What if one of the most important street photographers of the 20th century was a 1950s children’s nanny who kept herself to herself and never showed a single one of her photographs to anyone?

Decades later in 2007, a Chicago real estate agent and historical hobbyist, John Maloof purchased a box of never-seen, never-developed film negatives of an unknown ‘amateur’ photographer for $380 at his local auction house.

John began developing his new collection of photographs, some 100,000 negatives in total, that had been abandoned in a storage locker in Chicago before they ended up at the auction house. It became clear these were no ordinary street snaps of 1950s & 60s Chicago and New York and so John embarked on a journey to find out who was behind the photographs and soon discovered her name: Vivien Maier.

More here

(via topographe)

superbooked:

Here are the rules:
1. The winner will get to choose ONE of any of the books shown above.
2. You must be following me in order to win. It’s in celebration of my followers after all.
3. You can reblog as many times as you want, and liking the post will also increase your chances of winning.
3. The winner winner will have 48 hours to respond once chose or a new winner will be selected.
4. You must be willing to give me your address.

Here is other information:
1. This giveaway is open to all countries.
2. I will be ordering the book of choice from The Book Depository.
3. The giveaway will end on August 2nd, and the winner will be contacted on the same day.

Here are the possible prizes:
Eleanor & Park (Hardback)
Anna and the French Kiss (Hardback)
The Fault in Our Stars (Hardback)
The Book Thief (Paperback)
The Maze Runner (Paperback)
Matched (Hardback)
Divergent (Hardback)
Grave Mercy (Hardback)

Good luck, everyone!

(via superbooked)

_{New Divergent Set Photos
Credit: [x]}

(via books-cupcakes)

Kotonoha no Niwa

(via japanlove)

^{Studio Ghibli + ✿ Flowers}

(via thereadables)