Musée du Luxembourg of Paris Celebrates Vivian Maier

Published on 06 October 2021, by Virginie Huet

The Musée du Luxembourg is offering the "nanny" photographer her most ambitious retrospective to date, with 70 vintage and 144 hitherto unpublished prints.

Vivian Maier (1926-2009), New York, 31 October 1954, silver halide print, 2012.©... Musée du Luxembourg of Paris Celebrates Vivian Maier

Vivian Maier (1926-2009), New York, 31 October 1954, silver halide print, 2012.
© Estate of Vivian Maier, Courtesy of Maloof Collection and Howard Greenberg Gallery, NY

A packed throng of people crowd around the self-portraits of Vivian Maier (1926-2009), with her Rolleiflex and floppy hat close by. What is so appealing? Is it her keen eye for post-war America, or her extraordinary destiny as a nanny photographer-turned-superstar? "It's hard to…

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