{"id":622,"date":"2011-06-28T15:13:05","date_gmt":"2011-06-28T15:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/?p=622"},"modified":"2026-01-14T14:40:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T14:40:10","slug":"portraits-vivian-maier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/portraits-vivian-maier","title":{"rendered":"Self Portraits by Vivian Maier"},"content":{"rendered":"

I don’t usually just link to other people’s site in my blog, but I discovered this lovely set of 40 self portraits taken in the late 50’s and 60’s – shows a real sense of innovation and lateral thinking on the self-portrait genre.<\/p>\n

Most to the ones I like are where you see her and the camera reflected in things – this is something we photographers try to avoid like the \u00a0plague of course. The last thing you want to see is you.<\/p>\n

Well I may just start looking for self portrait<\/a> opportunities a bit more often now….<\/p>\n

Here they are<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.vivianmaier.com\/portfolios\/self-portraits\/?pid=287<\/a><\/p>\n

ok… here’s my best known self portrait, won an award\u00a0on-line\u00a0one Xmas and I got a huge canvas print of it on my wall – it scares the\u00a0burglars\u00a0off if nothing else<\/p>\n

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