薇薇安·迈尔：谁动了保姆的照片

迷人地intriguing 永远的mystery

她是少有的拍照只为取悦自己的摄影师，其中一家雇主就是报社图片编辑，相处多年她仍旧守口如瓶。她用取景器对准小孩、生活在边缘的人，世界的纷乱暴力，还有自己，渗透着孤独和共情，微薄收入的大部分用来购买胶卷，负担冲洗费用，有空时，就会乘坐城际火车到芝加哥市中心去，然后徒步记录这个时代，使用禄来双反腰平取景器，不用和被摄者眼神接触，每卷只能拍摄12张，珍惜每一次快门。她和自己的母亲、外婆一样，从事保姆职业终身，远离男性。但在拮据孤独的一生中，还去了东南亚、回到法国，拍摄了无数照片，她和所有孤身者一样，是一名票据报纸小物品囤积者收集狂，每次搬家都带上一大堆胶卷，因为“That's my life.“

「Van Gogh once said, "Stars are the souls of dead poets, but to become a star, you have to die."」「She actually was the personification of finding art. She walk into a picture, she saw it happening, she took a picture and she left.」「You're dealing with the disappearing moment. It's there and it's gone, and the only way that... it's recognised as having happened is you observing it, knowing it and photographing it.」

http://www.bilibili.com/video/av2864814/

即便贫困，她也未曾将自己的作品展示卖钱（她显然对自己的水准有自觉的），多么纯粹，多么决绝。