Vivian Maier: Self-Portrait, September 10, 1955–Anaheim, California
Courtesy Howard Greenberg Gallery
"An exhibition of self-portraits
by recently discovered street photographer Vivian Maier made from 1950 – 1976
will be on view at Howard Greenberg Gallery from November 8 – January 4, 2014. The exhibition coincides with the publication of the book Vivian Maier: Self-Portraits (powerHouse
Books, Nov. 2013) that surveys Maier’s self-portraits, many of which are
being shown and published for the first time. Opening reception will be Thursday, November 7, from 6-8 p.m"
"The story of Vivian Maier has
practically become a photography legend: Born in New York City in 1926, she spent much
of her youth in France. Returning to the U.S. in 1951, she worked as a nanny in
Chicago and New York for 40 years. Reclusive and eccentric, she took pictures
all the time, yet never showed them to anyone. From the 1950s to the 1990s, with
a Rolleiflex dangling from her neck, she made over 100,000 images, primarily of
people and cityscapes."
"Maier’s massive body of work,
which could have been destined for obscurity, was housed in a storage locker in
Chicago for many years. Unbeknownst to her caretakers (three of the grown children
she had looked after), the contents of her storage locker had been dispersed
due to non-payment. Her negatives were discovered by Chicago-based realtor and
historian John Maloof at an auction house in Chicago in 2007. Maloof pieced
together the identity of the mysterious photographer, but Vivian Maier died in
2009, before Maloof was able to speak with her. In the years that followed,
Maloof has brought her work to the attention of the art world and the general
public; and since 2010, nearly 20 exhibitions of photographs by Vivian Maier
have been mounted in the U.S. and Europe. Numerous critics have written that
her work will be remembered as some of the best 20th-century street
photography." – Text courtesy of the Howard Greenberg Gallery
Vivian Maier: Self-Portrait at Howard Greenberg Gallery is the first
exhibition to explore the photographer’s numerous self-portraits and the first
U.S. gallery exhibition of her color work.
Exhibition: Nov 7 – January 4, 2014
Howard Greenberg Gallery
41 East 57th Street
New York, NY
41 East 57th Street
New York, NY
powerHouse Books, November 2013
Photographs by Vivian Maier
Edited by John Maloof, Essay by Elizabeth Avedon
Vivian Maier: Self-Portraits
Howard Greenberg Gallery
41 East 57th Street
New York, NY
Howard Greenberg Gallery
41 East 57th Street
New York, NY
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