This is the longest time I have been in the exhibition,
In a sense, it is also the one that resonates most strongly.
Vivienne is definitely an outsider in this world. Like the broken glass in a suitcase at the entrance of the exhibition, she silently records and reflects every picture of this vast world.
The negatives, which she carried with her during her lifetime, were auctioned at low prices after her death, documenting a world full of compassion and humor. The stories that should have passed were frozen in time because of her shutter sound. The documentary in the exhibition recorded the pictures of several old French people who saw the deceased in Vivienne's works. Will those moving faces appease Vivienne, who has been paranoid all her life?
I don't think it should be.
Vivian's record is for her own record. She has no desire to become famous through her work, although she also tries to reach out to people who develop photos and feel confident in her work.
She is an enigma, without family, without reason, without children,
Living alone in a society that is a little mean to the underclass. It may be with the help of life experience that she can see the value of all the humble and vulgar things, and also likes to realize the yearning for an emotional life through children and very few friends.
In fact, she is not a qualified nanny with special treatment. How can nanny have such strict coercion on children, have such a strong hatred of men, and maintain such a strong sense of distance from employers. Maybe she is really a "spy", a spy of God, an artist who reluctantly enters society in order to observe society, but cannot integrate into it.
Vivian's works often feature her shadow, as if she has been proclaiming her "presence" in this world, but this does not cause a weird atmosphere like a ghost movie, everything looks warm and warm, with a hint of Feminine delicacy and tenderness.
In the exhibition, when people photograph Vivian's works with cameras and mobile phones, their shadows are also projected by the lights on the wall where her works are hung, forming a fascinating correspondence. A window similar to the one recorded in her photos is also arranged in the exhibition. The visitors and Vivian stand at the same angle to take pictures. I wonder if they are like her, and they feel the effect of photography in life in the mirror reflected by the glass. Charm and meaning.
I feel it anyway.
I always think of the song "Lazy Dog Generation" that has nothing to do with her:
"Write a preface to a famous book, and leave it for posterity to comment."
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