Vivian Maier Inquiry






























"Vivian Maier, from: http://www.vivianmaier.com/"
It seems like Vivian Maier wanted to take a picture of something that was dark or bitter because she wanted the world to realize that everything is not always good.






















"Vivian Maier, from: http://www.vivianmaier.com/"
A Broken man sits and thinks how he is supposed to live with his hard life.












































"Vivian Maier, from: http://www.vivianmaier.com/"

























When trying to analyze this photo the main thing I could come up with is that I think Vivian Maier wanted to be happy and with someone. For some reason Vivian hated men so she was never married but i feel this photo shows that at some point she wanted to be like this couple.


























































































































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