Review of Finding Vivian Maier (2014) by Berni E — 02 Jul 2014

"Finding Vivian Maier" Review:

Vivian Maier was a nanny that had 100,000 photographs that caused her to receive dramatic reputations as a talented street photographer.

Writer and director, John Maloof looks through Maier's images and makes a long discovery of them. He goes through the huge quantity of negatives, and he elaborates on how Maier's quality of pictures impressed him. Maloof believes that Maier's photos' was his motivation to setup a dark room and do many hours of shooting. In the process, he picks 100 images, puts them online, and hoped that the feedback would confirm his judgment as to the strengths of the images.

This film was done well, but at times, it was going back and forth too much. Due to Maloof's discovery, he does countless interviews. Various facts and information regarding Maloof and Maier are mentioned. That makes it difficult for viewers to understand what the focus of the film is. Vivian Maier was brilliant, unless you want to know more about Maloof's talent. Maloof does a tremendous job at shooting images of his life and work in photography, however it takes away the focus of Maier. "Finding Vivian Maier" is a film with an unorthodox discovery, based on its lack of attention on the main subject.