What a shame! Once again greed takes the lead. It looks like Maloof tried to do the right thing but it appears that opportunist Deal is in it for what he personally can get out of it. “The situation bothered me,” – seems like what bothered him was that he wasn’t getting a piece of the action. Besides, I’m not sure how they have a case. The contents of her storage locker, the film, negatives, and photos, were legally sold by the storage company in 2007 when she stopped paying rent on the unit. Maier didn’t die until two years later.
My son gave me a beautiful book of her work for my birthday. My family knows how much I love street photography and have been encouraging me to post more of it. This book and Maire’s work was intended to inspire me to do so. I guess I’d better get after it.
