by Gaëlle Josse · J'ai lu · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782290220290
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«Une femme en contre-jour» is the biographical novel by Gaëlle Josse, published by J'ai lu in paperback (160 pages, in French).
The novel reconstructs the life of Vivian Maier, an American photographer of French origin who worked as a nanny and portrayed the marginalized people on the streets of New York and Chicago. Maier's work, discovered by chance after her death in a storage unit, turned her into a case of posthumous glory: a story about solitude, invisibility, and art.
The work was originally published in 2019 and this paperback edition appeared in 2020.
Reading for those seeking a fictionalized approach to the life of Vivian Maier and the world of photography.
