Vivian Maier: A Photographer’s Life and Afterlife
De (autor) Pamela Bannosen Limba Engleză Carte Hardback – 06 Oct 2017
Who
was
Vivian
Maier?
Many
people
know
her
as
the
reclusive
Chicago
nanny
who
wandered
the
city
for
decades,
constantly
snapping
photographs,
which
were
unseen
until
they
were
discovered
in
a
seemingly
abandoned
storage
locker.
They
revealed
her
to
be
an
inadvertent
master
of
twentieth-century
American
street
photography.
Not
long
after,
the
news
broke
that
Maier
had
recently
died
and
had
no
surviving
relatives.
Soon
the
whole
world
knew
about
her
preternatural
work,
shooting
her
to
stardom
almost
overnight.
But, as Pamela Bannos reveals in this meticulous and passionate biography, this story of the nanny savant has blinded us to Maier’s true achievements, as well as her intentions. Most important, Bannos argues, Maier was not a nanny who moonlighted as a photographer; she was a photographer who supported herself as a nanny. In Vivian Maier: A Photographer’s Life and Afterlife, Bannos contrasts Maier’s life with the mythology that strangers—mostly the men who have profited from her work—have created around her absence. Bannos shows that Maier was extremely conscientious about how her work was developed, printed, and cropped, even though she also made a clear choice never to display it. She places Maier’s fierce passion for privacy alongside the recent spread of her work around the world, and she explains Maier’s careful adjustments of photographic technique, while explaining how the photographs have been misconstrued or misidentified. As well, Bannos uncovers new information about Maier’s immediate family, including her difficult brother, Karl—relatives that once had been thought not to exist.
This authoritative and engrossing biography shows that the real story of Vivian Maier, a true visionary artist, is even more compelling than the myth.
But, as Pamela Bannos reveals in this meticulous and passionate biography, this story of the nanny savant has blinded us to Maier’s true achievements, as well as her intentions. Most important, Bannos argues, Maier was not a nanny who moonlighted as a photographer; she was a photographer who supported herself as a nanny. In Vivian Maier: A Photographer’s Life and Afterlife, Bannos contrasts Maier’s life with the mythology that strangers—mostly the men who have profited from her work—have created around her absence. Bannos shows that Maier was extremely conscientious about how her work was developed, printed, and cropped, even though she also made a clear choice never to display it. She places Maier’s fierce passion for privacy alongside the recent spread of her work around the world, and she explains Maier’s careful adjustments of photographic technique, while explaining how the photographs have been misconstrued or misidentified. As well, Bannos uncovers new information about Maier’s immediate family, including her difficult brother, Karl—relatives that once had been thought not to exist.
This authoritative and engrossing biography shows that the real story of Vivian Maier, a true visionary artist, is even more compelling than the myth.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780226470757
ISBN-10: 022647075X
Pagini: 352
Ilustrații: 30 halftones
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 33 mm
Greutate: 0.68 kg
Ediția: 1
Editura: University of Chicago Press
Colecția University of Chicago Press
ISBN-10: 022647075X
Pagini: 352
Ilustrații: 30 halftones
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 33 mm
Greutate: 0.68 kg
Ediția: 1
Editura: University of Chicago Press
Colecția University of Chicago Press
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Notă biografică
Pamela
Bannos
is
professor
of
photography
in
Northwestern
University’s
Department
of
Art
Theory
and
Practice.
Cuprins
Introduction
Part I: Beginnings and Endings
Chapter 1: A Fractured Archive
Chapter 2: A New World, a New Art Form
Chapter 3: A Family Divided / Photography’s Complex History
Part II: The Emergence of Vivian Maier
Chapter 4: Young Photographer / Final Days
Chapter 5: New York Street Photographer / Viral Vivian
Part III: The Reinvention of Vivian Maier
Chapter 6: Mysterious Nanny Photographer
Chapter 7: High Art / Downward Spiral
Part IV: The Aftermath
Chapter 8: The Missing Picture: Vivian’s Maier’s Last Thirty Years
Chapter 9: Those Who Did Not Know Her
Chapter 10: Who Owns Vivian Maier’s Photography?
Epilogue
Author’s Note and Acknowledgments
Abbreviations of Sources Used in Notes
Notes
Index
Part I: Beginnings and Endings
Chapter 1: A Fractured Archive
Chapter 2: A New World, a New Art Form
Chapter 3: A Family Divided / Photography’s Complex History
Part II: The Emergence of Vivian Maier
Chapter 4: Young Photographer / Final Days
Chapter 5: New York Street Photographer / Viral Vivian
Part III: The Reinvention of Vivian Maier
Chapter 6: Mysterious Nanny Photographer
Chapter 7: High Art / Downward Spiral
Part IV: The Aftermath
Chapter 8: The Missing Picture: Vivian’s Maier’s Last Thirty Years
Chapter 9: Those Who Did Not Know Her
Chapter 10: Who Owns Vivian Maier’s Photography?
Epilogue
Author’s Note and Acknowledgments
Abbreviations of Sources Used in Notes
Notes
Index
Recenzii
"Stories--like
snapshots--are
shaped
by
people,
and
for
particular
purposes.
There's
always
an
angle.
A
new
biography,
Vivian
Maier:
A
Photographer’s
Life
and
Afterlife,
by
Pamela
Bannos,
strives
to
rescue
Maier
all
over
again,
this
time
from
the
men
who
promulgated
the
Maier
myth
and
profited
off
her
work.
.
.
.
Almost
point
by
point,
Bannos
refutes
how
Maier
has
been
marketed.
.
.
.
The
achievement
of
Bannos's
intelligent,
irritable
self-reflexive
study
is
in
its
restraint.
She
unseats
the
ghost
and
restores
to
us
the
woman--but
in
her
own
words
and
images,
and
without
psychologizing.
It's
a
portrait
as
direct
as
any
of
Maier's,
and
what
a
distinct
pleasure
it
is
to
meet
her
gaze
again."
"Offers
a
level
of
detail
and
thoughtful
reflection
that
no
previous
book
on
Maier
has.
.
.
.
This
book
is
by
far
the
finest
yet
published
on
the
artist.
I
believe
it
will
become
a
classic
in
the
field."
"Bannos
offers
a
clear-eyed
investigation
of
Maier's
life,
aiming
to
penetrate
the
myths
surrounding
her
and
to
assess
her
stature
as
an
artist.
.
.
.
In
alternating
chapters,
Bannos
juxtaposes
Maier's
biography
with
her
afterlife.
She
effectively
contextualizes
Maier's
aesthetics
within
the
history
of
photography,
and
she
makes
a
persuasive
case
for
her
talent
and
originality.
In
the
end,
though,
the
author
is
left
with
unanswered
questions
about
Maier's
personal
life,
her
motivations
to
photograph,
and
her
artistic
aims.
A
sympathetic
portrait
of
an
artist
who
remains
elusive."
"Patiently
and
lucidly
detailed
by
Pamela
Bannos
in
her
nearly
forensic
biography--which
unties
many
knots
and
brings
order
to
what
was
previously
a
chaotic
welter
of
information
and
misinformation."
"At
last,
we
have
a
way
of
separating
the
individual
from
the
myths
that
have
been
constructed
around
her.
The
revelation
of
greater
context
is
the
beating
heart
of
Bannos's
book,
and
she’s
clear
from
the
start
that
she
sees
it
as
an
act
of
feminist
reclamation."
"Meticulously
researched.
.
.
.
Bannos's
biography
is
a
vital
contribution
to
understanding
the
historical
relevance
of
Maier's
work
and
an
important
challenge
to
the
way
in
which
Maier's
work
and
legacy
have
been
represented
thus
far."
"By
carefully
analyzing
the
artist's
images,
Bannos
skillfully
tracks
her
entire
adult
life:
work
history,
where
she
lived
and
traveled,
and
her
interests,
and
is
able
to
look
past
the
mystique
of
the
'eccentric
nanny
with
a
camera'
to
tell
the
true
Maier
story.
.
.
.
The
book's
strengths
are
Bannos's
exhaustive
research
and
her
ability
to
connect
the
greater
history
of
photography
in
to
the
account
of
Maier's
curious
life.
This
extraordinary
work
is
recommended
for
all
art
history
and
photography
enthusiasts."
"Bannos's
engrossing,
meticulously
researched
biography
sensitively
reconstructs
Vivian
Maier's
very
private
life
in
conjunction
with
her
now
massive
public
legacy
as
a
visionary
photographer.
Many
questions
remain
and
always
will.
However,
Bannos's
comprehensive
narrative
ensures
that
Vivian
Maier's
story
and
the
treasure
trove
of
her
work
will
live
on,
transcending
the
world
of
photography.
.
.
.
A
fascinating
glimpse
into
the
life
of
an
eccentric,
legendary
photographer
whose
work
came
to
prominence
only
with
her
death."
"Her
approach
is
refreshing--a
clear-eyed,
empirical
account
that
counters
the
willfully
obscure,
ego-driven
yarns
spun
by
the
buyers.
In
this
light,
A
Photographer’s
Life
and
Afterlife
is
a
work
of
real
integrity
in
a
field
lacking
such
a
genuine
spirit
of
inquiry.
.
.
.
She
directs
her
energies
on
getting
the
counternarrative
right,
and
this
she
manages
admirably.
.
.
.
In
many
ways,
Maier
and
the
various
ways
she
has
been
understood,
from
the
'mystery
nanny'
to
the
'street
photographer,'
is
a
construction
and
reflection
of
our
time
and
much
less
of
her
own.
This
is
what
makes
Bannos’s
biography
so
welcome.
For
the
most
part
she
lets
Maier
emerge
simply
from
what
she
did--her
travels,
her
photos,
her
actions.
Only
in
her
closing
remarks
does
Bannos
give
us
the
swiftest
brush
strokes
of
a
portrait,
which
is
worth
remembering
for
it
is
one
of
the
most
lucid
and
accurate
summations
of
Maier's
work
to
date."
"Authoritative.
.
.
.
Fascinating,
thorough.
.
.
.
Up
to
now,
Maier's
story
has
been
told
mostly
by
Maloof
and
two
other
collectors
who
owned
much
of
the
prints,
negatives,
undeveloped
film
and
personal
effects
she
left
behind
without
a
will
or
instructions
as
to
their
disposal.
Unlike
those
collectors,
Bannos
has
no
significant
financial
stake
in
the
Maier
myth.
Also
unlike
them,
she
is
a
photographer
herself
and
a
woman,
and
thus
more
naturally
able
to
put
herself
in
Maier's
shoes."
“This
is
an
excellent
book
that
reads
like
a
mystery
novel
tracing
Vivian
Maier’s
life
and
work
as
a
photographer
through
the
photographs
themselves.
Bannos
uses
historical
research
and
interviews
as
well
as
Maier’s
photographs
to
string
together
a
story
of
her
whereabouts,
interests,
and
evolution
as
a
photographer.
Wonderful
and
engrossing.”
“Vivian
Maier:
A
Photographer’s
Life
and
Afterlife
strives to
correct
and
complicate
what
is
known
about
the
life
and
work
of
Vivian
Maier.
The
intertwined
stories
of
Maier’s
unconventional
life
and
the
travails
of
those
who
have
‘discovered’
her
work
make
for
a
fascinating
read.
Bannos
clarifies
misconceptions
that
have
proliferated
around
Maier’s
story
and
offers
an
equally
interesting
look
at
the
growth
of
the
Maier
phenomenon.”
“The
Vivian
Maier
who
emerges
from
the
pages
of
this
meticulously
researched
book
is
ultimately
more
mysterious
and
important
a
figure
than
the
initial,
and
mostly
inaccurate,
accounts
of
her
life
and
photography
portrayed.
The
interweaving
of
Maier’s
story
and
photography’s
technical
and
cultural
history
contextualizes
her
achievements
and
shows
a
reality
that
is
much
more
compelling
than
prior
characterizations
of
Maier
as
a
naïve
‘nanny-photographer.’
Surprisingly,
Bannos’
unsentimental
yet
powerful
examination
reveals
a
woman
who
was
solidly
in
charge
of
her
own
creativity.”