Vivian Maier – Her Discovered Work

Vivian Maier - Her Discovered Work

It’s funny how inspiration takes form… People, places, sounds, and in this case, a youtube video I stumbled across.

Check out this awesome story. It inspired me to go out and shoot medium format film, of people and places, and stick the undeveloped rolls of film in a shoebox under my bed for a few years until I can afford to get them developed… 🙂

But seriously, this is a great story. Click the image above to jump to the link.

“Vivian Maier was a nanny and a street photographer from the 1950s – 1990s. Vivian’s work was discovered at an auction here in Chicago where she resided most of her life. Her discovered work includes over 100,000 mostly medium format negatives (90% of her work), thousands of prints, and countless undeveloped rolls of film.”

The Buckles

The Buckles

The Buckles are (l-r) Pete Wolfe, Willard Bethje, Rusty Blake, and Harley James.

Portland, Oregon band The Buckles brand their music as Bakersfield-Liverpool, performing hard-core twang right out of the playbooks of Buck Owens and Merle Haggard.

I was asked by my friend and steel player of The Buckles, Mr. Harley James (yes, that’s his real name…) to take some band photos. I had been to his house before and fell in love with his music room! Stepping into that room is like going through a time-warp… A mid-century modern lovers dream!

Basically I took shots of 3 different setups, working the subjects to get expressions, good composition and pose. No fancy lighting either. Just a strobe bounced off the ceiling and adjusting the throw accordingly.

The Buckles
The Buckles
The Buckles
The Buckles
The Buckles
The Buckles
The Buckles
The Buckles