Vivian Maier photo analysis
Vivian Maier, a street photographer in the 1950’s, was my primary inspiration for the personal project. She was born in 1926 and spent most of her life moving between Europe and America, eventually settling down in New York where she worked as a nanny. Although she produced and left 100,000 negatives—her work wasn’t discovered or recognized until recently in 2007, only 2 years before she died. By virtue of being the only people in the photo out eyes go right to the two girls, telling us that they’re the main subject of the photo. They also capture attention by being the only things with an semblance of movement. That sense of motion makes them stand out as well as the clear happy childlike joy in their faces. You can tell they’re having fun and looking at the photo the viewer feels a shadow of that same happiness and almost seems to hear them laughing as they play. Despite being an example of street photography and preserving a pure, sweet candid moment this phot also s