photographer and documentary filmmaker
Photographer and chief curator of Vivian Maier's work; editor of Vivian Maier: Street Photographer; co-director of the film Finding Vivian Maier; author of Portage Park
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John Maloof
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FROM John Maloof
Press Play with Madeleine Brand
“Finding Vivian Maier” In 2007, a Chicago man named John Maloof bought a box of photo negatives at an auction house for a couple of hundred dollars. The box turned out to be a cache of incredible street photographs from an artist no one had ever heard of. Those who knew her only knew her as a curmudgeonly, enigmatic nanny. Since then, Maloof has gone on to be her champion: printing and archiving thousands of her photos, creating two books on her work, and holding shows around the world. He’s also co-directed a movie about her called Finding Vivian Maier. Madeleine speaks to Maloof as part of a series of interviews this week with the filmmakers behind this year’s Oscar-nominated documentaries.
Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Vivian Maier Host Madeleine Brand looks at news, culture and emerging trends through the lens of Los Angeles, weekdays at noon.
Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Searching for Vivian Maier In 2007, a Chicago man named John Maloof bought a box of photo negatives at an auction house for a couple of hundred dollars. The box turned out to be a cache of incredible street photographs from an artist no one had ever heard of, Vivian Maier. Since then, Maloof has gone on to be her champion: printing and archiving thousands of her photos, creating two books on her work, and holding shows around the world. Now Maloof has made a movie, along with co-director Charlie Siskel, about his journey to find out more about this mysterious and wildly talented woman. It’s called Finding Vivian Maier .
Which Way, L.A.?
Street Photographer Vivian Maier A few years ago, John Maloof was looking for old photos for books he was writing on Chicago's neighborhoods. On a hunch, he bought an auction lot of 30,000 negatives. They were the unknown photos of a woman who'd worked as a nanny for 40 years on the city's North Shore and had spent all that time making photographs. Vivian Maier's images are now being called some of the most important street photography of the 20th century. We hear more from Maloof, who now owns more than 100,000 of Maier's negatives, and from Lanny Silverman, chief curator at the Chicago Cultural Center , where a major show of Maier's work opens next month.
To the Point
Street Photographer Vivian Maier A few years ago, John Maloof was looking for old photos for books he was writing on Chicago's neighborhoods. On a hunch, he bought an auction lot of 30,000 negatives. They were the unknown photos of a woman who'd worked as a nanny for 40 years on the city's North Shore and had spent all that time making photographs. Vivian Maier's images are now being called some of the most important street photography of the 20th century. We hear more from Maloof, who now owns more than 100,000 of Maier's negatives, and from Lanny Silverman, chief curator at the Chicago Cultural Center , where a major show of Maier's work opens next month.
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