Bird Lady gives us another portrait of Vivian Maier, this one in dance form.
by Jena Cutie
When dancer-choreographers Liz Burritt, Kristina Fluty, and Rebecca Salzer waded into the vast pool of Vivian Maier's photographs, the pictures that held their attention were of women caught off guard, surprised yet staring defiantly into the lens. Inspired by these photos and the pejorative nickname neighborhood teens gave Maier thanks to her gawky gait, the dancers began to reinterpret Maier's own image as an eccentric spinster as an allegory for the awkwardness of being seen publicly as a woman.…[ Read more ]