Posts Tagged ‘chicago’
Vivian Maier‘s photographs were discovered and purchased at a furniture and antique auction in 2007. Vivian shot in secret from the 1950s through the 1990′s primarily in Chicago. A good survey of her work can be found on this blog.
Over 100,000 negatives have been acquired and of those over 20,000 negatives were unprocessed. They intend on successfully developing all of these rolls to share with the rest of the world. Sadly, Maier passed away in 2009 and much of her and her work remain a mystery.
Maier’s work shows a lot about what kind of person she might have been. I have selected some of my favorites, but make sure to check out the dedication. This post doesn’t begin to encompass her wonderfully secret collection. Also donate to their Kickstarter, where you can pre-order Maier’s book and the film.
Why haven’t I posted Daniel Shea on PS before? No excuse! I have been following his works for years now and we have actually been featured in some of the same publications and shown at the same shows. Shea has put on many solo exhibitions and has had work featured in the Wall Street Journal and Rolling Stone. His documentary work provides an abundance of information without losing the sweet and soundless relief Shea puts forth. I picked out some of my favorites after the jump but especially take the time to check out his new series “Plume.”
Most racial maps lump groups of people in to blobs that make it difficult to see what the real meshing of ethnic groups is like, so inspired by Bill Rankin’s Chicago Map, Eric Fischer created maps of many US cities using a similar methodology. Red is White, Blue is Black, Green is Asian and Orange is Hispanic. Gray is other and each dot represents 25 people.
The above map details Austin’s makeup as of the 2000 census, but after the jump we’ve got a few of the bigger cities around the US for your perusal. It’s important to note something something that Andrew Price of GOOD wrote about these maps:
What do we, as a society, want to see in maps like this? I think it’s safe to say that the clear separation of races in Detroit is a symptom (or cause) of serious social problems. At the same time, it seems unrealistic to expect perfect integration and it’s unclear if we should want that anyway. It’s great that our cities have vibrant ethnic neighborhoods.
Mig Reyes (my internet buddy, Threadless designer, and creator of Humble Pied) has a brand new portfolio site! Check it out
Jay Shaul Schaul shared some of his new work on our new Flickr Group. He has a nice collection of photos on his website from different places he’s been to, but my favorites are from Milwaukee and Chicago. Check out more of his work after the jump.
