The 8mm Films of Vivian Maier

[@rossmorebaz]

she was a genius. she was telling stories and painting pictures of the world she lived in.. anybody what is the wonderful music that goes with this video.. beautiful

[@rossanafioravanti8526]

The music is by Evan Hydzik & Phil Calato. They're listed in the credits at the end

[@scirturbo1234]

The music works very well with these pictures. Makes me sad.....

[@NJC2874]

She was a genius in photography. The more she was taking shots, the more she was perfectioning her talent, and becoming a real professional. Don’t forget she took 150,000 photos!!! Anybody will become professional after 1,000 photos. So what if it was 150,000 ?! Her compositions, contrasts and art are exceptional. As for 8 mm videos, I guess it was for her own fun.

[@paspartu2453]

"Anybody will become professional after 1,000 photos" that is a dumb statement, obviously coming from someone who is not a photographer. Learning how to take photographs doesn't make you a photographer in the same way that learning how to write doesn't make you a writer. It takes a depth. Which is why there are so many colorfull and shallow "pros" today revolving around Instagram and the likes.

[@bqfilms]

@@paspartu2453 perfectly put, true artists share a message, they dont make pretty pictures for likes.

[@cameraman655]

Too bad that she is rejected by many of the “Gate Keepers” of the photographic community….I’ll never understand that mindset.

[@PanPeter1966]

One of the best Photographer of the world

[@Wingman115]

I would have been interesting to see her progress into modern day video cameras. She clearly had a eye for capturing the moment which in this day and age is rare.

[@joeferguson2606]

im from chicago, this is a treasure.

[@KM-mv1ho]

That's good, she was really trying to do video art before anyone I think was doing video art, she was pushing it, not trying to be a film maker or make a movie, but trying to extend the format of film to art. Very cool, I wonder how she would have edited it?

[@Zeal808]

Katherine M true. Love her

[@tonywalton1052]

really captures that time period. also, eccentric unusual things and people

[@petemc5070]

Takes even more self-assurance to film people in the street than sneak a photo of them. She had nerve.

[@RoodeMenon]

Back in a time where everybody was wearing suits.

[@noscaasifilmstudios]

Then wear a suit everywhere. No one is stopping you.

[@romanireva]

Back in a time where elegance of the soul and of the body were everywhere

[@davidmitchell6873]

In the 70s? Not hardly.

[@quang5DCameras]

Great footage of people! When men still wearing hats great look, bought and read their Newspaper. Chicago 1971 Era!!

[@arricammarques1955]

The souls from from 51 years ago. Gone from life live on in film.

[@henryottis295]

Yes. I would agree that most are probably gone by now.....

[@richforsandy]

Great eye! Great editing! How acutely aware was Vivian, of people around her, and their behavior and her surroundings?

[@saymoreglass]

thank you so much!! so amazing her eye to capturing things in daily life!!

[@nowness]

Revisit the late street photographer Vivian Maier's raw 8mm footage of 70s Chicago: bit.ly/1oYyGhP

[@jamesbyrne9312]

at 2.38 you can see steve carrell from Anchor Man playing Brick!!!!

[@Poisonedmashy]

Theres something so perfect about this

[@paspartu2453]

The blunt resentment, swiftly warming your skin like a bee sting.

[@justincase2271]

Back when people dressed up when they went into the city.

[@MichaelCarter]

From some artifacts seen at the top left mostly and a little at the bottom left I think this film may have been shot on Regular 8mm. Is that correct?

[@darkcustomxxx7252]

She had a zoom obviously, hard to tell if it was manual or powered. If it was the latter, she may have had a super 8 by that stage.

[@untokyo]

AMAZING!

[@busylittlehooves]

thank you for that. brilliant.

[@RemedyUnderTheSun]

Can someone PLEASE tell me what the piano song is? (that plays throughout the video)

[@sharonwhite4847]

The music is by Evan Hydzik & Phil Calato. They're listed in the credits at the end. A lady left this to another comment.

[@RemedyUnderTheSun]

@@sharonwhite4847 I need the the specific name of the song though, when you look up their names the song in this video doesn't show.

[@sharonwhite4847]

@@RemedyUnderTheSun So sorry this was the wrong info for u. I will try and look tomorrow and see if I can find anything.

[@RemedyUnderTheSun]

@@sharonwhite4847 It's ok lol, thank you though.

[@sharonwhite4847]

@@RemedyUnderTheSun your so kind:) All I have some days is time:)

[@MarbleWhornets]

1:39 reminds me of the Toynbee Tiles.

[@helenarose580]

I just the docum entary it was great interesting

[@fishtownboy]

Great stuff. Vivian!!!

[@Cloxxki]

Wow, I never knew she made film!!! Amazing artist, but it feels voyeurist to see her work, as she never published anything by life. It was not meant for other eyes...

[@CarstenGoeke]

The colours ❤️

[@darkcustomxxx7252]

Kodakchrome. Digital will never come close.

[@karenarnett5167]

What soundtrack did Ms Maier herself have in mind …

[@ricardorarango1]

omg does anybody know the name of the song!!!!!}

[@sharonwhite4847]

The music is by Evan Hydzik & Phil Calato. They're listed in the credits at the end

[@shadrack1976]

A garden of peace.

[@user-ij9vs8mb1b]

where is this?

[@jude999]

Chicago

[@cssmusic419]

"It documents" more than "its art"

[@paspartu2453]

There is a particular mood. The sensible is pervasive. Those are documents defined by the art of the maker.

[@Dylangoldring]

whats the music?

[@cynthiajansen7200]

Rossana Fioravanti1 year ago The music is by Evan Hydzik & Phil Calato. They're listed in the credits at the end

[@simossosias3727]

All artists are complex, far from what is just apparent and probably real. With Maier we have only just discovered the tip of the iceberg. Patience.

[@rogersachs9]

This looks to me like the spring or summer of 1972.

[@jude999]

1971

[@damarisbb4526]

Vivian Maier, never existed, is the creation of Joan Fontcuberta, a great Spanish photographer, teacher and philosopher. It was an experiment for an investigation and his new documentary. The photos were taken by him. He said that one day looking through the boxes full of old photos of him, he came up with that idea. Social photography experiment.

[@paddleduck5328]

Fun idea/conspiracy theory, but he was born too late to have taken her photographs

[@damarisbb4526]

@@paddleduck5328 You now that you can fake time… where are you? Movies, theaters… actors, actress. He said he collected many photos randomly… old pictures… he is doing this long time ago. He faked another subject… you need to see his studies. Books

[@melissarosario6176]

classy the way the world was

[@rudykuik]

she is more a photographer then a filmer.

[@mistergreen1164]

Just learned of Vivian today and her work is unbelievable. I can’t explain it.

[@paspartu2453]

​@Eidelmania The crippled nature of modern urban society in motion, and his effects on the human condition, very much punctuated by the last take, which is patent in his photography as well as in those little films. That is the narration, because life is not ploted.

[@davidmitchell6873]

These city streets with nobody on cell phones.

[@davidmitchell6873]

Because they didn't have them, if they did they would be on them.

[@pcls-tech]

ESplendida.