The Vanishing of Vivian Maier
The Vanishing of Vivian Maier is a documentary-style podcast about beauty, discovery, and what happens when art outlives the artist. Hosted by Teresa Porter, this series traces how one of the greatest photographers of the 20th century was discovered by accident — and how her posthumous fame sparked questions about ownership, ethics, and legacy.
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Podcasting since 2025 • 8 episodes
The Vanishing of Vivian Maier
Latest Episodes
Karl Maier, Part II: Raised by Institutions
In Part II of Karl Maier’s story, we follow the final—and most defining—years of Vivian Maier’s older brother’s life.After childhood abandonment, incarceration, and repeated attempts at structure through institutions meant to replace fam...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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An Update from Probate Court
Before we return with our next full episode on Vivian Maier’s brother, Karl—currently in production—we’re pausing the series briefly to share an important court update.While there haven’t been headlines, the probate case connected to Viv...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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Karl Maier: Older Brother Trouble
Before Vivian Maier became a photographic mystery, she was a child in a deeply fractured family.And before her work became trapped in probate court, her older brother Karl had already lived a life shaped by institutions.We begin K...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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18:57
Out of the Shadows, Into the Courts
When Vivian Maier died in 2009, she left behind no will, no known heirs, and no clear instructions for what should happen to the hundreds of thousands of photographs she’d quietly made over a lifetime. What she did leave behind was unc...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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27:59
The Bureaucracy of Death
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...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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