Maier Update

(Self-portrait--Maier's, not mine)

I knew that this Maier thing was going to be huge. But I feel a bit of a dupe for posting what I did about her. I gave you the information that was out there, but it has changed. Just to set the record straight, I must report what is on John Maloof's blog today. He talked to two of the three children for whom Vivian Maier was nanny. It turns out that Maier came to the United States in the '30s, not the 50's, and was a Catholic, not a Jew. She was a Socialist, a Feminist, and she was enamored of films which is where she learned English. Maloof reports that, "She wore a men's jacket, men's shoes and a large hat most of the time. She was constantly taking pictures, which she didn't so anyone."

He also says he has a book deal in the works.

I need to start going to antique auctions.