Nicholas Nixon: Details

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.

Black and white photograph of sunlight filtering through a lace curtain
Black-and-white photograph of diagonal stripes of light on a matted photograph of a seascape
Black-and-white photograph of a latticed screen outside a window
Black-and-white photograph of a metal mailbox on the wall of a clap-board sided house
Black-and-white photograph of a stairway from beneath between two clapboard walls
Black-and-white photograph of light through a crumpled sheer curtain
Black-and-white photograph of light and shadow through a curtain
Black-and-white photograph of a window curtain pulled back onto a hook in the window frame
Black-and-white photograph of a patch of light on an embroidered picture of two dancing figures and a satyr
Black-and-white photograph of grass bending in a breeze
Black-and-white photograph of mud and plant matter on a riverbank
Black-and-white photograph of flattened stems of grass
Black-and-white photograph of cut and torn scraps of white fabric
Black-and-white photograph of the corner of a wool shawl with fringed edges
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