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The Incredible Story of Vivian Maier
In 2007, 26-year-old real estate agent John Maloof purchased a box filled with 30,000 negatives from an estate sale for $400. After being stunned by the quality of the street photographs, Maloof began digging and discovered that they were created by a nanny and street photographer named Vivian Maier. He then decided to purchase the other boxes of negatives, bringing his collection of Maier photos up to about 100,000 images. Now some are saying he might have discovered one of the greatest (and previously unknown) street photographers of the 20th century. You can view some of Maier’s photographs here.
http://www.petapixel.com/2011/01/03/the-incredible-story-of-vivian-...
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Comment by Mike Butler on February 12, 2011 at 8:59pm
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She was a fabulous photographer. Really love her work.
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Comment by Allan OMarra on February 12, 2011 at 7:30pm -
Loved this story, Mike. Hopefully she gets her due.
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Comment by Norbert Lisinski on January 7, 2011 at 12:47pm -
Thanks for sharing this, incredibly interesting story about an intriguing and talented individual. More about her here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivian_Maier
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