Vivian Maier
Although I like a lot of slick vector-y illustrations, there’s something appealing about digital drawing that looks like it’s made with non-digital materials. So that’s what I was exploring when drawing this photo by Vivian Maier. And since I love libraries, this image stood out to me! 📚
Known as intelligent, eccentric, and private, Vivian Maier (1926-2009) worked as a nanny starting in the 1950s, and spent her leisure time taking pictures. Her legacy included 100,000 negatives from her highly original street documentary photographs. This trove of photos, as well as ephemera and audio recordings, was discovered posthumously at a Chicago thrift store after her death. While she experienced financial insecurity later in life, she left a legacy of spontaneous, meticulous and thoroughly unique work. I probably first learned about her through the 2013 documentary, Finding Vivian Maier.
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Illustration inspired by:
Vivian Maier (American, 1926–2009), New York Public Library, New York , ca. 1952, Posthumous gelatin silver print of the estate