书名：Vivian Maier A Photographer Found薇薇安·迈尔摄影集

作者：John Maloof约翰·马卢夫
出版社名称：Harper Design
出版时间：2014
语种：英文
ISBN：9780062305534
商品尺寸：26.9 x 3 x 32.4 cm
包装：精装
页数：288
她是一位才华横溢的“街头摄影”艺术家，常常通过一个禄来相机看世界，在芝加哥、纽约等城市的街头捕捉了成千上万个生动的刹那。她并不是一位职业摄影师，生前只是个保姆——薇薇安·迈尔（Vivian Maier）。在上世纪五六十年代的芝加哥街头，她可能只是一位名不见经传的妇人。她从未把照片展示给人看过，甚至自己也未览自己拍摄之全貌——她去世后留下了数以百计的未冲洗的胶卷。

薇薇安虽已离世，但她人生的传奇刚刚开始。一个年轻人约翰·马卢夫（John Maloof）让世界认识了薇薇安，让她的那些有关上世纪50到70年代芝加哥等城市的街头的珍贵图片流传于世，令人们啧啧称奇，微博上有人称其“张张都感人”。
薇薇安是个谜，就像她拍摄的对象也是谜那样。借助互联网和明察暗访，从讣告中收集线索，与民政事务总署和她服务过的家庭接触，马卢夫顺藤摸瓜，成功地将薇薇安的零散事迹拼凑成了她传奇般的人生并公开发表。有些表述看起来互相矛盾，有些却又铿锵有力。即使还有许多待解谜团等着被解开，但并不妨碍我们在时光长廊中探寻薇薇安留下的人生轨迹，也并不妨碍让我们通过她的眼睛，一窥美国大都会在上世纪中叶的风貌。
这本Vivian Maier A Photographer Found《薇薇安·迈尔摄影集》由薇薇安摄影底片发现者、监护人约翰·马卢夫整理，著名摄影策展人、作家马文·海佛曼（Marvin Heiferman）撰写和编辑，共精选了250张薇薇安·迈尔的黑白和彩色自拍照片，以及一些从未被公开的作品。拍摄年代为1950s到1970s，本书留存下了薇薇安·迈尔对摄影贡献的精华，极具收藏价值。
The definitive monograph of American photographer Vivian Maier, exploring the full range and brilliance of her work and the mystery of her life, written and edited by noted photography curator and writer Marvin Heiferman; featuring 250 black-and-white images, color work, and other materials never seen before; and a foreword by New York Times bestselling author Laura Lippman.
Vivian Maier’s story—the secretive nanny-photographer during her life who becomes a popular sensation shortly after her death—has, to date, been pieced together only from previously seen or known images she made and the handful of facts that have surfaced about her life. During her lifetime she shot more than 100,000 images, which she kept hidden from the world. In 2007, two years before her death, Chicago historic preservationist John Maloof discovered a trove of negatives, and roll upon roll of undeveloped film in a storage locker he bought at auction. They revealed a surprising and accomplished artist and a stunning body of work, which Maloof championed and brought to worldwide acclaim.
Vivian Maier presents the most comprehensive collection and largest selection of the photographer’s work—created during the 1950s through the 1970s in New York, Chicago, and on her travels around the country—almost exclusively unpublished and including her previously unknown color work. It features images of and excerpts from Maier’s personal artifacts, memorabilia, and audiotapes, made available for the first time. This remarkable volume draws upon recently conducted interviews with people who knew Maier, which shed new light on Maier’s photographic skill and her life.
Review
“Maier, a nanny with a photography obsession and secretive tendencies, has an astonishing story. But it’s her quiet yet piercing images that resonate most.”  — O, the Oprah Magazine
“...the largest collection of her work to date.”  — New Republic
“This dense new book of previously unseen photos (discovered after her death) makes a thoughtful gift for an aspiring photographer, or any fan of Garry Winogrand.”  — New Yorkmagazine

Photographer Vivian Maier's allure can be explained by the mystery that surrounds both her life and her work. The story of Maier—the secretive nanny-photographer who became a popular sensation shortly after her death—has only been pieced together from a small selection of the images she made and the handful of facts that have surfaced about her life. Vivian Maier: A Photographer Found is the largest and most in-depth collection of Maier's photographs to date, including her color images.
With lively text by noted photography curator and writer Marvin Heiferman, this definitive volume explores and celebrates Maier's work and life from a contemporary and nuanced perspective, analyzing her pictures within the pantheon of American street photography. With more than 235 full-color and black-and-white photographs, most of which have never been published in book form, this collection also includes images of Maier’s personal artifacts and memorabilia that have never been seen before. The text draws upon recently conducted interviews with people who knew Maier, which shed new light on her surprising photographic accomplishments and life.
Vivian Maier: A Photographer Found is a striking, revelatory volume that unlocks the door to the room of a very private artist who made an extraordinary number of images, chose to show them to no one, and, as fate would have it, succeeded brilliantly in fulfilling what remains so many people’s secret or unrealized desire: to live in and see the world creatively.
With more than 235 full-color and black-and-white photographs