Nicholas Nixon: Family
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.
![Black-and-white photograph of a woman reclining in a white bathtub looking up](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/NN-04-002-1133x900.jpg)
Nicholas Nixon, Bebe, Cambridge, 1980
gelatin silver contact print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]
![Black-and-white photograph of a boy lying on the floor of a sunny room with his face turned to the viewer](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/04-546_Black-and-Sam-Cambridge-February-1995-1126x900.jpg)
Nicholas Nixon, Black and Sam, Cambridge, 1995
gelatin silver contact print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]
![Black-and-white photograph of two shirtless young children standing next to each other](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/NN-04-569-1143x900.jpg)
Nicholas Nixon, Clementine and Sam, Cambridge, 1989
gelatin silver contact print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]
![Black-and-white photograph of of a boy's bent-over back against the backdrop of a seashore](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/NN-04-558-711x900.jpg)
Nicholas Nixon, Sam, St. Maries de la Mar, France, 1997
gelatin silver contact print, 10 x 8 inches (sheet) [25.4 x 20.3 cm]
![Black-and-white photographic portrait of a woman wearing a black hat](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/NN-04-251-713x900.jpg)
Nicholas Nixon, Bebe, Lexington, 1996
gelatin silver contact print, 10 x 8 inches (sheet) [25.4 x 20.3 cm]
![Black-and-white photograph of a woman kissing a baby's head](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/NN-04-557-1133x900.jpg)
Nicholas Nixon, Clementine, Cambridge, 1985
gelatin silver contact print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]
![Black-and-white photograph of a boy seated in a kitchen with his chin in his hand with a woman and child behind him](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/NN-04-576-1125x900.jpg)
Nicholas Nixon, Sam, Cambridge, 1990
gelatin silver contact print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]
![Black-and-white close-up photograph of a woman's arms with stitches holding a drooling toddler](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/NN-04-035-1130x900.jpg)
Nicholas Nixon, Clementine and Bebe, Cambridge, 1986
gelatin silver contact print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]
![Black-and-white photograph of a man's bearded face in a woman's wiry gray hair](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/NN-10-083-692x900.jpg)
Nicholas Nixon, Bebe and I, Brookline, 2012
gelatin silver contact print, 14 x 11 inches (sheet) [35.6 x 27.9 cm]
![Black-and-white photograph of a woman reclining in a white bathtub looking up](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/NN-04-002.jpg?fit=675%2C536&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Nicholas NixonBebe, Cambridge
1980
gelatin silver contact print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]
![Black-and-white photograph of a boy lying on the floor of a sunny room with his face turned to the viewer](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/04-546_Black-and-Sam-Cambridge-February-1995.jpg?fit=675%2C540&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Nicholas NixonBlack and Sam, Cambridge
1995
gelatin silver contact print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]
![Black-and-white photograph of two shirtless young children standing next to each other](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/NN-04-569.jpg?fit=675%2C532&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Nicholas NixonClementine and Sam, Cambridge
1989
gelatin silver contact print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]
![Black-and-white photograph of of a boy's bent-over back against the backdrop of a seashore](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/NN-04-558.jpg?fit=675%2C855&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Nicholas NixonSam, St. Maries de la Mar, France
1997
gelatin silver contact print, 10 x 8 inches (sheet) [25.4 x 20.3 cm]
![Black-and-white photographic portrait of a woman wearing a black hat](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/NN-04-251.jpg?fit=675%2C852&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Nicholas NixonBebe, Lexington
1996
gelatin silver contact print, 10 x 8 inches (sheet) [25.4 x 20.3 cm]
![Black-and-white photograph of a woman kissing a baby's head](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/NN-04-557.jpg?fit=675%2C536&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Nicholas NixonClementine, Cambridge
1985
gelatin silver contact print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]
![Black-and-white photograph of a boy seated in a kitchen with his chin in his hand with a woman and child behind him](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/NN-04-576.jpg?fit=675%2C540&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Nicholas NixonSam, Cambridge
1990
gelatin silver contact print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]
![Black-and-white close-up photograph of a woman's arms with stitches holding a drooling toddler](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/NN-04-035.jpg?fit=675%2C538&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Nicholas NixonClementine and Bebe, Cambridge
1986
gelatin silver contact print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]
![Black-and-white photograph of a man's bearded face in a woman's wiry gray hair](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/NN-10-083.jpg?fit=675%2C877&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Nicholas NixonBebe and I, Brookline
2012
gelatin silver contact print, 14 x 11 inches (sheet) [35.6 x 27.9 cm]