A photographer found - Vivian Maier Exhibition From November 20, 2015 to January 31, 2016

Vivian Maier. A photographer found - From November 20, 2015 to January 31, 2016.

Form Marvel shows Vivian Maier. A photographer found If the photo that has conquered the world arrive for the first time in Milan.
Vivian Maier Catalog Cover




 The exhibition, curated by Anne Morin and Alessandra Mauro, is in collaboration with diChroma Photography and promoted by Form Marvel.

The life and work of Vivian Maier are surrounded by an aura of mystery that has contributed to enhance the charm.

Nanny of profession, photographer by vocation, never left the camera, snapping compulsively with hes Rolleiflex.
Vivian Maier - boy with pigeons


It is 2007 when John Maloof, at the time real estate agent, buying at an auction part of the archive of Maier confiscated for failure to pay. Soon becomes clear that he had found a precious treasure and then never stop looking material on this mysterious photographer, coming to store more than 150,000 negatives and 3,000 prints.


New Yourk Public Library - Vivian Maier



The exhibition presented by Marvel Form collects 120 photographs in black and white made between the fifties and sixties years along with a selection of color images taken in the seventies years, as well as some movies on super 8 that show that Vivian Maier approached his subjects . Imposing figure but discreet, decisive and uncompromising manner, Vivian Maier portrayed the city where he had lived - New York and Chicago - with a curious look, attracted by small details, from the details, the imperfections but also by children, older people, from life that flowed before his eyes on the street, the city and its people in a time of fervent social and cultural change. Powerful images of a dazzling beauty that reveal a great photographer. Her photographs have never been exhibited or published while she was alive, most of its rollers were not developed, Vivian Maier seemed photograph for herself. Observing his photographic work stands out the presence of numerous self-portraits, as a possible legacy against a public which has never wanted or could have something to do. 

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Hes austere  look, reflected in the windows, puddles, his long shadow that hangs over the subject of photography become a means to get closer to this mysterious photographer. 


Vivian Maier. A photographer has found the public the enigma of an artist who in life made a huge number of images never show them to anyone and who attempted to preserve as the most precious. 

Forma Meravigli 
Via Meravigli 520123
Milano 
0258118067

Vivian Maier photographs are available for purchase through the Howard Greenberg Gallery in New York. For further information please contact the gallery.
Howard Greenberg Gallery

41 East 57th Street

New York, NY 10022



© Vivian Maier/Maloof Collection, Courtesy Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York.











The definitive monograph of American photographer Vivian Maier, exploring the full range and brilliance of her work and the mystery of her life, written and edited by noted photography curator and writer Marvin Heiferman; featuring 250 black-and-white images, color work, and other materials never seen before; and a foreword by New York Times bestselling author Laura Lippman.

A good street photographer must be possessed of many talents: an eye for detail, light, and composition; impeccable timing; a populist or humanitarian outlook; and a tireless ability to constantly shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot and never miss a moment. It is hard enough to find these
qualities in trained photographers with the benefit of schooling and mentors and a community of fellow artists and aficionados supporting and rewarding their efforts. It is incredibly rare to find it in someone with no formal training and no network of peers.

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