of the great aspect of her photography. Boldness and her never ending streak to get out of the comfort zone and to meet strangers on the street is very inspirational.And this is spectacular with Maier’s works. Like many of the contemporary street photographers today, Maier’s photographs are not just about filling the frame, there is more for the quality of light and dignity of your subjects you portray.And I feel Maier’s pictures has this class for us to easily understand and admire. Fusing art into street photography is probably the only way in making every single man to admire your work.When I start thinking for what I admire within these photographs, the first and foremost thing which strikes is Maier’s choice of subjects in her portraits and the master cut light.We are entitled to thanks John and his eye for art of photography to have discovered the sheer brilliance of a photographer from a totally different era. It was just out of luck and pure coincidence John discovered the master class of Maier through some auction. At the age of 25, she started working as a nanny for a family of 14, and often roamed and spent her days walking on the streets of chicago taking portraits of people with her precious Rolleiflex camera. Once having moved from France, Maier worked in a sweatshop and made her way to the North shore in 1956. After that, Maier’s work began to spread all over the web followed by numerous accolades and exhibitions around the globe but sadly Vivian Maier passed away on April 21, 2009. It was only late in 2007, Maier’s work was discovered by a local chicago historian and collector John Maloof. The most important aspect in Maier’s life is that her work was never discovered or appreciated during her lifetime, infact nobody knew such a talented street photographer did even exist.
These pictures were some early days representation of people, cityscapes and street views of her vision. During this period she worked as a Nanny in Chicago and it was during these days she shot almost more than 100,000 photographs. Earlier she did grow up in France but later returned to United states. Vivian Dorothea Maier, was an interesting street photographer born in New york city.
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