Vivian Maier Artphilein Editions science and art

science and art

and evocative landscape that seems to be unaware of its historical reasons

The spectacle of a sudden

Sebastian Wells

Vivian Maier Artphilein Editions science and artWhen Vivian Maiers archive was discovered in Chicago in 2007, the photography community gained an immense and singular talent. Maier lived in relative obscurity until her death in 2009, but is now the subject of films and books, and recognized as one of the great American photographers of the 20th century. Born in New York in 1926, she worked as a nanny in New York and Chicago for much of her adult life. It was during her years as a nanny that she