I chose a 4/3 camera (GF1) because it was the perfect replacement for my LX3 and perfect to carry around. Perfect for street photography.

Because I'm a fan of street photography, I've been blown away by the recently discovered work of a photographer named Vivian Maier. An immigrant from France she lived and died in Chicago — in obscurity. After her death last year, her work was discovered by the man who bought her photographs, negatives and undeveloped film in a sale of the contents of her storage locker.

If you want to see great work, have a look at the blog where her photos are being published: Vivian Maier - Her Discovered Work

I believe that her work will soon be regarded as being up there with the legends.

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Bill,
Welcome to the forum,
You made my day with this post.
Her work is very seductive and intoxicating.
It looks like she used a Rollie. Not easy to do but she did it well.

Maybe you could post some of your images.
Thanks again.... I'm sure we'll see each other around....
Shooter

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Hi Bill. Thanks for the Inspiration thread. I will take a look at her and your site. By the way, what's a Rollie?

Enjoy your weekend!

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The Rollie in question is/was Rolliecord and the next step up was Rollieflex
two great cameras that I started with! They were twin lens reflex film cameras and were the best until Hassy came along!!

By the way I am not Bill the poster!!

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Bill, agreed on the Rollie.
I have to say that my Rollie 2.8 Planar was better than my Hassy 80mm 2.8 Planar. I guess it's because when you release the shutter on the Blad, the world shakes....

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I had a look her images are great some are strong some amusing, lots of footwork these shots don't come easy.

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Thanks for posting this Bill. Makes me want to get out onto the street. She was certainly a great photographer.