For today's critical analysis, you will read an article about photographer Vivian Maier's work and the controversy surrounding who holds the copyright to reproduce, exhibit, and profit from her work. You will then respond to the article here. Here is the link to the New York Times article:
www.nytimes.com/2014/09/06/arts/design/a-legal-battle-over-vivian-maiers-work.html Write a 4 paragraph response to the article above, giving your opinion on what you feel should happen to Vivian Maier's photographs. Consider these questions as you write:
If you do not finish in class, you must complete this for homework before class on Friday, 4/6/18! If you are interested in reading more about the Vivian Maier case, here is a recent article about the settlement of Maier's estate: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-vivian-maier-estate-court-settlement-met-20160510-story.html
Ryan Kyle
4/5/2018 11:47:47 am
I believe that Vivian Maier’s work should be shown to the public after her death because of how great of a photographer she was and just because she never specifically said that she didn’t want them to be shown. Showing Vivian’s work was a matter of choice from the person who found her work. At that point he would not have known about whether or not she would have wanted the images to be shown. In my opinion, I would have done the same thing as John Maloof because if I found photographs like that I would want to show them to the world. They would have been discovered by someone eventually and I think that it is good that John found them just because of the extensive amount of research that he did in order to find out everything that he could about the images.
The artist by the name of Vivian Maier was a lady who has been looked at for many years. She was a nanny that was very private to herself. She would tell people not to touch herself and became very paranoid to her belongings. She was a photographer that has some interesting photos and some appeal to them very much so. She was not known until after her death due to being anti-social and having no family member having to do with her. Once people found out about her negatives, people were very shocked.
Jessica Mims
4/5/2018 05:31:36 pm
Vivian Maier lived her life making photographs without others knowing. It is really unfortunate because she was a very talented photographer. After she died, John Maloof discovered her works. Everyone, including Maloof, did not know anything about Maier. She very few records and information about her, almost as if she lived in secret. Since she had very little documentation, Maloof wanted to figure out more about her, so he began researching.
Troy Rollwitz
4/5/2018 05:38:23 pm
I believe that Vivian Maier’s work should be shown to the public after her death because although she never showed anyone her work, she never said whether she wanted them shown or not. I think that her work captures moments in time and I think this work should be shown to the public. I also believe that because these photos were not private ones of her, but rather mainly photos of the public, they could be released. If releasing these pictures gives the artist a bad reputation they shouldn’t be made public.
Mikaela Mumme
4/5/2018 07:40:25 pm
I do not think Vivian’s work should have been published after death if she had not wanted it showed while she was alive. I think what the artist says matters even after death. If Vivian wished her photos were not even people I think her word should be respected. I think if Vivian did not want the photos shown there was probably a great reason behind that and it would be invading her personal privacy. 4/5/2018 08:04:49 pm
I think Vivian Maier's work should have been shown but not to the extent that John Maloof showed them. She wanted her work to be revealed to the public when she asked the man in the small french village. I don't think she meant for her pictures to get exposed so much on a global scale. I really do think the artist wishes matter still even after death because the artist produced the art. The art is the artists property and she controls everything about the art she produced whether it wants to be recognized or not.
Zach Burgos
4/6/2018 12:04:02 am
The recently discovered artist Vivian Maier had very interesting photos but had a very secret life. Vivian Maier would not have shown her photos when she was alive, but I think she always wanted to show someone her photos. Vivian always tried to keep out of the spotlight by sometimes telling people fake names. Vivian most likely had mental illness and didn’t want people to know who she was. I think her photos should be shown in public after her death.
Marynez Cantu
4/6/2018 10:38:46 am
Vivian Maier is an amazing photographer whose work was sadly not appreciated while she was alive. The real reason was never really clarified of why her work was never published or put in museums. However, throughout the documentary it is mentioned that she once wrote to a printer to publish her work though it was never made clear why she never sent that letter.
Maria Tirado
4/6/2018 11:03:50 am
Vivian Maier was a very interesting photographer, that didn’t like to show her work. She was born in New York but moved to France. After her time in France, she moved back to the U.S and became a full-time nanny. Vivian Maier still took photographs, but made it into her hobby while she took care of the kids. She never showed her amazing work to anyone. Mainly because she didn’t have any close family.
Larissa Esparza
4/6/2018 11:04:31 am
Vivian Maier’s was a photography from the 20th century that took photographs during her free time. Vivian was a full time nanny and would usually stay in the families homes. Vivian did this because it was an easy way of life, Vivian would have a place of her own and get paid for staying in it while taking her photographs on outings with the kids. Ms.Maiers, VIv, Vivian and Ms.V are few names that both the children of families and adults would call her.Vivian Maier’s would usually not say her name at random and if she had to she would spell her name differently every time and put a different first name initial.
Marissa Elizondo
4/6/2018 11:04:49 am
Vivian Maier's story is very complicated. It is also still a big mystery. Her images were found by John Maloof. John was amazed by Vivian’s pictures that he tried his best to find out more about her. John found that she was a nanny for many years. He found out she was born in New York, and lived her childhood in France. She would take the kids she was babysitting and take pictures. She was a street photographer.
Kate Madison
4/9/2018 09:01:01 pm
I think Vivian Maier’s work should be shown because it shows a lot of history from more than one place that could open up the world for some people. When John Maloof found the work he started showing it to people. He did not know anything about her and did not know whether or not she would have wanted people to see it. They would of eventually been discovered by someone so at some point they would’ve been exposed. He wanted to know more about Vivian since there was nothing on her and he started researching.
Josh salehi
4/10/2018 01:29:39 pm
i would argue that viviana's work should be shown around places because when john maloof found them he was very impressed.John then got curious of viviana's background. after searching around he couldn't find anything. He later then decided to go around and ask people for her and finally he got some information. Comments are closed.
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