Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/01/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 10:56 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > In the old days when someone really loved cameras and gear and not so much > photography itself you'd know it because if you ever saw any prints you'd > see very poorly printed darkroom prints. And you'd know. Not real sure about that. At the Vivian Maier exhibit (Chicago Cultural Center until April) you can see some of her own prints. They are just thrown into a glass display box along with her hats and cameras. They're not very good at all. But when you look at her photographs, you definitely get the impression that she loved photography, or what she could do with a camera in her hands, if that is photography. She might have loved photography enough that she didn't bother printing, knew she wouldn't be able to live up to her standards, and she couldn't afford an assistant. She was "just" a nanny. Maloof is scanning and scanning. You can see the latest additions from a couple of days ago: http://vivianmaier.blogspot.com/ Sure, you might say. She works like this-one-and-that-one photographer. But on the blog, he doesn't provide the dates. At the exhibit you could see when they were taken. She pre-dates most of those you would guess she has been influenced by. Imagine scanning through 100,000 frames and popping out images like those as you go along. No wonder he keeps at it. But I do understand your point, Mark. I just wanted ... DamFyNo. Daniel