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Vivian Maier IV

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There are opposing views on the value Vivijaninog work. Kolin Vesterbek, former curator of photography of the Art Institute of Chicago and one of the leading experts on street photography, considered Majerovo for an interesting case. In his opinion, is not a special Majerova photographer, if you take into account the history of street photography in the fifties and sixties. She believes that her work “lack of irony” bother him so much self-portraits of the staff: “The best artists know how to distance themselves from the subjects observed.”

On the other hand, it is an undoubted value attached to the local character of Chicago last century. However, most critics agree that the self-portraits exactly what Vivian different from other street photographer. Discrete introverted woman who, on the one hand, stayed away from people in the artistic oeuvre tends to belong to the moving world of his paintings. The reflections, mirrors, and usually in the shadows. It is not a mere object, but also an active participant in the development of the artwork. As an invisible force that gives a stamp of reality that best interpreted and experienced, and perhaps to explain herself and the world that surrounds it. Why did he hide his photos from the public? He never shared with others photos, many she did not see because of the thousands of rolls remained undeveloped.

She is a true artist and lived for his art, dedicated to her and sacrificed for her. Photographer Tony Fitzpatrick explains the phenomenon that Majerova not felt the need to show their work to anyone, “She was doing this for the right reasons – to preserve its place in the world. She painted because otherwise could not – did not have a choice. “Vivian is sacrificed for the sake of a career photographer art that remains untainted and authentic. Perhaps this is one of the reasons why trust her and why her works are so touching, intimate, tragic and comic at the same time. A good example is photo sleeping elderly couple – leaning against each other. Even Grandpa’s hat blocked the grandmother’s face, as it protects.

Picture of love and affection to insert the lives of ordinary people. Vivian Maier has spent her life appearing and disappearing from the lives of families, carrying with it a multitude of boxes full of photos and memories. During his life he remained unrecognized and unknown, but has gained favor and admiration just by ordinary, small people, who dedicate their work. Even Grandpa’s hat blocked the grandmother’s face, as it protects. Picture of love and affection to insert the lives of ordinary people.

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