Made in USA: Vivian Maier (1926-2009) | Sabine Weiss (1924-2021)

One of them, Sabine Weiss, was born in 1924. The other one, Vivian Maier, was born in 1926. Both chose the street as their field of action and had a deep empathy for the passers-by they photographed. One of them, Sabine Weiss, was born in Switzerland but became a naturalized French citizen. The other, Vivian Maier, is American, but her mother was of French origin, from the Champsaur region in the Alps. One became a professional photographer. The other spent a long time looking after children while practicing photography in her spare time, just for the pleasure of the eyes. One was a cheerful, sociable woman who achieved international recognition fairly quickly. The other was a discreet and even solitary woman whose work was discovered in 2007, two years after her death. This double exhibition, Sabine Weiss - Vivian Maier : Made in USA, is a major first. It is set in the theatre of the American city - New York, Chicago, Washington, Philadelphia - that ultimately brought them together. It brings them together in a dialogue that shows their genuine curiosity about everyday life and their deep attention to physiognomies, attitudes and dress. It shows, once again, that photography was vital to both of them.