✨AI Reimagines the Masters✨ Vivian Maier|311/1000

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Vivian Maier was an American street photographer whose work gained recognition after her death. She captured over 150,000 photographs during her lifetime, focusing on the people and architecture of Chicago, New York City, and Los Angeles, as well as other locations around the world [1].

Early Life:

Vivian Dorothy Maier was born on February 1, 1926, in New York City [1].

Her mother was French, and her father was Austrian [1].

Maier moved between the U.S. and France during her childhood, living with her mother in the alpine village of Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur [1].

In 1951, she moved to New York and later settled in Chicago's North Shore area in 1956, where she worked as a nanny and caregiver for the next 40 years [1].

Photography Career:

Maier's photographs remained unknown and unpublished during her lifetime, with many of her negatives never developed [1].

In 2007, a Chicago collector named John Maloof acquired some of Maier's photos, while two other collectors, Ron Slattery and Randy Prow, also discovered her prints and negatives around the same time [1].

Maier's photographs were first published on the internet in July 2008, but initially received little response [1].

In October 2009, Maloof shared a selection of Maier's photographs on Flickr, which quickly gained viral attention and critical acclaim [1].

Since then, Maier's work has been exhibited worldwide and has been the subject of books and documentary films, including "Finding Vivian Maier" (2013) [1].

Later Years and Legacy:

In her later years, Maier faced financial difficulties and was eventually taken care of by the Gensburg brothers, whom she had looked after as children [1].

Maier passed away in April 2009 after a fall and subsequent hospitalization [1].

Her massive collection of photographs, negatives, audio recordings, and films were auctioned off in 2007, with John Maloof acquiring the largest portion [1].