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Home » Vivian Maier

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Posted inArts & Culture

Vivan Maier makes the everyday extraordinary

by Darshita Jain May 27, 2021August 18, 2021

An exhibit at the Chicago History Museum offers a new perspective on the enigmatic photographer’s work.

Posted inBlogs

Pamela Bannos’s Vivian Maier: A Photographer’s Life and Afterlife, reviewed

by Deanna Isaacs October 18, 2017August 18, 2021

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.

Posted inBlogs

A teenager who disappeared in the 1970s identified as a victim of John Wayne Gacy, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd July 20, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, Jason Van Dyke’s lawyer wants to move the first-degree murder trial out of Cook County.

Posted inArts & Culture

A street photographer finds the beauty in Chicago’s brutal winters

by Chicago Reader March 15, 2017August 18, 2021

In Satoki Nagata’s “Lights in Chicago” series, inclement weather isn’t annoying—it’s breathtaking.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Finding Vivian Maier’s John Maloof is found in Skokie

by Deanna Isaacs August 31, 2016August 18, 2021

The cocreator and narrator of the hit documentary embarks on his next project.

Posted inNews & Politics

Losing Vivian Maier

by Deanna Isaacs February 4, 2015August 18, 2021

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.

Posted inBlogs

The late news from 2014: Lucas Museum, Vivian Maier, Steven Salaita, and more

by Deanna Isaacs December 29, 2014August 18, 2021

The end of 2014 saw some new twists on stories about the Lucas Museum, Vivian Maier, Steven Salaita, and more.

"David Bowie Is"; "Malkovich, Malkovich, Malkovich"; "Lost and Found: The Search for Harry and Edna"
Posted inArts & Culture

Our favorite visual art of 2014

by Aimee Levitt December 22, 2014August 18, 2021

This was a transformative year for Chicago’s art world.

Woman with Pearls, Chicago, IL, 1967
Posted inBest of Chicago

Best Dead Artist Marketing Campaign

by Deanna Isaacs June 25, 2014August 18, 2021

The North Shore nanny with an obsessive and secret talent has become a phenomenon.

Posted inBlogs

Reader’s Agenda Sun 6/1: Thalia Hall Haul, Bird Lady, and Gipsy Kings

by Taylor Tolbert June 1, 2014August 18, 2021

What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Sunday, June 1

Bird Lady
Posted inArts & Culture

Vivian Maier gets another portrait—in dance form

by Jena Cutie May 30, 2014August 18, 2021

Bird Lady gives us another portrait of Vivian Maier, this one in dance form.

Posted inBlogs

Vivian Maier in the burbs: As good as her New York work?

by Deanna Isaacs May 21, 2014August 18, 2021

A new exhibit of the street photographer’s work focuses on her Chicago area photographs—but are they as good as her earlier work?

Untitled (Sunshine Biscuits) was among the Vivian Maier photos in Corbett vs. Dempsey's 2012 exhibit.
Posted inColumns & Opinion

Vivian Maier, the lawsuit

by Deanna Isaacs May 13, 2014August 18, 2021

A Vivian Maier exhibit leads to a lawsuit against the owners of the Wicker Park gallery Corbett vs. Dempsey.

Photographer and Northwestern senior lecturer Pamela Bannos holds a transparency of Vivian Maier from the collection of Ron Slattery.
Posted inColumns & Opinion

Vivian Maier, cottage industry

by Deanna Isaacs April 29, 2014August 18, 2021

Vivian Maier is the subject of an ever-growing number of exhibits and studies. Does the legend do her justice?

Self-portraits from "To Perform, To Conceal"
Posted inArts & Culture

The anti-Vivian Maier

by Aimee Levitt February 3, 2014August 18, 2021

In “To Perform, To Conceal,” Paul-David Young curates an abandoned trove of art-school photographs.

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