Weekly Artist Blog 3- Giovann Collazo

Giovann Collazo
Old Dominion University


http://www.vivianmaier.com/gallery/color-1/#slide-17

 These photos were taken by an American photographer named Vivian Maier. I would assume that she used a series of Rolleiflex cameras which were each different models. In the first photo we have a man with a neck brace sitting in a booth or vendor. He is looking down so Maier probably took the photo without him realizing it. Maier could have easily taken this photo from five feet away. The second photo shows three people wearing yellow in their outfits at a busy intersection.None of these people are looking in the camera, but it could be staged for Maier's portfolio. The third photograph shows a newspaper of Nixon speaking of bombs saving lives. She probably was standing three to four feet away from the paper at the time.

  The first photo shows that this man, who is sitting at a newspaper stand, looks exhausted and maybe in a little bit of pain due to his neck brace. The hat and jacket could imply that it is cold outside and that this man maybe freezing as well. The first photo shows three people, and a fourth person very far back, wearing the color yellow. They all seem to be in and/or around their sixties. I don't know the significance of geriatrics wearing the color yellow, but maybe it has something to do with a holiday only held in Chicago? The last photo shows a newspaper with President Nixon's photo, his mouth agape, with the headline with the headline "Bombs saved lives".


  The first photo gives me that daunting feeling of not being in the best condition of doing your job but having to do it because of having to pay bills and for food. The second photo of the elderly people wearing bright yellow in their outfits makes me laugh a little bit, almost as if it was supposed to be from a movie. However I am also interested as to why they are wearing this color and what the significance is. The third photo of the newspaper shows me that there was a very important, non-laughable issue that was going on during the 70's. I feel that Maier is trying to show how bad of a leader Nixon is and how ridiculous his comments are.