This story is every junker's dream - a trip to an auction that ends in the score of a lifetime - literally.
John Maloof, who was working on a book about Chicago, bought a lot of photo negatives that came from a delinquent storage unit. They turned out to be a lifetime's worth of work - over 100,000 images - of an amateur street photographer named
Vivian Maier.
Since his discovery, he has put in countless hours and a big chunk of his own money processing her work. It has to be an overwhelming responsibility - but what treasure hunter among us wouldn't love to have been the one to make this discovery? It's mind boggling.
He has an account set up on
Kickstarter to take donations for a book and documentary that he is working on about Vivian's life and work. I can't wait for both!
I'm so into this story. And the images are just amazing.
ReplyDeleteFascinating story, thanks for sharing it!
ReplyDeletei love this story too! What an awesome find. Reminds me of the Sartorialist - street photography.
ReplyDeleteSo incredible. What an amazing find!
ReplyDeleteWOW I am speechless. These photos are amazing and the story, the guy who bought them....incredible.
ReplyDeletethis is really interesting...really a special time captured in a creative way...
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photographs, Thanks for sharing them and their amazign story.
ReplyDeletei love seeing that so many people are into this story and have been so touched by it. not only can i not get over the sheer beauty of her work and the natural ability she seemed to possess at capturing such fantastic moments, but also the whole way in which her work has been discovered is incredible as well. amazing.
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