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“Self portrait in Green”, 2026, St. Louis, @ratkeydesigns.bsky.social. Vivian Maier was a nanny but also an amazing street photographer. Though mostly unknown as the majority of her work wasn’t discovered until 2007 at a Chicago thrift auction. A small collection of her street photos are self-portraits in reflective objects like slide 7 (https://www.vivianmaier.com/gallery/self-portraits/#slide-7 ). Which is what this entry is based on. I learned about Maier’s work while working on my BA in Graphic Design and realized that here was a photographer who’s street work was more than just snap shots but had a photojournalistlistict flare. Which in turn validated my continued efforts to capture the world around me even if it was mundane, from a new perspective. And to tell a story. Not to force one into my compositions, but capture a small slice of frozen time. To share if just for a moment how I see the world, for that’s all photography is.