A few days ago, I accidentally discovered a documentary, "Finding Vivian Maier". I thought I would like it. Sure enough, the documentary opened a mysterious door for me. After watching it, I couldn't help but want to know more about Vivian Maier. everything of.
Vivian Maier, who was a nanny during her lifetime, was discovered after her death with a large number of photographs (over 100,000), which caused a sensation and was recognized as one of the most important contemporary street photographers in the United States.
The documentary interviews Maier's various employers during her lifetime, and everyone agrees on her mystery and eccentricity. Some people say that they were abused by her when they were young; others say that they had a good childhood with her (Maier spent his later years with their help), which had to increase the audience's interest in it. of curiosity.
Maier collects everything, post-it notes, badges, and newspapers, all of which are properly hidden in boxes by her. Yes, she has so many boxes that it crushes the floor of her employer's house. The boxes followed her again and again, from one employer to another, and she said that these boxes were her whole life, and when her flesh finally withered, the sealed boxes were finally opened and they began to speak.
The box contained a large number of unprinted negatives, and when the auctioneer printed them one by one, the secrets in the box began to shine.
Her photos are so bright and unforgettable that they are childlike, love, joke, class, and poverty. Her shooting is bold and delicate, as if the subject is particularly easy to show her true side, no matter how sad with hi.
In the eyes of ordinary people, a nanny, cleaning, taking care of children, is humble and lowly, without marriage, no children, and no contact with relatives. When people think she is such a closed and withered person, Miss Maier, with her photography works, break through. With ordinary people's cognition, her world is so big that no one can see the whole picture. From her works, what I see is beauty, freedom, and passion for life.
Babysitting is trivial, arduous, and exhausting, and I think every housewife knows what I'm talking about, but, in addition to this job, this lady of ours can go out into the street and shoot so much With high-quality photos, she actually uses the time when others are resting and chasing dramas to do what she wants to do.
Everyone has something they want to do in their hearts, but they always block all kinds of excuses on the way not to do it, all kinds of lack of time, and no opportunities. They spend their whole life in such self-deception again and again.
Maybe before making excuses, you will still doubt yourself. You are just a nanny. Why do you walk around with a camera? Others will think it is strange.
It is also possible that I took some pictures, but I don’t know if my own things are okay. I strongly need the approval of others. I may go back and print them out and show them to people I know, and then no one approves of your photos, so you are depressed. , and never picked up the camera again.
However, Vivian Maier did not. She did not succumb to the role of the moment. She lived out her own world and did not mind the eyes of others. She was firm and uncompromising. What's more, she doesn't need recognition and has incredible confidence.
Yes, can you be like her?
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