Nicholas Nixon is known for the ease and intimacy of his black and white large format photographs. Nixon has photographed porch life in the rural south, schools ...

Nicholas Nixon (born October 27, 1947) is an American photographer, known for his work in portraiture and documentary photography, and for using the 8×10 ...

The artist currently lives and works in Boston, MA. Today, his photographs are held in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the National ...

Nixon has been exploring portraiture and social photography since the 1970s. Although best known for The Brown Sisters, he has created several other series ...

In an exclusive conversation with LensCulture, Nixon talks about why he threw away the first photo of “The Brown Sisters,” imparts some invaluable wisdom ...

Nicholas Nixon, born in 1947, is known for the ease and intimacy of his black and white large format photography. Nixon has photographed porch life in the ...

Nicholas Nixon is a photographer known for his work in portraiture and documentary, his use of the 8-by-10-inch view camera, and his engagement with ...

Begun in 1975, this annual portrait series shows the artist's wife and her three sisters. Seen together, the series is a deeply moving portrait of family, ...

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A native of Detroit, Nicholas Nixon chose to become a photographer while a student of American literature at the University of Michigan.