


What I think is that she was mostly interested in expressions whenever they were happy or sad and that is what I like about her photography. With releiflex the camera is at the waist and you don’t even have to make eye contact with your subject. Whenever someone takes an object to their eye level (it can be regular camera, phone or tablet) pretty much everyone is going to think that person is taking pictures. Especially nowadays when there is no invisible- like shooting technique or camera color. When you think about it, it’s a pretty good street camera. You can find it here.Īs for the photography techniques and composition, Vivian mostly shot with her Roleiflex camera. If you are interested in this story I would strongly recommend checking out this movie. There is a wonderful movie that got many awards and was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary. Vivian became a new street photography celebrity. Maloof was writing a book about Chicago and since he needed photos for his book he decided to visit a local auction house where he bought a box of negatives. She had this storage unit rented and when she was unable to pay for the rent her things ended up in an auction. Our story actually begins just before she died.
