Ben Oliver

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film
11 June 2026

Finding Vivian Maier

“The real question is, why did she do this kind of work?”
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In 2007 John Maloof, a local historian in Chicago, found a huge stack of film negatives in an auction and began scanning them. It quickly became clear that they were of some artistic importance, so he tried find out more about the elusive woman who took them: Vivian Maier. Unfortunately by the time he’d put the work together and tracked her down, she had passed away in early 2009.

photography
09 June 2026

Stanage Edge in half frame

We went on a morning walk to Hathersage and Stanage Edge the other week. I thought the pocket sized Pentax 17 might be an interesting choice to bring along.

film
07 June 2026

Joe Kidd

An ex-bounty hunter (Clint Eastwood) reluctantly gets roped into a posse led by Robert Duvall, on the hunt for the leader of a Mexican peasant uprising.

book
06 June 2026

Men Without Women

I’m a bit late with this one because it took me ages to finish the book, but this is what the film Drive My Car is based on.

film
06 June 2026

The Magic Faraway Tree

Proof that I will watch Rebecca Ferguson in anything.

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