I was in a lecture one morning and a friend mentioned a photographer of the name of Vivian Maier and told me to look her name up on youtube and so I did. I didn't know what to expect but was really shocked by what I seen. Vivian Maier was a nanny in New York but was born in Paris She loved photography and as soon as she had a chance she was out taking photographs. She used a Rolleicord camera which is a medium format camera to sheet with. I just found her work fascinating so much so I borrowed a medium format camera called a Seagull. I bought two black and white rolls of film and went out shooting. I love the detail in black and white and think shooting with a camera that Vivian Maier had was just a thrill and just wanted me to take photographs just as good as her.
You can see the short clip of Vivian Maier on this link below
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWEDOnBfDUI&feature=player_embedded
I find Vivian Maier's work out standing and really surprised that she hasn't been noticed before, for her work as it stands out. I feel Vivian Maier's work is just as good as photographers in Magnum photos such as photographers like Abbas, Robert Capa, and the rest of them.
Here is some of Vivian Maier's work.
All the photographs shown was taken off google images.
Vivian Maier's work is great and to me this is what photography is all about. I look at her work and it makes me want to go back to the 1950 and onwards to produced work like that.
