Thanks to Al Haug for posting about this.

January 8 – April 3, 2011

FINDING VIVIAN MAIER: CHICAGO STREET PHOTOGRAPHY

Chicago Cultural Center
78 E. Washington St, Michigan Avenue Galleries
Chicago IL 60602

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Vivian Maier was a nanny in the Chicago area who spent her time off with a camera…

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… a slight understatement…

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… and after she died last year, in her 80s, boxes and boxes of hundreds of thousands of negatives were discovered…

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… and boxes of undeveloped rolls of film.

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Next week, an exhibition opens at the Chicago Cultural Center, running until early April.

FINDING VIVIAN MAIER: CHICAGO STREET PHOTOGRAPHY

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