I admit it. I’m a fan of Vivian Maier. It happened to pretty much everyone over the past year. Her story spread so fast and so far that it’s now unpopular for cool photographers to even admit they like her work. Whatever, I fell for the whole thing. Love her work, love the story, everything.

When I saw that there was a Kickstarter project for creating a documentary “Finding Vivian Maier” I donated 10 bucks. In return, I received this empty film spool which at one time held one of her negatives.

Being a total film nerd means that I think this is the coolest thing ever. A Vivian Maier photograph may have originated from this very spool. I wonder which one. Maybe this?

Or this!