She worked as a professional nanny for more than 40 years, during which she secretly took more than 150,000 photographs. The story of Maier’s rise to critical acclaim is just as compelling as her art. © Estate of Vivian Maier, Courtesy of Maloof Collection and Howard Greenberg Gallery, NY While working as a nanny, Vivian Maier photographed scenes from everyday life. Maier photographed burning furniture, electric cables, children, housewives, unhoused individuals, abandoned toys-and nearly everything in between, all with a skill that “far surpassed that of any part-time hobbyist,” the gallery notes. The exhibition showcases Maier’s unique ability to capture everyday life-and infuse it with “wit, humor and (a) deep sense of humanity,” per the gallery. Now, her eclectic street-scene photographs are getting their first large-scale show in the United Kingdom.įeaturing more than 140 photographs, as well as audio and film clips, “ Vivian Maier: Anthology” is on view now at MK Gallery in Milton Keynes, a town some 55 miles northwest of London. More recently, Maier has slowly started gaining recognition for her work-and for her mysterious life. But her photography prowess was unknown until 2007, two years before her death, when she fell behind on payments for a storage locker and the belongings inside were auctioned off. For decades, Vivian Maier wandered around New York and Chicago, surreptitiously taking tens of thousands of photographs of people and scenes she encountered on the street.
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