Finding Vivian Maier Page #6

Well, that was always the first stop,

because there were always free samples.

She would avail herself very

heartily of the free samples.

Meaning, like, dump...

You know, she'd dump the

whole tray of Frango Mints

into her purse and walk away!

We stopped going

there all of a sudden,

but I believe that she was kicked

out of Marshall Field's, permanently.

A really clear memory

is her setting up

to take photos of all

these naked mannequins.

Some of them were headless,

some of them were toppled over a little bit.

There'll be probably an

amazing photograph.

But as a child,

it was taking forever,

standing there on the

corner of the street,

waiting while this weird lady takes pictures

of these naked, headless mannequins.

Then they would go out and they

would look in the alleys for junk,

because that was

what she liked to do.

She would come home with

pieces of metal, old furniture,

and we would look at it.

"Is this art? Is this not art?

What is this? Oh, this could be useful.

"This could come in handy sometime. "

My brother Robbie, he was riding

his bike home from school,

and he got hit by a car.

He was sort of laying in the middle of

the street, and an ambulance was coming,

and he... and he says,

and I don't know if this is true,

but he always said that Vivian was taking

pictures of him laying on the ground.

It wasn't, like,

"Oh, Robbie, are you OK?"

It was more just,

"Oh, this is a good photo op!"

My mother drove up and saw

my brother lying in the street.

She said, "Oh! I thought

the dogs got hit. "

Vivian was just kind

of above the fray.

And I remember thinking,

"There's Vivian, taking pictures, as usual".

She was aware of what was going on

in politics and society at the time.

She would bring this

cassette recorder...

and she goes to the supermarket,

and she's asking people in line...

- VHi, Carl.

- Hi.

I got you with my machine.

I was wondering if you had anything

to say about all this political scene.

- Well...

- About Nixon and so on.

I think it happened the way it

should for the best of the country.

And maybe it'll be a warning

for future politicians.

That's right. That's right.

But what did you think

of the impeachment?

- Come on!

- Am I on tape?

- Yes, you are. Come on.

- I don't know.

Well, you should have an opinion.

Women are supposed to be

opinionated, I hope. Come on.

There's one movie that she

made that has a note in it.

And it says, "1972,

Chicago murder of mother and baby.

"Market where she found

ad for baby-sitting job

"which had led to

disappearance and death.

Then you see her walking

to the supermarket.

She's walking in the

baby-sitter's footsteps.

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