Vivian Dorothy Maier

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Vivian Dorothy Maier

Also Known As: "Dorothea; baptism: Dorothee Viviane Therese Maier"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Death: April 21, 2009 (83)
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Charles Maier and Marie Margaret Maier
Sister of Charles / Karl / Carl Maurice Maier, Jr.

Occupation: Photographer
Managed by: Pam Wilson (on hiatus)
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About Vivian Dorothy Maier

Vivian Maier was a photographer. Her images came to be appreciated both as art and as photographic records of the world from the perspective of a woman, usually employed as a nanny, who created thousands and thousands of photos.

The primary reference publication on her life and work is "Vivian Maier: A Photographer's Life and Afterlife" by Pamela Bannos, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2017.

Additional reference, with photographs, is "Vivian Maier Street Photographer" edited by John Maloof, powerHouse Books, Brooklyn, NY, 2011.

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Vivian Dorothy Maier's Timeline

1926
February 1, 1926
New York, New York, United States
2009
April 21, 2009
Age 83
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States