Vivian Maier’s first camera was a modest Kodak Brownie box camera with one shutter speed, no aperture and focus control. In 1952 she purchased her first Rolleiflex camera. Over the course of her career she used Rolleiflex 3.5T, Rolleiflex 3.5F, Rolleiflex 2.8C, Rolleiflex Automat and others. She later also used a Leica IIIc, an Ihagee Exakta, a Zeiss Contarex and various other SLR cameras.

Mostly Kodak Tri-X and Ektachrome film.

Yes, silver gelatin and chromogenic color prints are available for sale. All print sales are handled by the Howard Greenberg Gallery. You can find more information on our Vivian Maier Print Sales page.

We do not offer image files for purchase to be printed at home. If you are interested in buying a print of one of Vivian Maier’s photographs please contact the Howard Greenberg Gallery by calling +1 212 334 0010 or by emailing info@howardgreenberg.com. You can find more information about available prints on our Vivian Maier Print Sales page.

We do permit the usage of a limited number of Vivian Maier photographs on personal websites and blogs if the photos are used to write about Vivian Maier and her work. You do however have to contact John Maloof, the archive manager of the Maloof Collection first to obtain permission. The use of Vivian Maier photos on any commercial website or in commercial context is not permitted. Please contact John Maloof for licensing inquiries.

For any licensing inquiries please contact the archive manager John Maloofs. Please give as much detailed information as possible about how and where you want to use photographs, including print run, size of image, etc.

Around 100,000 negatives and slides.

The whole negative and slide archive of Vivian Maier has been digitized as digital contact sheets. A selection of photographs has been scanned in high resolution and we are continuing to make high resolution scans of Maier’s work.

Originally we scanned negatives on an Epson V700, we since switched to scanning negatives and slides with an Imacon 949 scanner.
To create digital contact sheets, negatives and slides have been arranged on a light table which was then photographed using a Better Light Super 8K-HS scanning back.

There were about 2,000 undeveloped black & white rolls which we processed and scanned. They were processed by professional archivists. The chemistry and developing times had to be figured out for these old rolls. The results were mostly very successful. However, due to the aging and conditions these were stored for decades, fogging was an issue for a small number of rolls.

There are around 700 rolls of color Ektachrome 35mm film that we have not yet processed. This film is stored in a refrigerator until it will be developed.

Vivian Maier’s touring exhibitions are available for loan to institutions, museums and galleries. Individual photographs from the Vivian Maier archive are also available for exhibitions loans. Contact John Maloof for further information. You can also find more information on the traveling exhibiton Vivian Maier: Street Photographer available in Europe on our Traveling Photography Exhibition page.

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