{"product_id":"vivian-maier-street-photographer","title":"Vivian Maier: Street Photographer","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe original, instant classic which set the world afire. The first book to introduce the phenomenon that is the life story and work of Vivian Maier.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA 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\u003cbr\u003equalities 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYet 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlease note that all blank pages in the book were chosen as part of the design by the publisher.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Vivian Maier, John Maloof (Editor), Geoff Dyer (Contribution by)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/16\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e powerHouse Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781576875773\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.11h x 10.09w x 0.85d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere is still very little known about the life of Vivian Maier. What is known is that she was born in New York in 1926 and worked as a nanny for a family on Chicago's North Shore during the 50s and 60s. Seemingly without a family of her own, the children she cared for eventually acted as caregivers for Maier herself in the autumn of her life. She took hundreds of thousands of photographs in her lifetime, but never shared them with anyone. Maier lost possession of her art when her storage locker was sold off for non-payment. She passed away in 2009 at the age of 83.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42130872991818,"sku":"9781576875773","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0011\/8990\/4435\/files\/vivian-maier-street-photographer-9781576875773.jpg?v=1749108084","url":"https:\/\/trnk-nyc.mom\/products\/vivian-maier-street-photographer","provider":"TRNK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}