PHOTOGRAPHER

Vivian Maier

1926 - 2009

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Vivian Dorothy Maier (February 1, 1926 – April 21, 2009) was an American street photographer whose work was discovered and recognized after her death. She took more than 150,000 photographs during her lifetime, primarily of the people and architecture of Chicago, New York City, and Los Angeles, although she also traveled and photographed around the world. During her lifetime, Maier's photographs were unknown and unpublished; many of her negatives were never developed. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vivian Maier has received more than 1,674,658 page views. Her biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia. Vivian Maier is the 10th most popular photographer (down from 9th in 2019), the 871st most popular biography from United States (down from 733rd in 2019) and the most popular American Photographer.

Vivian Maier is most famous for being a street photographer. She was born in 1926 and died in 2009, but her work was discovered in 2007 by John Maloof, who bought some of her negatives at an auction. Her work is now being exhibited all over the world.

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Vivian Maier ranks 10 out of 148. Before her are Alberto Korda, Robert Doisneau, Alexander Rodchenko, Eadweard Muybridge, Dora Maar, and Heinrich Hoffmann. After her are Elliott Erwitt, Julia Margaret Cameron, Gunter Sachs, Felice Beato, Wilhelm von Gloeden, and André Kertész.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Vivian Maier ranks 49. Before her are Andrew Schally, Jack Brabham, Abdus Salam, Alcides Ghiggia, Neal Cassady, and David Attenborough. After her are Ingrid Thulin, Clifford Geertz, Richard Crenna, Harry Dean Stanton, Ingeborg Bachmann, and George Martin. Among people deceased in 2009, Vivian Maier ranks 23. Before her are Karl Malden, Les Paul, Raúl Alfonsín, Robert McNamara, Milorad Pavić, and Ted Kennedy. After her are Vitaly Ginzburg, Ralf Dahrendorf, Bobby Robson, Jean Dausset, Maurice Druon, and Jack Kemp.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Vivian Maier ranks 871 out of 20,380. Before her are Neal Cassady (1926), Theodore Schultz (1902), Glenn T. Seaborg (1912), John Sherman (1823), Oliver E. Williamson (1932), and Sinclair Lewis (1885). After her are Matthew McConaughey (1969), Jason Robards (1922), Wyatt Earp (1848), John Reed (1887), Hulk Hogan (1953), and Raymond Carver (1938).

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In United States

Among photographers born in United States, Vivian Maier ranks 1. After her are Annie Leibovitz (1949), Diane Arbus (1923), Alfred Stieglitz (1864), Richard Avedon (1923), Robert Mapplethorpe (1946), Irving Penn (1917), Berenice Abbott (1898), Nan Goldin (1953), Edward Weston (1886), Lewis Hine (1874), and Carl Van Vechten (1880).

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