Vivian Maier

[@Belkara]

Wow, I am in awe. I am humbled by her passion and her love of something that will live on. Wow.

[@pennykent5687]

I've been a live-in Caregiver for many years. Trust me, it's not easy living in other people's homes!!! Most often people don't really WANT you there, but they NEED someone there. For a few weeks you may be treated like a guest, that is expected will be leaving soon... When it becomes clear that you're not leaving.... things become not so nice... This time period takes time, sometimes shorter sometimes longer.... Now let's talk about accommodations. I'm glad Vivian was given a room... Myself, I've often spent years on a couch in the living room, with my bag of clothes in a corner. Meals were included with the job, mostly, but some employer's really bulked at that. Pay was half of what the big companies charged, and your taxes were taken out of that. Holidays were often a nightmare, as often people wanted you to work these as "business as usual." ...The created a lot of resentment and feelings of being taken advantage of. Time off was arranged by family visits, once a week for 4-5 hrs. ... If the person you cared for had friends, or other relatives.... who would visit at some time,....and you were lucky,.... you were able to get a couple hours off there. People used to tell me I charged a lot of money.... But really, I only charged half of what the agencies charged.... I never called in sick (I was rarely sick), I never ran late in getting to work, nobody had to do retraining of new Caregivers all the time because I was it... You could count on me, I was always there, I booked doctors appointments, daily personal cares,did the shopping, did the laundry, prepped the meals, arranged and went on outings, oversaw basic house maintenance, oversaw lawn care, etc., etc., etc.... I didn't go to the movies, I didn't do coffee with friends, I didn't take classes,... I devoted years of my life in the care of others. Family members would give me hugs and call me "You're part of the family now".... But after the care is no longer needed... I never got a Christmas card, a birthday card, a call to say "how are you doing?," ... I remember all these people, and the time spent.... But I don't bother trying to contact,... because that was my "family" then, and I'll make a new one today.🙂❤️ 🙋‍♀️

[@av03hh]

Vivian Maier's work is breath-taking. Although she was reclusive, I believe she would love what is happening now. She seems to have used her camera to create distant relationships with those she photographed, even though she, herself, could not create many real-life relationships herself.

[@ChrisKrzentzPresents]

Vivian Maier is the one who inspired me to film videos in Chicago, for my KZbin channel. In 2011 I saw this report on our local Chicago public TV station WTTW Channel 11 about her, and in 2012 I said: I want to be just like her, but to film videos, instead of taking photos. I started filming in 2012 in Chicago. 2,000 videos later, I now film all over the world.

[@MrFalconford]

thank you for sharing your work v m, i'll always remember you this way and counting

[@bubuyazul]

I want one photo ! IS AMAZING HISTORY AND AMAZING WOMAN!

[@paulsmithspice]

Amazing photo's.It's wonderful to get a peek at a time gone by...

[@Dan-jg7zl]

I find it quite sad that she had so much passion to take photos but never to show them to the world because she was really talented.

[@jeremyfuso9573]

Super vidéo bravo

[@mwj5368]

Great work John! You are a magnanimous person wttwchicago, for showing the world this great work and highlighting the great man, John Maloof, who is opening such a huge window to the world. I wonder if something like UNESCO could help him. Maybe they'd provide a top line means humidity/temp control etc to store his negatives. They could also fund world class photo-archivists to assist him as him alone and 100,000 negatives and all those rolls of film would take decades... at least I think (only my amateur opinion), to develop. John should receive any profits from sales and a more secure means to protect the photos from robbery or natural disasters and fire etc. I would think GoFundMe or Kickstarter would help, or maybe Bill Gates likes Vivian's work, or Elon Musk, or Warren Buffet, and they would help fund John's efforts etc. My mother was old enough to be Vivian's mother and use to take many photos. I was a boy when we were moving and she handed me a 1/2 gallon milk "carton" (meaning the old paper type of cartons) packed tight with negatives. I was burning papers in our wood stove. I tossed it in and fortunately closed the door as suddenly a loud bang blew the very heavy iron door open and the negatives burned with a rage. Honors to you John and your quest!! I wish this lawyer wasn't blocking it all.

[@FatPlus1]

Wow!!!

[@jude999]

All credit to Maloof, he should realize every advantage from his heroic recovery and professional curation. And he did a heck of a job on the documentary film.

[@paolopiasso]

brilliant. tragic too, had only she lived to see this...

[@MileyonDisney]

2:35 - It's a 1956 Chevy - not a '57!

[@arthur_quet]

(focus on 00:00 to 00:52, 3:38 to 4:30 and 8:23 to 9:12)

[@bobbybigz3408]

Beautiful

[@babsie47]

Did Vivian develop her own film?

[@jude999]

Yes. Early on, later mostly developed by corner photo labs.

[@vanannavarasan4522]

She speaks reincarnation...wonderful artist with a camera

[@emilywong4601]

Vivian choose John Maloof to tell her story, from beyond the grave!

[@donniemoder1466]

She is better than Evans on some ways. She will never be fully accepted. That is okay.

[@make_our_world_great_again]

The bunch of money they took from the photographer.

[@unhinged17]

Just like he says in this piece, I can't believe someone like Maloof has been handed the opportunity of a lifetime and is now responsible for Vivian Maier's legacy, either. His opportunistic and parasitic attitude toward the dissemination of her work, as well as making her story his story, is the ultimate corruption of Vivian Maier's legacy. Vivian Maier belongs to the world, not this eBay shark. John Maloof is a creep. Karma will get him one day.

[@rossmorebaz]

I disagree.. Its because of Maloof that at least we know about the life and work of Vivian Maier.. he has dedicated the last 7 years of his life to this project.. he was just lucky that he was the one who found her work and that was totally by accident and luck. Dont shoot the messenger !

[@merlinalfonso6374]

Maloof is a hero doing great work. But for him, these amazing photos would likely have been discarded. He invested his time and his money into these photos back when the art world wouldn't touch them. You're a creep for calling him a creep.

[@paulsmithspice]

Amazing photo's.It's wonderful to get a peek at a time gone by...