Vivian Maier, Anthology

Vivian Maier ''Musée du Luxembourg'', Chicago, 16 mai 1957

Exhibition at the Museum of the photography, 1 Pierre Gautier square, 06000 Nice, daily open (10am - 6pm) except Mondays, phone : 04.97.13.42.00, ticket full price : 5€.

When the real estate agent from Chicago John Maloof buys some old pictures in 2007 for illustrating the story of the city he doesn't know that he will discover an unknown and potent female photographer Vivian Maier. First he let down the pictures and two years later he degitizes all of it and begins interest himself about the story of the author. Maloof asks informations to the Ginsburg brothers where Maier has worked as governess for building the exhibition and the documentary both name "Finding Vivian Maier" with the help of Charlie Siskel. Vivian has lived a tumultuous life between United - States, Canada and France. Her art style towards the 120.000 she has done and also experimental small documentaries belongs to humanist picture and street photography too. She follows the inspiration of her eyes without looking at something special but ready to depict the daily life details because they can own a story. Framing is like a science for Vivian Maier because it helps constructing a distance with the others in which she never highlights herself. Her watch rough and tender borns in 1951 when she buys her Rolleifleix with the wage she earns. Her self portraits gives a huge parts to cluedos with the purpose understanding her better. Her portraits try to connect Vivian with the others whatever they want including irony and give us a testify about the American way of life at the end of the 1950's. Fascinated by Hollywood and the montion picture making she decides moving to California but her road trip stops in Chicago where she becomes governess of the Ginsburg children. Her relationships with children gives her ideas for underlining the innocence of child world inside her art work. Without being a theoretician woman she brings importance to equilibrium framing and style more than images. In 1967 Vivian Maier doesn't use  Rolleifleix anymore and rather take Leica because it is usefull for colorfull pictures and contrasts. She also directs small documentaries without scripts, dialogs and words light as fairy tales do. Until the end Vivian Maier will make pictures surviving with the money of the brothers Ginsburg. By a kind of hazard or irony she diseppear the same year as John Maloof analyzes her pictures

Vivian Maier ''Self portrait'', New - York, 1954

Who is afraid of Chantal Montellier ? - artetcinemas.over-blog.com

Exhibition at the Villa Arson until August 28th 2024, Stephen Liégeard avenue 20, daily open between 2pm and 6pm except Thuesdays, phone : 04.92.07.73.73, admission free. The Villa Arson highlights

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California of Azure - artetcinemas.over-blog.com

Exhibition at the Town planning and Architecture Forum until October 19, 2024, 89 Turin street, 06000 Nice, open from Wednesday to Friday (1pm - 5pm), phone : 04.97.13.31.51, admission free. From ...

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Reflect the image - artetcinemas.over-blog.com

Exhibition at the 109, the contemporary cultures center until October 12th 2024, 89 Turin street, 06300 Nice, open from Wednesday to Saturday (11am - 6pm), admission free. The opening of the ...

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