An exhibit at the Chicago History Museum offers a new perspective on the enigmatic photographer’s work.
Tag: Vivian Maier
Pamela Bannos’s Vivian Maier: A Photographer’s Life and Afterlife, reviewed
Northwestern University professor Pamela Bannos’s new book, Vivian Maier: A Photographer’s Life and Afterlife, takes on the myth of the now-famous street photographer.
A teenager who disappeared in the 1970s identified as a victim of John Wayne Gacy, and other Chicago news
Also, Jason Van Dyke’s lawyer wants to move the first-degree murder trial out of Cook County.
A street photographer finds the beauty in Chicago’s brutal winters
In Satoki Nagata’s “Lights in Chicago” series, inclement weather isn’t annoying—it’s breathtaking.
Finding Vivian Maier’s John Maloof is found in Skokie
The cocreator and narrator of the hit documentary embarks on his next project.
Losing Vivian Maier
John Maloof and Jeffrey Goldstein turned their caches of negatives by posthumously famed street photographer Vivian Maier into full-time jobs. Now the government wants in.
The late news from 2014: Lucas Museum, Vivian Maier, Steven Salaita, and more
The end of 2014 saw some new twists on stories about the Lucas Museum, Vivian Maier, Steven Salaita, and more.
Our favorite visual art of 2014
This was a transformative year for Chicago’s art world.
Best Dead Artist Marketing Campaign
The North Shore nanny with an obsessive and secret talent has become a phenomenon.
Reader’s Agenda Sun 6/1: Thalia Hall Haul, Bird Lady, and Gipsy Kings
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Sunday, June 1
Vivian Maier gets another portrait—in dance form
Bird Lady gives us another portrait of Vivian Maier, this one in dance form.
Vivian Maier in the burbs: As good as her New York work?
A new exhibit of the street photographer’s work focuses on her Chicago area photographs—but are they as good as her earlier work?
Vivian Maier, the lawsuit
A Vivian Maier exhibit leads to a lawsuit against the owners of the Wicker Park gallery Corbett vs. Dempsey.
Vivian Maier, cottage industry
Vivian Maier is the subject of an ever-growing number of exhibits and studies. Does the legend do her justice?
The anti-Vivian Maier
In “To Perform, To Conceal,” Paul-David Young curates an abandoned trove of art-school photographs.