Vivian Maier

Vivian Maier died at 83 in 2009. In her spare time she liked to walk the streets and take photos but she didn't really go on about it so it was basically a secret.

In 2007 an auctioneer bought a box of over 100,000 of Vivian's negatives and unprocessed films. Turns out she was 'one of greatest street photographers of her day' and never bothered to tell anyone.

Unbelievable. Amazing. Sad. Inspiring.

Good words.

Fred Free is an American artist I came across on deviantART in 2007 and have followed ever since. He posted the following on his journal today and I found it so uplifting I'd like to share it...

"it's been 20 years since i quit my full time tedious and taxing architect job to go figure things out while wandering around europe for what seemed like forever at the time. it was about 7 weeks. i'm bringing it up (again) because the choice i made back then turned out to be a huge life-turning around move that affects everything about my world to this day. and all in a good way. so if you ever find yourself in a rut you think you're stuck in for the rest of time - a few years out of college like i was - or whenever - just do what you have to do and make your own life again. it'll most likely be worth it. [end of sermon]"


Image from Fred's deviantART page.

USA Mum.

At 23 as a newly qualified nurse my Mum went to live in the States and stayed there for nearly 2 years. With the help of a slide scanner we've been discovering forgotten images. These were considered 'bad photos' but I like them. Check out my Mum in reds, love it.