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> 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
by bullfightonmars 13y 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 13y agoThanks 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 13y agoThough 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...