Nicholas Nixon: The Brown Sisters

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Nicholas Nixon: The Brown Sisters

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, connection, and time.

Black and white photograph of four women standing shoulder to shoulder in a garden — Nicholas Nixon, The Brown Sisters, 1975

gelatin silver contact print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]

Black-and-white photographic portrait of four young women with long hair standing in front of a clapboard wall — Nicholas Nixon, The Brown Sisters, Harwichport, Massachusetts, 1978

gelatin silver contact print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]

Black-and-white photographic portrait of four young women seated outdoors on grass — Nicholas Nixon, The Brown Sisters, Cincinnati, 1981

gelatin silver contact print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]

Black-and-white photographic portrait of four young women dressed in sweaters standing under a cloudy sky — Nicholas Nixon, The Brown Sisters, Ipswich, Massachusetts, 1982

gelatin silver contact print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]

Black-and-white photographic portrait of four young women standing on a sunny beach with the ocean on the horizon — Nicholas Nixon, The Brown Sisters, Truro, Massachusetts, 1984

gelatin silver contact print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]

Black-and-white photographic portrait of four women standing looking slightly down at the viewer — Nicholas Nixon, The Brown Sisters, Watertown, Massachusetts, 1991

gelatin silver contact print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]

Black-and-white photographic portrait of four women with arms around each other standing in front of a blank wall — Nicholas Nixon, The Brown Sisters, Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts, 1997

gelatin silver contact print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]

Black-and-white photographic portrait of four women standing outside — Nicholas Nixon, The Brown Sisters, Brookline, Massachusetts, 1999

gelatin silver contact print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]

Black-and-white photographic portrait of four middle-aged women with two looking into the distance and two looking at the viewer — Nicholas Nixon, The Brown Sisters, Truro, Massachusetts, 2011

gelatin silver contact print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]

Black-and-white photographic portrait of four older women with their arms around each other standing in front of a curtained window — Nicholas Nixon, The Brown Sisters, Brookline, Massachusetts, 2018

gelatin silver contact print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]

Nicholas NixonThe Brown Sisters

1975

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Nicholas NixonThe Brown Sisters, Harwichport, Massachusetts

1978

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Nicholas NixonThe Brown Sisters, Cincinnati

1981

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Nicholas NixonThe Brown Sisters, Ipswich, Massachusetts

1982

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Nicholas NixonThe Brown Sisters, Truro, Massachusetts

1984

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Nicholas NixonThe Brown Sisters, Watertown, Massachusetts

1991

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Nicholas NixonThe Brown Sisters, Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts

1997

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Nicholas NixonThe Brown Sisters, Brookline, Massachusetts

1999

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Nicholas NixonThe Brown Sisters, Truro, Massachusetts

2011

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Nicholas NixonThe Brown Sisters, Brookline, Massachusetts

2018

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