Vivian myers

Maloof publishes a book of her work and makes a documentary about his discoveries. Maier is hailed by critics and photographers alike for her keen compositions. And they are stellar: stark black-and-white portraits of rumpled old men, mischievous street urchins and society ladies. The box, it turns out, contains images produced by Maier in the 1950s and ‘60s, many taken in Chicago and its environs, the city where she had lived and worked as a nanny for much of her adult life. The story of how the work of photographer Vivian Maier came to light is pretty wondrous: a young real estate agent named John Maloof purchases a box of Maier’s belongings at auction in 2007.