40,000 Negatives

A while back, I came across John Maloof’s blog, “Vivian Maier – Her Discovered Work”. To paraphrase a bit- originally a native of France, Ms. Maier lived in Chicago through the 1950s – 1970s, where she amassed a body of work containing 30-40,000 shots of various street scenes. Enter John- after discovering the negatives at an auction, he is now in the process of developing and posting her work on a daily basis.

I love looking at this blog. To see the faces of love, concern, joy, and confusion from a bygone era is wild. Here are some of my favorites:

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