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
Black-and-white photograph of a boy lying on the floor of a sunny room with his face turned to the viewer
Black-and-white photograph of two shirtless young children standing next to each other
Black-and-white photograph of of a boy's bent-over back against the backdrop of a seashore
Black-and-white photographic portrait of a woman wearing a black hat
Black-and-white photograph of a woman kissing a baby's head
Black-and-white photograph of a boy seated in a kitchen with his chin in his hand with a woman and child behind him
Black-and-white close-up photograph of a woman's arms with stitches holding a drooling toddler
Black-and-white photograph of a man's bearded face in a woman's wiry gray hair
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