287 pp. Square octavo. [24 cm]. Black paper over boards with author's name stamped in silver on front cover, and title stamped in silver on spine. Original dust jacket is in fine condition save some creasing to edges. Vivian Maier is the private enigma of the 20th century. Working with medium format film, more than 100,000 undeveloped negatives were found in 2007 shortly before her death after she was forced to forfeit a storage space due to missed payments. Her street photography exemplifies her prowess in capturing "the decisive moment"-- the faces in her portraiture are painted with the effusive gratitude of being truly seen. A working class woman who was employed as a factory worker and nanny, she never revealed her body of work: she shot photos for her own joy. Seller Inventory # 63751

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Title: Vivian Maier: Out of the Shadows

Publisher: Cityfiles Press, Chicago

Publication Date: 2012

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Edition: First edition.

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Synopsis:

Presenting her breathtaking photographs alongside revealing interviews with those who knew her best, this volume is the first attempt to put Vivian Maier's work in context and create a moving portrait of her as an artist. Though she created more than 120,000 negatives during her lifetime, only a few were ever seen by others. Shortly after her death in 2009, the first group of her unseen photographs--gritty with humanity and filled with empathy and beauty--were shown online. What followed was a firestorm of attention, catapulting Maier from previous obscurity to being labeled as one of the masters of street photography. Her work has appeared in numerous museum exhibits and a feature-length documentary on her life and art has already been planned. Features more than 300 duotone photos printed on 105# paper with flood varnish.

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Richard Cahan is a former picture editor for the Chicago Sun-Times and was the director of CITY 2000. He lives in Skokie, Illinois. Michael Williams is the author or coauthor of 10 books on art and photography, including Who We Were: A Snapshot History of America and Real Chicago: Photographs From the Files of the Chicago Sun-Times. He lives in Chicago. They are the coauthors of Edgar Miller and the Handmade Home, The Lost Panoramas, and Richard Nickel's Chicago.

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