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Vivian Maier

1926 - 2009

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Vivian Dorothy Maier (February 1, 1926 – April 21, 2009) was an American street photographer whose work was discovered and recognized after her death. She took more than 150,000 photographs during her lifetime, primarily of the people and architecture of Chicago, New York City, and Los Angeles, although she also traveled and photographed around the world. During her lifetime, Maier's photographs were unknown and unpublished; many of her negatives were never developed. A Chicago collector, John Maloof, acquired some of Maier's photos in 2007, while two other Chicago-based collectors, Ron Slattery and Randy Prow, also found some of Maier's prints and negatives in her boxes and suitcases around the same time. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vivian Maier is the 9th most popular photographer (up from 10th in 2019), the 1,189th most popular biography from United States (down from 871st in 2019) and the most popular American Photographer.

Vivian Maier is most famous for being a street photographer. She was born in 1926 and died in 2009, but her work was discovered in 2007 by John Maloof, who bought some of her negatives at an auction. Her work is now being exhibited all over the world.

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Among photographers, Vivian Maier ranks 9 out of 148. Before her are Heinrich Hoffmann, Eadweard Muybridge, Alberto Korda, Helmut Newton, Dora Maar, and Alexander Rodchenko. After her are Robert Doisneau, Oliviero Toscani, Julia Margaret Cameron, Felice Beato, Annie Leibovitz, and Brassaï.

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Among people born in 1926, Vivian Maier ranks 57. Before her are Richard Crenna, Abdus Salam, Maria Schell, Clifford Geertz, George Habash, and Tony Bennett. After her are John G. Kemeny, Murray Rothbard, Margot Frank, Masatoshi Koshiba, Abdoulaye Wade, and Peter Lax. Among people deceased in 2009, Vivian Maier ranks 30. Before her are Karl Malden, Raúl Alfonsín, Milorad Pavić, Robert F. Furchgott, João Bernardo Vieira, and Velupillai Prabhakaran. After her are Ted Kennedy, Takashi Takabayashi, Maurice Druon, Tomohiko Ikoma, Bobby Robson, and Jennifer Jones.

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Among people born in United States, Vivian Maier ranks 1,189 out of 20,380. Before her are John Brown (1800), Tony Bennett (1926), Paul Allen (1953), Tina Fey (1970), James Tobin (1918), and Lynn Margulis (1938). After her are Herbie Hancock (1940), Jayne Mansfield (1933), Daniel Goleman (1946), Richard Dreyfuss (1947), Dennis Quaid (1954), and Tommy Hilfiger (1951).

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Among photographers born in United States, Vivian Maier ranks 1. After her are Annie Leibovitz (1949), Diane Arbus (1923), Alfred Stieglitz (1864), Richard Avedon (1923), Irving Penn (1917), Carl Van Vechten (1880), Nan Goldin (1953), William Klein (1928), Robert Mapplethorpe (1946), Berenice Abbott (1898), and Lewis Hine (1874).

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