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Anybody else watching Finding Vivian Maier on TMC (Original Post) Blue_In_AK May 2015 OP
I saw it a few months back. What a great find. alfredo May 2015 #1
Saw most of it. elleng May 2015 #2
Directors Blue_in_CA May 2015 #3
I think you'd enjoy the doc. Blue_In_AK May 2015 #4
John Maloof, yes. justiceischeap May 2015 #5
Hit rate was amazing to me, too. Blue_In_AK May 2015 #6

Blue_in_CA

(85 posts)
3. Directors
Thu May 7, 2015, 01:18 PM
May 2015

I haven't seen this yet, but I got to sit with the Director of this doc at the DGA Awards. You will be happy to know that he was super nice and seemed very passionate about his topic. Anyway, its a very cool story and her photos are pretty amazing.

Blue_In_AK

(46,436 posts)
4. I think you'd enjoy the doc.
Thu May 7, 2015, 01:23 PM
May 2015

She was a really interesting and eccentric woman, and her photos are just amazing. I am in awe of anyone who does street photography and impromptu "people pictures" like this.

Was the director the guy who found the negatives and brought the photos to light?

justiceischeap

(14,040 posts)
5. John Maloof, yes.
Thu May 7, 2015, 03:54 PM
May 2015

Depending on who you listen to he's either the devil or an angel. I love her photography but I'm personally torn about whether she'd like all this notoriety. She seemed to be a very private individual (with a serious case of OCD or whatever hoarders have--I believe her photography was a part of that disorder... she collected photographs of people like she collected newspapers).

One of the things that most impresses me about her work is her hit rate. The guy that has the other batch of negatives (can't remember his name) did a gallery show of entire rolls of film side by side and she was like, 9 out of 10 for her hit rate (meaning getting an interesting or engaging photo).

Blue_In_AK

(46,436 posts)
6. Hit rate was amazing to me, too.
Thu May 7, 2015, 04:43 PM
May 2015

Almost every photo was engaging and thought-provoking.

Maybe she wouldn't have liked the notoriety, but what a loss if these photos had never been shared and appreciated.

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