Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Erscheinungsdatum
16.11.2011
Abbildungen
Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert
Herausgeber
John MaloofVerlag
PowerHouse BooksSeitenzahl
136
Maße (L/B/H)
28,9/26/2 cm
Gewicht
1138 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-1-57687-577-3
The 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.
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.
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.
Please note that all blank pages in the book were chosen as part of the design by the publisher.
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Ein Bild sagt mehr...
Marie-Therese Reisenauer aus Wien am 21.02.2012
Bewertungsnummer: 478200
Bewertet: Buch (Gebundene Ausgabe)
Liebhaber der Kunst der Fotographie schütteln erfreut den Kopf wenn sie die Namen Henri Cartier-Bresson, Diane Arbus oder Robert Frank vernehmen. Aber zu Vivian Maier, fiel ihnen bis dato nichts ein. Das wird sich ändern, denn das erst kürzlich entdeckte Bildvermächtnis der Frau Maier steht künstlerisch auf gleicher Stufe. Das Suchen, aber auch das Scheitern des American Dream wird in den Bildern des autodidaktischen Kindermädchens ganz einfach großartig dargestellt.
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