Vivian Maier (Photofile)

$16.95 at Art Institute of Chicago.

The perfect introduction to renowned street photographer Vivian Maier. Following the discovery of her archive in a thrift auction house in 2007, Vivian Maier's posthumous trajectory from relative obscurity to one of the great American photographers of the twentieth century is the story of a singular talent. From the mid-1950s throughout her adult life, she worked as a nanny in New York City and Chicago.  During this time, she created a huge body of photographs and films recording everyday street life, often…