I chose this piece to reflect on because I find it really captures the era in which is was taken. It reminds my of photos my family has of my dad and his three younger brothers sitting and looking out of a car window. I love the fact that they are all wearing the same shirt and they are also looking in three different directions. I think Vivian Maier was known for taking some provocative pictures of some of the more odd characters in Chicago, and this is just of three little boys sticking their heads out of a car window. I really enjoy Vivian's work as a whole because of the diversity of her photographs and the way her mental illness isn't really easily seen through her work. Its interesting that the way she was almost fearless when it comes to taking pictures, from photographing dead animals in the streets to the oddly shaped people around the rough city and more beaten down parts of Chicago.
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