Interesting comments, Bob--especially the points about how she might end up
fitting into photog history. Not sure I agree, but I appreciate the
validity of your points. As you say, it will be interesting to watch the
story unfold. I watched the video on the web site and also thought the
exhibition space was wonderful. Cheers, Christine
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob W" <[email protected]>
To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'" <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2011 12:01 PM
Subject: RE: V. Maier exhibition in London
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
Christine Aguila
To all our British PDMLers: Check this out: Vivian Maier is by you
guys!
http://londonstreetphotographyfestival.org/diary/vivian-maier-a-life-
uncovered
P.S. How about a report for the list from one of you guys!?!
Chris couldn't make it yesterday, so I went to the exhibition today
because
I had something else to do in that area.
The exhibition space is really good. It's some sort of Victorian railway
building that's been converted as part of the enormous regeneration taking
place around Kings Cross St. Pancras. There is an architect's model of the
whole site on the ground floor of the exhibition building.
The exhibition itself is quite small and I thought the pictures were
rather
variable, from superb to meh. Many of them are top class, whatever the
back
story, but I made an effort to evaluate them without the back story
influencing me, trying to think "If I saw this without knowing who took
it,
what would be my reaction?". Meh, in a few cases.
The good ones, however, are great and I look forward to seeing many more
as
the backlog is whittled away. It's a great shame though that Maier was not
in contact with other street photographers of the time. If her pictures
had
been known in the 1950s she would stand alongside some of the top names
from
that school, but now she can only be a footnote and a curiosity. The
influence of that school of photography has already been made, and I don't
think she will go on to influence anyone significant, expect perhaps to
learn more about the Chicago influence on street photography.
The exhibition is part of London Street Photography week. After it I went
to
London's former "Little Italy", which is centred round the church of San
Pietro. Today is when they have their annual procession, which I'd never
heard of until a few weeks ago, so I went along to photograph it. Lots of
street photographers had obviously had the same idea because I saw many of
the same faces I'd seen earlier at the Maier show. I'll post some photos
of
the procession later.
B
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