Mirror self portraits from the early days of photography (aka the first selfies!)

Self Portraits Portfolio: As reclusive and private as Vivian Maier was, her self portrait photographs reveal a telling story. Thoughtfully posed, and often innovative, her self as a subject allows a depiction of her as she wants the world to see it.

The Vivian Maier story has taken another ironic turn as Jeffrey Goldstein (who once owned the second largest collection of Vivian Maier negatives) has

Vivian Maier's street photography has only been unearthed and recognized in recent years. A new book and exhibition of her work will satisfy your curiosity about this secretive figure.

A new book provides the most comprehensive survey of her work to date.

by Vivian Maier

Vivian Maier: Photography's Lost Voice Vivian Maier burst onto the art scene in 2007 with her treasure trove of urban photography. It was quite a feat for an 81-year-old, but even more so because most of her work was of mid-century New York and Chicago, and she had ceased making images a decade earlier. Also, she didn't ever show her work herself; filmmaker John Maloof bought a crate of negatives at auction and in it discovered her vast archive. He has spent years printing and scanning these…

A new book reveals that the deeper one dives into the life of nanny-turned-photographer Vivian Maier, the more enigmatic and mysterious she becomes.