Hearty congrats to DOC NYC alum CITIZENFOUR, for receiving the award for Best Documentary Feature at the Academy Awards. CITIZENFOUR also won the Independent Spirit Award for best documentary. Four DOC NYC alum were nominated for Best Documentary Feature: FINDING VIVIAN MAIER directed by John Maloof & Charlie Siskel (Watch DOC NYC Q&A) CITIZENFOUR directed […]
7/29: FINDING VIVIAN MAIER (DOC NYC 2013) on DVD. A mysterious nanny, who secretly took over 100,000 photographs that were hidden in storage lockers and discovered decades later, is now considered among the 20th century’s greatest photographers. Maier’s strange and riveting life and art are revealed through never before seen photographs, films, and interviews with […]
This post was written by DOC NYC blogger Krystal Grow Erratic, obsessive and intensely private, Vivian Maier could have been one of the most famous photographers of her time. For that to have happened, she would have had to display even a tiny sample of her prolific body of work, which remained virtually untouched until […]