Can you imagine? One of the best street photographers in the second half of the 20th century and nobody had ever heard of her?
Vivian Maier was a nanny in New York and Chicago and roamed the streets for great pictures. She continued to photograph into the late 90′s. At the end of her life she was poor and only survived with the help of some of the children she took care of in the beginning of her working life. Only in 2007 when her storage locker was auctioned were her 100.000 negatives discovered. John Maloof is now cataloging her work and making it available to the world through exhibitions and a documentary.
www.vivianmaier.com