Nicholas Nixon

Photographed in exquisite detail with a large-format camera, the modest details of light through a curtain or the undulations of grass become a rich source for meditative thought.

The artist’s frank photographs of his wife and two children, though deeply personal, evoke the universal themes of family life with its deep intimacy, trust, and love.

With deep compassion, the artist documents the challenges and struggles of people in the final stages of their lives. The complex considerations of subject and form provoke a meditation on the depth of the human experience.

The artist turns the camera on himself, offering unflinching and close-up views of his face, hands, neck, and chest, visibly marked by time.

Through complex compositions of building surfaces, window reflections, and shadows, the artist surveys the dense Boston cityscape.

Photographing with an 8×10-inch view camera, the artist engaged strangers to create humanist portraits in the shared public spaces of parks, beaches, front porches, and stoops.