A badass lady photographer

Wow. Thanks, Adrian. If not for you, I wouldn't have heard about this great, nearly lost-to-the-sands-of-time photographer Vivian Meier. And if not for this John Maloof guy's wise decision at an auction, and hopefully his forthcoming book about her and her work, no one would have.


A self-portrait.

It's crazy, considering how impressive her photos are. It's the kind of stuff I can get lost in. Street photography, I love ya!



It's also embarrassing how long I gaped at her pictures on Maloof's blog before I realized a large percentage of them were taken in Chicago, the city she lived and worked in, not New York. Apparently NYC wasn't the only city bustling with people and full of cool-looking architecture in the 50s and 60s, when most of these shots were captured. Hyuk, hyuk.



Not much is known about her. She was a movie buff and always had a camera around her neck. She worked as a nanny for three boys who apparently rescued her from homelessness late in life by buying her an apartment and paying her bills. (Thanks, boys!) She died last year at the age of 83.



Here's an article from the UK about her with an irritating title. Little Miss Big Shot?



A socialist, feminist, and anti-Catholic Catholic, among many other things, according to Maloof's research, she don't strike me as no "Little Miss" anything.



Her compositions are totally dope.



Enjoy.