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Vivian Maier: The Enigmatic Legacy of a Street Photographer

"Vivian Maier was a prolific street photographer whose massive, largely undeveloped body of work was discovered by chance in 2007. Working for decades as a professional nanny, she captured thousands of candid, mid-century scenes in Chicago and New York. Her work is now recognized as a definitive contribution to twentieth-century street photography, characterized by keen observation, deep empathy, and technical mastery of the Rolleiflex twin-lens reflex camera. The Discovery of an Unseen Archive The story of Vivian Maier is one of the most remarkable tales in the history of visual arts. For most of her adult life, Maier lived in anonymity, work..."

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