Tag: Vivian Maier

  • ‘Vivian Maier Developed,’ an Intimate Biography of a Very Private Photographer – The New York Times

    ‘Vivian Maier Developed,’ an Intimate Biography of a Very Private Photographer – The New York Times

    ‘Vivian Maier Developed,’ an Intimate Biography of a Very Private Photographer Ann Marks’s biography is a fascinating overview of the “photographer nanny” whose work has kept critics, lawyers and scholars busy since it was discovered after her death in 2009. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/15/books/review-vivian-maier-developed-ann-marks.html If a picture were still worth a thousand words, we’d know more than…

  • lenscratch: Vivian Maier

    Link: thanks to Chole Aftel’s blog, I discovered the work of Vivian Maier. It’s a fascinating story of a young woman who worked as a nanny in Chicago and spent her free time roaming the streets taking photographs.

  • Who owns the copyright to Vivian Maier’s street photography?

    Link: Maier’s photographic legacy now is worth thousands, if not millions, of dollars, so the state and the stewards of the various Maier collections have a compelling interest to maintain and exercise their ownership of these materials. It will be interesting to see how this legal situation plays out over the coming years.

  • Would-be Heirs Petition Again for Rights to Vivian Maier Estate | PDNPulse

    Link: Petitioners claiming to be the legal heirs of photographer Vivian Maier are once again back in court, this time with 300 pages of genealogical evidence to support their claim, according to attorney (and former photographer) David Deal. “There’s no doubt” they are blood relations to Maier, asserts Deal, who did most of the research…

  • Federal Court Sustains Vivian Maier Copyright Claim | PDNPulse

    Federal Court Sustains Vivian Maier Copyright Claim | PDNPulse The court tells alleged infringer of Maier’s work that owning a physical copy of someone’s work doesn’t give you the right to copy and distribute it. via PDNPulse: https://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2017/11/federal-court-sustains-vivian-maier-copyright-claim.html A federal court in Chicago has ruled that the Vivian Maier Estate can proceed with copyright infringement…

  • Vivian Maier Estate Sues Jeffrey Goldstein for Copyright, Trademark Infringement | PDNPulse

    Vivian Maier Estate Sues Jeffrey Goldstein for Copyright, Trademark Infringement | PDNPulse The Estate of Vivian Maier has finally sued collector Jeffrey Goldstein for copying and distributing Maier’s images without the estate’s consent. via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2017/04/vivian-maier-estate-sues-jeffrey-goldstein-copyright-trademark-infringement.html “This complaint is to seek redress against [Goldstein and his company, Vivian Maier Prints Inc.] for their large-scale copyright…

  • The Messy Legal Battle Over Vivian Maier’s Work May Soon Be Over

    The Messy Legal Battle Over Vivian Maier’s Work May Soon Be Over

    The Messy Legal Battle Over Vivian Maier’s Work May Soon Be Over The messy legal battle surrounding the life’s work of nanny and amateur street photographer Vivian Maier may finally be coming to a close in less than a via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2016/05/04/messy-vivian-maier-legal-battle-may-soon-come-end/ Fortunately, this long, drawn-out, complicated legal battle seems to finally be coming to…

  • A Peek Into Vivian Maier’s Family Album – The New York Times

    A Peek Into Vivian Maier’s Family Album Among the bigger questions that have been asked of Maier’s work: Why did she keep it a secret? And how did she, a nanny, take such good photographs?

  • Digging Deeper Into Vivian Maier’s Past – The New York Times

    Digging Deeper Into Vivian Maier’s Past Who was Vivian Maier? Ann Marks, who spent months researching the upbringing of the Chicago nanny who is now heralded as a master of street photography, still doesn’t have an answer. But Ms. Marks — who has no background in photography and started researching Maier only after seeing a…

  • Interview: Jeffrey Goldstein On Why He’s Suing Vivian Maier’s Estate

    Interview: Jeffrey Goldstein On Why He’s Suing Vivian Maier’s Estate

    Interview: Jeffrey Goldstein On Why He’s Suing Vivian Maier’s Estate The Vivian Maier story has taken another ironic turn as Jeffrey Goldstein (who once owned the second largest collection of Vivian Maier negatives) has via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2015/05/17/interview-jeffrey-goldstein-on-why-hes-suing-vivian-maiers-estate/ The Vivian Maier story has taken another ironic turn as Jeffrey Goldstein (who once owned the second largest…

  • B: Paired Au Pair

    B: Paired Au Pair

    Paired Au Pair Chicago, 1970, Vivian Maier San Francisco, 1960, Henri Cartier-Bresson • New York, 1954, Vivian Maier Nan… Link: http://blakeandrews.blogspot.com/2015/04/paired-au-pair.html All Vivian Maier photos from A Photographer Found (Harper, 2014)

  • Interview: Stephen Bulger on His Acquisition of Vivian Maier Negatives

    Interview: Stephen Bulger on His Acquisition of Vivian Maier Negatives

    Interview: Stephen Bulger on His Acquisition of Vivian Maier Negatives In late 2014, we reported that a gallery owner in Toronto named Stephen Bulger had purchased the entire collection of Vivian Maier negatives owned by via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2015/01/14/interview-stephen-bulger-acquisition-vivian-maier-negatives/ Jeffrey Goldstein, who I’ve done a couple of exhibitions of and who over a number of years…

  • Toronto Gallery Buys the Entire Collection of Vivian Maier Negatives Owned by Jeffrey Goldstein

    Toronto Gallery Buys the Entire Collection of Vivian Maier Negatives Owned by Jeffrey Goldstein

    Toronto Gallery Buys the Entire Collection of Vivian Maier Negatives Owned by Jeffrey Goldstein Amidst a messy legal battle over copyrights to Vivian Maier’s now famous work, a gallery in Toronto has acquired the entire collection of negatives owned via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2014/12/21/toronto-gallery-buys-entire-collection-vivian-maier-negatives-owned-jeffrey-goldstein/ Amidst a messy legal battle over copyrights to Vivian Maier’s now famous work,…

  • The Online Photographer: Vivian Maier Battle Royale

    Vivian Maier Battle Royale Vivian Maier self-portrait. Photo from the Maloof Collection. It’s possible we might have seen the last of the lady in the reflection for a while. I received what was subject-lined an “important and sad message” a few mornings ago from… via The Online Photographer: http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2014/09/vivian-maier-battle-royale.html “The potential legal conflict ahead is…

  • Legal Battle Threatens to Pull Vivian Maier’s Work from the Public Eye for Years

    Legal Battle Threatens to Pull Vivian Maier’s Work from the Public Eye for Years

    Legal Battle Threatens to Pull Vivian Maier’s Work from the Public Eye for Years It’s not unreasonable to expect that almost every person reading this has seen ‘nanny photographer’ Vivian Maier’s work. Whether in galleries, online or via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2014/09/06/legal-battle-threatens-pull-vivian-maiers-work-pubilc-eye-years/ a former photographer and current lawyer by the name of David C. Deal is trying…

  • More thoughts on Maier

    More thoughts on Maier

    More thoughts on Maier I finally got a chance to see Finding Vivian Maier  recently. I have to say I was pleasantly surprised. Going in I wasn’t sure what to ex… Link: http://blakeandrews.blogspot.com/2014/05/more-thoughts-on-maier.html I finally got a chance to see Finding Vivian Maier recently. I have to say I was pleasantly surprised. Going in I wasn’t…

  • Vivian Maier and the Problem of Difficult Women

    Vivian Maier and the Problem of Difficult Women

    Vivian Maier and the Problem of Difficult Women via The New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2014/05/vivian-maier-and-the-problem-of-difficult-women.html?mobify=0 “Why would a nanny be taking all these pictures?” Maloof asks in “Finding Vivian Maier.” His puzzlement reflects the central anxiety of the film, and of the Maier legend in general. Why would a photographer with the fierce dedication, creative vision, and…

  • To Deepen the Mystery: The Self-Portaits of Vivian Maier

    To Deepen the Mystery: The Self-Portaits of Vivian Maier

    LightBox | Time Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2013/10/16/to-deepen-the-mystery-the-self-portaits-of-vivian-maier/#1 John Maloof and Elizabeth Avedon, who has provided the introduction to Self Portraits, discuss Vivian, her work, and what they have gleaned about the prolific and ever evasive artist

  • ‘Finding Vivian Maier’: a Documentary Profiling the Reclusive Street Photographer

    Link: ‘Finding Vivian Maier’: a Documentary Profiling the Reclusive Street Photographer | Feature Shoot

  • Photos From Jeff Goldstein’s Vivian Maier Collection

    Link: Lens This weekend, The New York Times Magazine is running a series of the Goldstein photos — a collection that not only gives more insight into who Vivian Maier was, but further solidifies her place in the canon of photography.