March 25, 2008
Nick NixonRuth Bernett, Dorchester 2005
(above)
Nick Nixon
The Brown Sisters 2004
(left)
Nick Nixon
The Brown Sisters 1975
Nicholas Nixon, born in 1947, is known for the ease and intimacy of his large format photography. Nixon has photographed porch life in the rural south, schools in Boston, cityscapes, sick and dying people, the intimacy of couples, and the ongoing annual portrait of his wife, Bebe, and her three sisters (which he began in 1975). Recording his subjects close and with meticulous detail facilitates the connection between the viewer and the subject. (Excerpt from Fraenkel Gallery)
Solo exhibitions include Museum of Modern Art, NY, Detroit Art Institute, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, St. Louis Art Museum, San Diego Art Museum, Dallas Art Museum, Chicago Art Institute, Musee de la ville de Paris, Toledo Art Museum, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, LA County Museum and Cleveland Art Institute.
Nixon is the recipient of two Guggenheim Fellowships (1977, 1987) and the author of several monographs, Nick Nixon: Pictures of People (Museum of Modern Art), People with AIDS (text by Bebe Nixon, Godine), Family Pictures (Smithsonian), School (Robert Coles co-author, Little Brown), and Nicholas Nixon (TF Editores, Madrid). He recently received a grant to photograph the city of Luxemburg's new immigrant population in 2004-5.
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