Thursday, January 31, 2013

VIVIAN MAIER
Vivian Maier (February 1, 1926 - April 21, 2009) was a 1950s street photographer who's massive archives of pictures only came to light in 2007. John Maloof (a Chicago-based historian and collector) discovered and championed her work, bringing her photographs to the world stage. Millions of people have come to marvel at her portraits of everyday life in the 1950s and '60s Chicago and New York. Her photographs capture scenes and, particularly, people, through a very sensitive human eye, gentle and observant.

Monday, January 28, 2013


BILL CUNNINGHAM
Bill Cunningham is a New York street photographer and fashion-world living legend. In the documentary Bill Cunningham New York, we follow him as runs around the streets of New York, pursuing what he calls "the best fashion show... always has been, always will be." The documentary is worth watching, if only to marvel right along with him at the vibrant beauty and fashion trends this sensitive man has spent his life capturing.