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Melbourne Festival. 10-26 Oct 2014

USA Visual ArtsFilm

Finding Vivian Maier

AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

Part of series.

PRESENTED BY MELBOURNE FESTIVAL

DIRECTED BY JOHN MALOOF & CHARLIE SISKEL

When John Maloof bought an unmarked box of undeveloped negatives back in 2007, he had no idea that he had just stumbled upon one of the 20th century’s most important troves of street photography and self-portraiture.

The photographer: Vivian Maier, a secretive and eccentric nanny who over the course of her life took tens of thousands of photos of everyday Chicago – and showed them to no one. Finding Vivian Maier follows Maloof as he embarks on a quest to reveal the woman behind the Rolleiflex camera. Part retrospective, part detective story, Finding Vivian Maier is a touching portrait of a woman haunted by her past. For a contemporary age obsessed with self-documentation via all forms of technology, Vivian Maier was a pioneer.

Image: Vivian Maier, New York City, September 10, 1955. 
Gelatin Silver print, 12" x 12". Vivian Maier/Maloof Collection

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Thu 16 Oct at 7pm
Sat 18 Oct at 5.30pm
Thu 23 Oct at 5.30pm

83 mins [PG]

$20 / $15
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