I may wonder about the hype surrounding Vivian Maier, but whenever I actually see her work that goes away. Back story aside, she was simply a very fine photographer and left us an amazing and vast photographic essay of Chicago as a legacy.
On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 11:51 PM, Bob Sullivan <rf.sulli...@gmail.com> wrote: > Christine et al, > I found out tonight that Vivian Maier spent 3 years in Downers Grove, > Illinois about .2 miles due south of my home. > (In the condos that back up to the Jewel Food store on Ogden Avenue.) > She was the care giver for a friend's elderly mother, and a reportedly > grumpy customer. > Regards, Bob S. > > On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 1:06 PM, Christine Aguila > <cagu...@earthlink.net> wrote: >> http://www.wttw.com/main.taf?p=42,8,80&pid=A1hO97qcWo7ViDL_rWniVH2LakYxNa7J >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christine Aguila" >> <cagu...@earthlink.net> >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> >> Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2010 1:02 PM >> Subject: Re: Vivian Maier, a street photographer discovered >> >> >>> Thanks for posting, Paul. I had heard a little bit about this a while >>> back. >>> >>> Here's the link to a 9 minute piece on Maier on Chicago Tonight, which >>> ran on WTTW, channel 11 here in Chicago. I just watched it; it's >>> fascinating. The 1st American exhibition of her work will open in early >>> January here in Chicago at the Cultural Center. I'll attend and provide a >>> report back for PDML. Given the size of Maier's archive & its subject >>> matter, the Department of Cultural Affairs in Chicago really should help >>> with this project in a major way, and it seems to be doing what it can, but >>> every art department in the city is strapped for money. It will be >>> interesting to see what the city continues to do for this lovely and >>> important work. >>> >>> <http://www.wttw.com/main.tafp=42,8,80&pid=A1hO97qcWo7ViDL_rWniVH2LakYxNa7J> >>> >>> Thanks again, Paul. Cheers, Christine >> >> >> http://www.wttw.com/main.taf?p=42,8,80&pid=A1hO97qcWo7ViDL_rWniVH2LakYxNa7J >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
