Vivian Maier - Her Discovered Work

welspain · 14th October 2009

Vivian Maier 1926-2009

This was created in dedication to the photographer Vivian Maier, a street photographer from the 1950s - 1970s. Vivian's work was discovered at an auction here in Chicago where she lived for 50 years but was originally a native to France. Her discovered work includes over 40,000 mostly medium format negatives and 1000 rolls of undeveloped film. Born February 1, 1926 and passed away on Tuesday, April 21, 2009.

Vivian Maier Website

RFF Discussion

Flickr Disccusion

clubgrit · 14th October 2009

Thanks ! Absolutely soulful, historical, beautiful ...

shadowpartner · 16th October 2009

Thats one real big pile of flim...

pipo999 · 4 Weeks Ago

I saw some great stuff but beats me why one would shoot thousands of rollfilm and not have them developed.

merelyok · 4 Weeks Ago

Originally Posted by pipo999

I saw some great stuff but beats me why one would shoot thousands of rollfilm and not have them developed.

Maybe she shot more than she could develop? beats me!

DoveVadar · 4 Weeks Ago

well, I think she is very ahead of her time and seeing her work put many 35mm shooters here ashame let alone the medium format shooters.

kiari04 · 4 Weeks Ago

Originally Posted by pipo999

I saw some great stuff but beats me why one would shoot thousands of rollfilm and not have them developed.

Think she prefer to spend the $$$ buying films rather than developing them...

welspain · 4 Weeks Ago

Originally Posted by pipo999

I saw some great stuff but beats me why one would shoot thousands of rollfilm and not have them developed.

she already know what she has captured.....previsualization

pipo999 · 4 Weeks Ago

Good speculation guys, lol .. but honestly. It does not make sense, does it? It's not like they made it up to add to the story, one can see that these films are indeed the older ones.

But if films are stored for too long without being developed, they are likely as wasted as an film that is passed due date.

dolphinss · 2 Weeks Ago

Hmmm great idea...shot lots of rolls and leave them undeveloped for the next generation...

havocidal · 1 Week Ago

Originally Posted by pipo999

I saw some great stuff but beats me why one would shoot thousands of rollfilm and not have them developed.

because it takes a lot more time to develop film.

Many photographers in this period developed/printed their own negatives themselves.

Rendell · 1 Week Ago

She probably enjoyed the process more than the finished products.

TeeCee · 3 Days Ago

Interesting story.

I do have a couple of rolls of 120, 35mm and 4x5 that I had shot for my projects/jobs but they are usually the rolls I kept as "insurance", just in-case the lab "screw up or my exposure is not too accurate and I need to "push" or "pull" the other roll. Once the rolls that was send to the lab was confirm good, I usually put those "insurance" rolls aside and usually forgotten after quite some time.
BTW, The story on Vivian is not complete.... did someone went ahead to process the films?
Though they are expired, there are still images that can be salvage from it. It will be like an archaeology dig.

14th October 2009	#1
welspain Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 158	Vivian Maier - Her Discovered Work Vivian Maier 1926-2009 This was created in dedication to the photographer Vivian Maier, a street photographer from the 1950s - 1970s. Vivian's work was discovered at an auction here in Chicago where she lived for 50 years but was originally a native to France. Her discovered work includes over 40,000 mostly medium format negatives and 1000 rolls of undeveloped film. Born February 1, 1926 and passed away on Tuesday, April 21, 2009. Vivian Maier Website RFF Discussion Flickr Disccusion

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clubgrit Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Pacland Posts: 1,835	Re: Vivian Maier - Her Discovered Work Thanks ! Absolutely soulful, historical, beautiful ...

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shadowpartner Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 119	Re: Vivian Maier - Her Discovered Work Thats one real big pile of flim... __________________ D60 \| 35 f/1.8 \| Primes only :) Founder of Revographers

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pipo999 Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 369	Re: Vivian Maier - Her Discovered Work I saw some great stuff but beats me why one would shoot thousands of rollfilm and not have them developed.

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DoveVadar Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 360	Re: Vivian Maier - Her Discovered Work well, I think she is very ahead of her time and seeing her work put many 35mm shooters here ashame let alone the medium format shooters. Last edited by DoveVadar; 4 Weeks Ago at 01:07 AM.

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dolphinss New Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 15	Re: Vivian Maier - Her Discovered Work Hmmm great idea...shot lots of rolls and leave them undeveloped for the next generation...

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Rendell Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Singapore Posts: 425	Re: Vivian Maier - Her Discovered Work She probably enjoyed the process more than the finished products. __________________ I'm a photographer, not a camera enthusiast.

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TeeCee Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: In my world of imaginations Posts: 277	Re: Vivian Maier - Her Discovered Work Interesting story. I do have a couple of rolls of 120, 35mm and 4x5 that I had shot for my projects/jobs but they are usually the rolls I kept as "insurance", just in-case the lab "screw up or my exposure is not too accurate and I need to "push" or "pull" the other roll. Once the rolls that was send to the lab was confirm good, I usually put those "insurance" rolls aside and usually forgotten after quite some time. BTW, The story on Vivian is not complete.... did someone went ahead to process the films? Though they are expired, there are still images that can be salvage from it. It will be like an archaeology dig.