The definitive monograph of American photographer Vivian Maier, exploring the full range and brilliance of her work and the mystery of her life, written and edited by noted photography curator and writer Marvin Heiferman and featuring 250 black-and-white images, color work, and other materials never seen before.
Vivian Maier’s story—the secretive nanny-photographer during her life who becomes a popular sensation shortly after her death—has, to date, been pieced together only from previously seen or known images she made and the handful of facts that have surfaced about her life. During her lifetime she shot more than 100,000 images, which she kept hidden from the world. In 2007, two years before her death, Chicago historic preservationist John Maloof discovered a trove of negatives, and roll upon roll of undeveloped film in a storage locker he bought at auction. They revealed a surprising and accomplished artist and a stunning body of work, which Maloof championed and brought to worldwide acclaim.
Vivian Maier presents the most comprehensive collection and largest selection of the photographer’s work—created during the 1950s through the 1970s in New York, Chicago, and on her travels around the country—almost exclusively unpublished and including her previously unknown color work. It features images of and excerpts from Maier’s personal artifacts, memorabilia, and audiotapes, made available for the first time. This remarkable volume draws upon recently conducted interviews with people who knew Maier, which shed new light on Maier’s photographic skill and her life.
John Maloof is an author and street photographer involved in the historic preservation of Chicago's Northwest Side. He discovered the first negatives of Vivian Maier's work in 2007 while compiling a book about the history of the neighborhood where he grew up. He edited the first and second published collections of Maier's work, Vivian Maier: Street Photographer and Vivian Maier: Self-Portraits. He lives in Chicago.
,從一個深度愛好者的角度來看,這本書最大的價值在於它提供瞭一種前所未有的“在場感”。作者似乎不滿足於僅僅記錄事實,而是試圖去理解那些選擇被鏡頭捕捉的瞬間背後的哲學思考。書中對光綫、構圖以及被攝主體之間那種微妙的、幾乎無法言喻的張力的分析,非常到位且富有洞察力。它不僅僅是在展示作品,更是在教你如何“看”世界,如何通過一個平凡的街角瞬間,洞察到人性的復雜與日常生活的詩意。這種由錶及裏的剖析,讓原本可能隻是快速瀏覽的那些照片,突然之間獲得瞭新的生命和更深層次的解讀空間。
評分這本書的文字風格兼具瞭學術的嚴謹性與文學的抒情性,這一點非常難得。它在引用曆史背景和攝影理論時,措辭精準,論據充分,絲毫沒有為瞭迎閤大眾而流於膚淺。然而,在描述那些感性層麵或推測攝影師內心活動時,筆觸又變得極其細膩和富有畫麵感,仿佛能聞到那個時代潮濕的空氣,感受到那個獨自行走在城市中的身影。這種在冷靜分析和熱烈共情之間自由切換的能力,使得整本書讀起來毫無壓力,反而像是在聽一位學識淵博的朋友,娓娓道來一段傳奇而又略帶傷感的往事。這絕對是一本能讓人沉下心來,反復咀嚼的書籍。
評分這本書的敘事節奏掌握得相當巧妙,它沒有采取那種平鋪直敘的傳記寫法,而是像偵探小說一樣,通過碎片化的綫索和時間軸的跳躍,逐步揭開這位神秘攝影師的內心世界。作者在梳理資料時,顯然下瞭不少功夫,將那些零散的、幾乎被遺忘的證據重新組閤,構建齣一個立體而鮮活的人物形象。閱讀過程中,我好幾次被那種“原來如此”的頓悟感所震撼,感覺自己也參與瞭一場深入的挖掘工作。這種非綫性的敘事結構,非常符閤我們現代人碎片化的信息接收習慣,卻又在關鍵時刻提供瞭足夠的情感衝擊力。它不是直接告訴你答案,而是引導你去感受,去揣摩,讓讀者在跟隨作者的腳步探索的過程中,獲得一種智力上的滿足感和情感上的共鳴。
評分這本書的裝幀設計實在令人眼前一亮,光是捧在手裏就能感受到齣版方的用心。封麵選用的那張照片,光影的對比度拿捏得恰到好處,仿佛一眼就能把你拉進那個充滿故事感的黑白世界。紙張的質感也相當高級,厚實而不失韌性,翻頁時的觸感非常愉悅,完全不是那種廉價印刷品能比擬的。而且,精裝版的裝幀工藝,比如書脊的平整度和封殼的堅固程度,都顯示齣這是一本可以長久珍藏的作品。對於喜歡實體書的讀者來說,這種對細節的打磨是加分項,它不僅僅是一本書,更像是一件工藝品,擺在書架上也是一道風景。每一次拿起它,都會被這種精良的製作工藝所摺服,讓人忍不住想要細細品味其中的每一頁內容。這本書的整體視覺呈現,從字體排版到留白的處理,都透露著一種專業且剋製的藝術感,讓閱讀體驗得到瞭極大的提升。
評分不得不提的是,這本書的配圖選擇和處理方式,簡直是大師級的範例。雖然我們知道主角是一位側重於街頭攝影的藝術傢,但這本書似乎在努力平衡藝術作品的展示與文字敘述的流暢性。插圖的排版絕不喧賓奪主,而是恰到好處地穿插在文字論述的側重點上,形成一種相輔相成的關係。更值得稱贊的是,許多照片的呈現,無論是大小、位置還是色彩的校對,都精準地還原瞭原版膠片或底片可能呈現齣的那種微妙的灰階層次。對於一個稍微懂點攝影的人來說,這種對原作細節的尊重,是極其難得的,它極大地增強瞭閱讀的沉浸感和真實性。
評分書本內容翔實,精緻。對攝影人很有啓發。
評分喜歡的攝影師作品,就是京東包裝要加強,隨便拿個袋子就裝貨瞭,比amazon做的差。
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評分印刷質量非常棒!
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