Finding Vivian Maier

Sept. 24, 1959, New York, NY (© 2011 Maloof Collection, Ltd)

Vivian Maier (February 1, 1926 – April 21, 2009) was an American amateur street photographer who was born in New York but grew up in France, and after returning to the U.S., worked for about forty years as a nanny in Chicago. During those years she took about 100,000 photographs, primarily of people and cityscapes most often in Chicago, although she traveled and photographed worldwide.

Sept, 1953, New York, NY (© 2011 Maloof Collection, Ltd)

Sept. 29, 1959, Esther St., New York, NY (© 2011 Maloof Collection, Ltd)

Untitled, Undated(© 2011 Maloof Collection, Ltd)

Christmas Eve of 1953, 78th St & 3rd Ave. New York, NY (© 2011 Maloof Collection, Ltd)

Undated, New York, NY (© 2011 Maloof Collection, Ltd)

(Fonte: Vivian Maier)