Send us a text When Vivian Maier died in 2009, she left behind over 100,000 negatives, hundreds of undeveloped rolls of film—and no will. Her belongings were sold off in storage auctions, her photographs scattered, and the county of Cook suddenly found itself the legal guardian of a genius no one knew existed. In this episode, host Teresa Porter unpacks what happens when art becomes evidence, when creativity is reduced to paperwork, and when a system built to handle bank accounts and sofas tr...
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Send us a text When Vivian Maier died in 2009, she left behind over 100,000 negatives, hundreds of undeveloped rolls of film—and no will. Her belongings were sold off in storage auctions, her photographs scattered, and the county of Cook suddenly found itself the legal guardian of a genius no one knew existed. In this episode, host Teresa Porter unpacks what happens when art becomes evidence, when creativity is reduced to paperwork, and when a system built to handle bank accounts and sofas tr...
Send us a text In this special update episode of The Vanishing of Vivian Maier Podcast, host Teresa Porter shares the latest development in the ongoing legal proceedings surrounding Vivian Maier’s estate. Originally scheduled for a pivotal Cook County probate hearing on October 15, 2025, the case has now been continued to January 15, 2026, as the court allows new documentation to be filed. This delay—mysterious yet fitting—mirrors Maier’s own life story: layered, complex, and resistant to eas...
The Vanishing of Vivian Maier
Send us a text When Vivian Maier died in 2009, she left behind over 100,000 negatives, hundreds of undeveloped rolls of film—and no will. Her belongings were sold off in storage auctions, her photographs scattered, and the county of Cook suddenly found itself the legal guardian of a genius no one knew existed. In this episode, host Teresa Porter unpacks what happens when art becomes evidence, when creativity is reduced to paperwork, and when a system built to handle bank accounts and sofas tr...
