![]() ![]() In 2009, historian John Maloof discovered a trove of her negatives at an auction in Chicago. In fact, some of her friends and acquaintances didn't even realize she owned a camera. Many of them show her looking down into one of her beloved Rolleiflex cameras. Yet despite her skill, Maier remains an enigma: she didn't show her photographs to anyone. Maier also left behind a series of imaginative self-portraits. Her work documents women and children of the era in a way that few other photographers have. She also had an extraordinary skill of capturing the intimate moments of strangers she observed. The framing and composition of Maier's images are exceptional. She often dragged along the children in her care on her adventures. Maier was a skilled street photographer, documenting life on the streets in American cities such as Chicago and New York. Many people thought she was French, though it turns out she was born in New York City. Employed as a nanny, she was a prolific shooter, taking more than 150,000 images in her lifetime. The mystery surrounding her life is almost as fascinating as her photographic work. ![]()
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