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Vivian Dorothy Maier (February 1, 1926 – April 21, 2009) was an American street photographer whose work was not discovered and recognized until after her death. She worked for about forty years as a nanny, mostly in Chicago's North Shore, while she pursued her photography. She took more than 150,000 photographs during her lifetime, primarily of the people and architecture of Chicago, New York City, and Los Angeles, although she also traveled and photographed worldwide.[1]
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Vivan Maier, born on February 1, 1926 in New York, to a French mother and a father of Austrian descent, she died in 2009 in Chicago on April 21, 2009. During her life she was governess and nanny while at the same time an amateur, prolific and talented street photographer whose work was discovered after her death making her a famous artist
As soon as his work was made public thanks to the American collectors who discovered it, the posthumous, popular and critical recognition of Vivian Maier's work quickly followed, and, since then, his photos have been exhibited in North America, Asia and Europe, while her life is the subject of literary works and filmed documentaries.
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Vivan Maier, née le 1 février 1926 à New York, d'une mère Française et d'un père d'ascendance autrichienne, elle est morte en 2009 à Chicago le 21 avril 2009. Durant sa vie elle était gouvernante et nourrice tout en étant parallèlement une photographe de rue amateur, prolifique et talentueuse dont l'oeuvre a été découverte après sa mort faisant d'elle une artiste célèbres
Dès que son travail a été rendu public grâce aux collectionneurs américains qui l'ont découvert, la reconnaissance posthume, populaire et critique du travail de Vivian Maier a rapidement suivi et, depuis lors, ses photos ont été exposées en Amérique du Nord, en Asie et en Europe, tandis que sa vie fait l'objet d'œuvres littéraires et de documentaires filmés.