An exhibit at the Chicago History Museum offers a new perspective on the enigmatic photographer’s work.
Tag: Vivian Maier
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Finding Vivian Maier’s John Maloof is found in Skokie
The cocreator and narrator of the hit documentary embarks on his next project.
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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.
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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.
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Our favorite visual art of 2014
This was a transformative year for Chicago’s art world.
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Best Dead Artist Marketing Campaign
The North Shore nanny with an obsessive and secret talent has become a phenomenon.
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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
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Vivian Maier gets another portrait—in dance form
Bird Lady gives us another portrait of Vivian Maier, this one in dance form.
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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?
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Vivian Maier, the lawsuit
A Vivian Maier exhibit leads to a lawsuit against the owners of the Wicker Park gallery Corbett vs. Dempsey.
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Vivian Maier, cottage industry
Vivian Maier is the subject of an ever-growing number of exhibits and studies. Does the legend do her justice?
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The anti-Vivian Maier
In “To Perform, To Conceal,” Paul-David Young curates an abandoned trove of art-school photographs.