Researcher Ann Marks showed her findings exclusively to The Associated Press in advance of the release of her book “Vivian Maier Developed: The Real Story of the Photographer Nanny” this week. Marks drew on her access to 140,000 mostly unpublished Maier photos as well as personal notes Maier kept and documents uncovered in public archives. The act of taking pictures — snapshots of time saved on rolls of undeveloped film — satisfied her urge to collect, psychologists told Marks. She took nanny work for parents with an interest in photography or other creative arts, including members of popular lounge act The Mary Kaye Trio. That Maier died with no close surviving heirs led to a legal tussle over copyrights to her increasingly sought-after photographs.

Source: National Post September 28, 2017 21:56 UTC