Vivian Maier
Vivian Maier was a very inspirational photographer, who sadly was not able to be recognized and appreciated until after her death April 21, 2009. She was born in New York City on February 1, 1926, and although she was American, her European lifestyle and independence was different. She lived in Europe for the beginning part of her life even though she was born in America. She went back and forth from Europe to America before starting her photography in New York City in 1951. She hid all of the photos she shot, and just continued her job of being a nanny. She was a very private person and didn’t care whether people listened to her opinions or not. She was independent, non materialistic, and feisty being a liberated woman. She started her photography career in New York while she tried to get something to shoot and invest into. When that was not that great, she moved to Chicago. In Chicago, she worked as a nanny for forty years in Chicago's North Shore, and did her photography throughout this. Along with her photography, she started to create homemade documentaries, films, and audio recordings. She shot historical landmarks for new development, people whose lives were more under the radar in their groups, and Chicago’s most cherished sites. Sadly, she became poor and had to be supported by the kids who she had babysat for. She finally got brought to the surface with her artwork in 2007 when her art and photography was discovered in a thrift auction on Chicago’s Northwest Side. Her work, once deeply discovered after this day, would inspire so many people, and change people’s lives.
Vivian Maier was a very inspirational photographer, who sadly was not able to be recognized and appreciated until after her death April 21, 2009. She was born in New York City on February 1, 1926, and although she was American, her European lifestyle and independence was different. She lived in Europe for the beginning part of her life even though she was born in America. She went back and forth from Europe to America before starting her photography in New York City in 1951. She hid all of the photos she shot, and just continued her job of being a nanny. She was a very private person and didn’t care whether people listened to her opinions or not. She was independent, non materialistic, and feisty being a liberated woman. She started her photography career in New York while she tried to get something to shoot and invest into. When that was not that great, she moved to Chicago. In Chicago, she worked as a nanny for forty years in Chicago's North Shore, and did her photography throughout this. Along with her photography, she started to create homemade documentaries, films, and audio recordings. She shot historical landmarks for new development, people whose lives were more under the radar in their groups, and Chicago’s most cherished sites. Sadly, she became poor and had to be supported by the kids who she had babysat for. She finally got brought to the surface with her artwork in 2007 when her art and photography was discovered in a thrift auction on Chicago’s Northwest Side. Her work, once deeply discovered after this day, would inspire so many people, and change people’s lives.
Robert Capa
Robert Capa is a very famous photographer who lived from October 22, 1913 to May 25, 1954. He was born in Budapest, Hungary. He left Hungary in 1930 to go to Berlin because he was enrolled in a school called the Deutsche Hochschule für Politik for journalism and political science. He moved from Germany to Paris because of the rise of the Nazis and the civil war. He was a photojournalist, and shared a dark room with his companions from 1936-1939. They made several trips to Spain together to document the Civil War. Death of a Loyalist Soldier was his most famous photograph which made such a big impact on people during that time. The pictures he captured during the Civil War were remarkable and were extremely significant for people back then and today. In 1938, because of that image, people called him the greatest photographer in the whole world. He moved to America when World War II began and was a professional war photographer for LIFE, time, and other publications. He traveled with the US army and documented everything. He took amazing photographs of all of their victories in North Africa, and significant moments in Leipzig, nuremberg, Berlin, and more. Later, with other significant photographers, they all started an agency that gave pictures from the wars to international publications. His pictures overall were so inspiring to many people during that time. Also, his bravery was very impressive considering he was so close to the wars. He died by stepping on a landmine. His goal was to spread awareness and give good photography to people.
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