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Open each photo in it's own browser window and maximize it. Now just stop, and look at it. Think about the person shown and what they might be thinking about

by chiph 14y ago

Open each photo in it's own browser window and maximize it. Now just stop, and look at it. Think about the person shown and what they might be thinking about this woman coming up to them with a camera. She really had a talent. And the fact that she hid it, only to be discovered by chance after her death, makes it fascinating.

dhimes 14y ago
So she's capturing an interaction- thanks. That's the help I was looking for. I didn't know if it was some composition style, or focus effect, or anything else that knowledgeable people may look at and remark, "Wow! This changes things!"
- bullfightonmars 14y ago
  > I didn't know if it was some composition style, or focus effect, or anything else It's all of that and more. Her technique in exposure, action. composition is wonderful. However as I am browsing her portfolio I keep finding myself delighted in her ability to reveal hidden worlds in the mundane. Take for example this child playing in the dirt. He's been caught in the act, of what is surely an innocuous game. But he is wearing a jumpsuit, a coonskin cap and has a pack of matches, it speaks of so much mischief. http://www.vivianmaier.com/portfolios/travels/?pid=122 http://www.vivianmaier.com/portfolios/travels/?pid=122
  - GoodIntentions 14y ago
    Thanks for the link. Upvote and comment for visibility The OP post/link wants to run scripts / load stuff from all over the place, which I wasn't gonna OK. This one ( vivianmaier.com ) is OK tho, and hosting some amazing photos.. She had an amazing eye.
  - bane 14y ago
    Though mostly candid, the shots look almost like she spent hours posing the models, setting up the lighting and set, getting the wardrobe and hair just right...plus there's an interesting pattern to the shots, how everything is just at a certain, interesting, inquisitive height, just a hair below the normal person's eye level (explained by her selfie [1]) nevertheless it asks the viewer to take on the role of a child, maybe 10 to 12, in an adult's world, looking up at adults, and down at very young children...her photography is astonishing in it's ability to draw you into the moment with this queer subjects that she's managed to find 1 - http://www.messynessychic.com/2013/02/18/found-at-auction-the-unseen-photographs-of-a-legend-that-never-was/vivienmaier/ http://www.messynessychic.com/2013/02/18/found-at-auction-th...
- dreamfactory 14y ago
  Have a look at http://www.flickr.com/groups/onthestreet/pool/ http://www.flickr.com/groups/onthestreet/pool/ to get a feel for this style of photography and what good looks like.
  - kenneth_reitz 14y ago
    I am also a street photographer, maybe you'll find some of my shots interesting :) http://500px.com/kennethreitz http://500px.com/kennethreitz
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by chiph 14y ago

dhimes 14y ago

So she's capturing an interaction- thanks. That's the help I was looking for. I didn't know if it was some composition style, or focus effect, or anything else that knowledgeable people may look at and remark, "Wow! This changes things!"

bullfightonmars 14y ago
> I didn't know if it was some composition style, or focus effect, or anything else It's all of that and more. Her technique in exposure, action. composition is wonderful. However as I am browsing her portfolio I keep finding myself delighted in her ability to reveal hidden worlds in the mundane. Take for example this child playing in the dirt. He's been caught in the act, of what is surely an innocuous game. But he is wearing a jumpsuit, a coonskin cap and has a pack of matches, it speaks of so much mischief. http://www.vivianmaier.com/portfolios/travels/?pid=122 http://www.vivianmaier.com/portfolios/travels/?pid=122
- GoodIntentions 14y ago
  Thanks for the link. Upvote and comment for visibility The OP post/link wants to run scripts / load stuff from all over the place, which I wasn't gonna OK. This one ( vivianmaier.com ) is OK tho, and hosting some amazing photos.. She had an amazing eye.
- bane 14y ago
  Though mostly candid, the shots look almost like she spent hours posing the models, setting up the lighting and set, getting the wardrobe and hair just right...plus there's an interesting pattern to the shots, how everything is just at a certain, interesting, inquisitive height, just a hair below the normal person's eye level (explained by her selfie [1]) nevertheless it asks the viewer to take on the role of a child, maybe 10 to 12, in an adult's world, looking up at adults, and down at very young children...her photography is astonishing in it's ability to draw you into the moment with this queer subjects that she's managed to find 1 - http://www.messynessychic.com/2013/02/18/found-at-auction-the-unseen-photographs-of-a-legend-that-never-was/vivienmaier/ http://www.messynessychic.com/2013/02/18/found-at-auction-th...
dreamfactory 14y ago
Have a look at http://www.flickr.com/groups/onthestreet/pool/ http://www.flickr.com/groups/onthestreet/pool/ to get a feel for this style of photography and what good looks like.
- kenneth_reitz 14y ago
  I am also a street photographer, maybe you'll find some of my shots interesting :) http://500px.com/kennethreitz http://500px.com/kennethreitz
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