Preparing a piece about Vivian Maier and Diane Arbus, two female photographers from the United States who inspired some paintings. I realize I used more of Arbus than I remembered, which confused photographers. All they have to see is candid, humanistic street photography. Arbus something she had to learn. Maier knew nothing else.
USA Female Photographers
One of the USA female photographers is Diane Arbus, born March 14, 1923. She comes from a photographic tradition in New York, beginning with portrait photography and progressing to fashion photography for advertising. She gave this up in the 50s to focus exclusively on her own work, learning to befriend the subjects not to objectify them; she was able to truly see. Her friend said, “The more specific you are, the more general it’ll be.” Lisette Model. From her new position as a rough photographer, she was able to expand notions of acceptable subjects, giving voice to the outsiders. By violating the canons of the appropriate distance that she had been part of justifying, she now broke this wall. She died 48 On July 26, 1971, in New York City, she committed suicide after suffering from depressive episodes.
- Coloured Wave: Dancers Like Wave Move Along The Beach
- Mountain Lake, Summer High Above The World
- Wet Sand Cool Water Laps Against Her Skin
- Black Socks Long And Tight Secure
- Diane Arbus Youthful Self-Portrait
- Grenade Day: You Get What You Want
- Twin Brothers Identical, Not Fraternal
- Twin Girls Trying To Be Identical
- V-Neck Sweater, It Must Be Cashmere
- Bare Chesterfield Supporting Bare Bodies
- View Of Fashion: How Her Body Moves
- Broken Rule: The Great Power Of Colour
USA Female Photographers
One of the USA female photographers is Vivian Maier, who was born February 1, 1926, in Chicago and was basically unknown in photographs until after her death. Her image was discovered inside a storage container. It is estimated that she took over 150,000 photographs in her lifetime, resulting in a massive collection of images that she never showed to anyone. All of them were just people she met taken without any ego involved; they were for her own pleasure. There was almost a sociopathic need to capture them, as if the camera was a magical device. The act was all she wanted. When people are photographed, they develop a special relationship with the camera, which is expressed only because they change the project image, which has progressed to addiction. She died of natural causes in Oak Park, Illinois, USA, on April 21, 2009, at the age of 83.
- Vivian Maier: Self-Portrait in a Shop Window
- Flowered Hat: Demanding Attention And Presence
- Stackers: Stacking Sack in the Hot Sun
- Long Time In Front Of His Shop
The influence of these two photographs is twofold. First, their relationship to the subject is interesting and pulls me in. Second, they’re both quite famous at this moment. This probably has more to do with the publishing companies trying to sell books of their work as dead. Their work jumps out, pushing an image into my head, needing me to respond someway creatively, or it just screams at me to get out.
