![]() ![]() She did not hesitate to get a close up of someone’s lower body or have veined and wrinkled hands occupy more than half the frame. The photobook “Vivian Maier” highlights Maier’s fearlessness – she was unapologetic and neither asked or needed permission to photograph strangers. It is extraordinary how the humanity of her subjects are deeply felt, even though they could easily have escaped the camera if Maier had taken the picture a moment later. Capturing such moments also gives her photos a delicate feeling - the stillness wasn’t meant to last. ![]() Maier’s ingenuity lies in her ability to catch moments of stillness in the midst of the movement and activity, which gives her photographs a crisp, sharp quality. Maier’s pictures are characterized by their paradoxical impermanence: her subjects stroll, march or run down the streets of New York or Chicago, surrounded by movement and commotion. ![]()
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