Nicholas and Bebe Nixon at the opening of an exhibit of his series "The Brown Sisters"in Granada, Spain, May 6, 2009.
Nicholas Nixon, Self-Portrait, 1997Of working photographers, there are very few producing images as good as those Nicholas Nixon makes. Here are a few gallery invites from the last ten years.
Zabriskie Gallery, New York City, 2001
Stiff card, 7.25 by 9 inchesFraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, 2004
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Opened to poster view20 by 16.5 inches, folded twice
Yossi Milo Gallery, NYC, 2006
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Back8.75 by 11.5 inches, folded once
Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, 2009
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Back
Opened
With flap opened17.5 by 10 inches, folded twice
Nicholas Nixon by Bill Jay, 1973And speaking of the Brown Sisters (which I'll assume you know), the British artist Idris Khan, who makes layered composites of appropriated imagery, has aggregated every one of the Brown sister photos into a single, rather cool, image.
every...Nicholas Nixon's Brown Sisters, 2004
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Wow that last photo of every Brown Sister put together is really cool. You can't make out the faces, but if you've seen the Brown Sisters collection then you can get a feel for it, and envision them all in their order. I just recently saw the Brown Sisters pieces at Phoenix Art Museum, what a treat. The photos really capture each sister’s personality, to an extent, and how they change over time.
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