Tag: photo history

  • Finding Vivian Maier, a film by John Maloof and Charlie Siskel

    Finding Vivian Maier, a film by John Maloof and Charlie Siskel

    How Vivian Maier Was Discovered Before I ever knew her name, I saw a short YouTube video showing a handful of haunting black-and-white street photos. They were striking, strange, and full of life. That rabbit hole led me to Finding Vivian Maier, a documentary that not only introduced me to her incredible body of work,

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  • American Photographs by Walker Evans (Museum of Modern Art)

    American Photographs by Walker Evans (Museum of Modern Art)

    The Book That Changed Documentary Photography This week’s Roadside Reads and Reels spotlight is on American Photographs by Walker Evans. Originally published in 1938 to accompany Evans’ landmark solo exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, the book remains one of the most influential photobooks of the twentieth century. It is not just a collection

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