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The lifetime work of recently discovered street photographer Vivian
Maier has captivated the world and spawned comparisons to
photography's masters. This text presents an intimate portrait of
the artist herself with never-before-seen black-and-white and
colour self-portraits culled from the extensive Maloof archive, the
preeminent collector of the work of Vivian Maier.
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Selfies (Paperback)
Sylvie Weil; Translated by Ros Schwartz; Photographs by Vivian Maier, Marc Riboud
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Taking selfies is not the exclusive preserve of millennials. In
Selfies, the niece of French philosopher Simone Weil, also daughter
of one of the most brilliant mathematicians of the 20th c., gives a
playful twist to the concept of self-representation: taking her cue
from self-portraits by women artists, ranging from the 13th c.
through the Renaissance to Frida Kahlo and Vivian Maier, Weil has
written a memoir in pieces, that is yet unified. Each picture acts
as a portal to a significant moment from Weil's own life (as
schoolgirl, writer, daughter and mother) and sparks anecdotes
tangentially touching on topical issues (from the Palestinian
question to the pain of a mother witnessing her son's psychotic
breakdown, to the subtle manifestations of anti-Semitism, to
ageism, genetics, and a Jewish dog...). Switching from poignant to
light-hearted, with Weil's trademark irony and self-deprecating
humour, Selfies is a sophisticated, `delightful read', with
heartwrenching tendencies. (Front cover photograph: VIVIAN MAIER,
Self-portrait, New York, NY, 1955 copyright Estate of Vivian Maier,
Courtesy Maloof Collection and Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York.
End page photograph of the author by Marc Riboud, courtesy of
Catherine Riboud, Paris.)
Please note that all blank pages in the book were chosen as part of
the design by the publisher.
A good street photographer must be possessed of many talents: an
eye for detail, light, and composition; impeccable timing; a
populist or humanitarian outlook; and a tireless ability to
constantly shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot and never miss a moment. It
is hard enough to find these
qualities in trained photographers with the benefit of schooling
and mentors and a community of fellow artists and aficionados
supporting and rewarding their efforts. It is incredibly rare to
find it in someone with no formal training and no network of peers.
Yet Vivian Maier is all of these things, a professional nanny, who
from the 1950s until the 1990s took over 100,000 photographs
worldwide--from France to New York City to Chicago and dozens of
other countries--and yet showed the results to no one. The photos
are amazing both for the breadth of the work and for the high
quality of the humorous, moving, beautiful, and raw images of all
facets of city life in America's post-war golden age.
It wasn't until local historian John Maloof purchased a box of
Maier's negatives from a Chicago auction house and began collecting
and championing her marvelous work just a few years ago that any of
it saw the light of day. Presented here for the first time in
print, "Vivian Maier: Street Photographer" collects the best of her
incredible, unseen body of work.
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