A private, mysterious, eccentric, tall nanny who pays great attention to privacy and personal space, a photographer who always wears a camera, walks fast, and throws her hands straight. As the documentary progresses, her image gradually grows. Brighten up.
Different families and people have different memories and perceptions of her. She hides where she comes from, was born in New York but uses fake accent to present herself as French. She doesn't tell anyone her real name, Viv, V. Smith, Miss Maier are all her names.
She went to the small village of 250 people in France twice, where there are her mother's past and relatives, and it was there that we saw a letter that she wanted her work to be seen, and she knew that she had a good work.
She has a deep resistance to the touch of men, there are piles of newspapers, she cares about the dark and discordant events in the newspapers, and exposes the ugly and crazy events of human nature. She also has a dark and violent side, despair and despair in her old age. In the eyes of others, a solitary French woman sitting on a bench wearing a wide-brimmed hat.
"There's an object poverty in the frame, but there's also a happiness in spite of it all."
"Vivian's work instantly had those qualities of human understanding, and warmth and playfulness."
"A genuine shooter."
“I think her pictures show a tenderness, instant alertness to human tragedies, and those moments of generosity and sweetness. I see her as an incredibly watchful, observant, caring person.”
“If you look at her art, she sees the bizarreness for life, the incongruity of life, and the unappealingness of human beings.”
"There's an authentic eye, and a real savvy about human nature."
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