Vivian Maier

Vivian Maier took more than 100,000 photos during her lifetime, but never showed them to anyone. She worked as a nanny in Chicago. In this early TV report from Chicago broadcaster WTTW, Jay Shefsky tells her story, focusing on the discovery of her negatives. The video was released in 2011 and runs about 10 minutes.

By then, Maier had died and her photos had been discovered. Some believe her work could place her among the most important street photographers of the twentieth century.