„Vivian Maier: Unseen Work“: guided tour with Toomas Volkmanniga
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Fotografiska’s major autumn exhibition, Vivian Maier: Unseen Work, offers an in-depth look at Maier’s extensive, rich and multilayered archive, a captivating testament to 20th-century America and the darker side of the American Dream.
Guided Tour with Toomas Volkmann
An exhibition can be experienced from countless perspectives. Guided Tours brings people from different creative and professional backgrounds into Fotografiska’s exhibitions, inviting them to lead special tours where fresh perspectives enrich the conversation and reveal new connections within the art.
On this tour, you’ll experience Maier’s work through the eyes of photographer Toomas Volkmann. Known for his insightful, fascinating and keenly observant tours, Volkmann has become something of a legend at Fotografiska.
His tours captivate audiences with unexpected connections, surprising details and journeys along entirely new paths of thought. What makes this tour particularly special is Volkmann’s deep admiration for and fascination with Vivian Maier’s work.
What kind of dialogue will emerge in the exhibition space, surrounded by Vivian Maier’s photographs? That will be revealed on the night.
The conversations, exchanges of ideas and creative connections that emerge during Fotografiska’s Guided Tours happen only once, in the exhibition space, and are experienced by those who are there.
Vivian Maier Unseen Work, 19 September – 17 January
Few stories in photography are as remarkable as that of Vivian Maier. Working as a nanny in New York and Chicago, she explored the city streets with the children in her care, camera always at hand. From this unique position, she captured the rhythms, characters, and unexpected moments that define urban life.
From the 1950s to the 1980s, she created a striking visual portrait of post-war America – one that remained hidden for decades. Discovered only after her death, Maier’s photographs have since secured her place among the greatest street photographers of the twentieth century.