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If you ask me about major social events in the near future, my choice is: the death of Grandpa Yuan Longping. Although in the eyes of the world, the old gentleman has already achieved fame, but his "dream of enjoying the cool under the grass" has not yet been realized. He can only wait for the younger generation to continue to work hard, and then he can proudly say to the gentleman: "I want to enjoy the cool under the grass, as you wish."
What a beautiful word. There are many dreamers in the world, but few who fulfill their wishes. In a documentary, the director accidentally found dozens of boxes of photographs in a flea market that shocked the photography world when they were thought to be boxes of meaningless relics from anonymous people. With the enthusiasm of treasure hunting, the director went to find the author, and tried to dig out the story behind this unknown genius photographer——
"Finding Vivian Maier"
She is a lonely and strange single woman in the eyes of others, but has eyes that penetrate the soul outside the camera
Contradictory, bold, mysterious, eccentric, secretive, never thought she would take pictures...
This is what people who know her say about her, or what her former employers say about her. Yes, she has always been a nanny. It is very different from the photographers in our impression. There is no equipment on his back and he is squatting somewhere just to capture wonderful moments; there is no famous model as the protagonist of her work, and she is allowed to arrange. She seems to be in the gap of being a nanny, taking the time to record the life she sees. She did not call herself a photographer, nor did she make it her profession, and to the end of her life, she was a nanny.
In order to quickly establish connections or memories, contemporary people like the behavior of "labeling": if your label is an Internet celebrity, then you may be considered grandstanding and ignorant; if your label is "white bone essence" in the workplace, then Everyone will think that you are in suits and shoes all day, strategizing in the company, and talking about hundreds of millions of business; if you are labeled as an older leftover girl, then everyone will say that you are picky and tossing... Vivian's label is a nanny, people Can't connect 'nanny' and 'photographer', but Vivienne and her work show us that labels are actually prejudices, everyone only sees what he wants to see, and we don't have to for irrelevance others to change themselves. A "free" person must have himself first, and everything is not up to others.
She knows that fame and benefits are readily available to her, but she actively chooses to hide behind the prosperity
After Vivian's work was exhibited around the world, some people speculated that she was talented without knowing it, and that her work was the product of unconscious behavior. She had no intention of stunning the world, but just happened to meet Bole. Later, the director found a letter in her belongings. The letter was full of her pursuit and understanding of photography, her understanding of herself, and her satisfaction with her work.
As the saying goes, there is Bole in the world, and then there are thousands of horses. Maxima often has it, but Bole does not often have it.
A Maxima that has not encountered Bole may not be called a Maxima, but it cannot be denied that it is still an excellent horse. If Vivienne's work hadn't been made public, they would still be excellent work. It's a pity that the works have not been seen, nor that Vivian has not been discovered, but that the world has lost the opportunity to appreciate these excellent works. And we guess that Vivian knows this very well. She believes that once her work is exposed, it will make a sensation in the world, and she will live in the spotlight, thus losing the opportunity to accumulate material. And it turns out that she made the right choice. This day will definitely come, but before it comes, Vivian has already reserved enough power to make the waves of the photography world roll.
Ordinary is easy to be forgotten, poverty is easy to be ignored, but she uses the camera to keep everything
Why does the spotlight and attention deprive Vivienne of photography's mission? Because she is more keen to document the dissonances in life, and the weaknesses of human beings. She pays attention to vulnerable groups such as children and women, maybe she can't do it for them, so they all come into her lens.
Human nature has always been attracted to beautiful things, and subconsciously avoids regret and incompleteness. In fact, the latter is the norm in life. Often some people who can see the world are more willing to pay attention to the dark side of the world, in order to tell others to cherish everything you have, maybe this is the pursuit that others can't get for their entire lives.
last words
Is the director really looking for Vivian? Can't find her, she has long since passed away. But the director found a truth for us - we don't stick to the world's vision and voice, we can do our best.
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