Summer in the City

Vivian Maier at Russell Bowman

Russell Bowman is now showing Summer in the City, work by prolific Chicago photographer Vivian Maier. The photographs are on loan from the Jeffrey Goldstein Collection. 

In 1951, Vivian Maier moved back to her place of birth, New York City, with the ability and penchant for photography. She lived in and documented New York city until 1956 when she moved to Chicago where she spent the remainder of her life working as a caregiver. Maier continued her photographic practice in her off time and well into the 1990's. However, she kept her work from those around her often leaving the exposed rolls undeveloped. In 2007, her film was discovered by a local Chicago historian and collector, John Maloof at a local thrift auction house. Following Maier's death in 2009, her work received critical acclaim and has now been exhibited in the U.S., Britain, Germany, Denmark, Norway and Belgium.

Click here for the Vivian Maier website and here for Russell Bowman. The show will remain up and open to the public through August 17th.