Nicholas Nixon: Old People & Patients
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.
![Black-and-white photograph of an old man pushing his fingers into his temples.](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/NN-03-003-1132x900.jpg)
Nicholas Nixon, F.K., Boston, 1984
gelatin silver contact print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]
![Black-and-white photograph of a seated emaciated man resting his forearms on his knees](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2005/01/NN-05-005-1124x900.jpg)
Nicholas Nixon, Donald Perham, Milford, New Hampshire, 1988
gelatin silver contact print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]
![Black-and-white photograph of the profile of a seated elderly woman](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/03-001-1123x900.jpg)
Nicholas Nixon, C.C., Boston, 1983
gelatin silver contact print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]
![Black-and-white photograph of the hand of an elderly person resting on a tray table](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/03-013-1126x900.jpg)
Nicholas Nixon, A.B., Boston, 1985
gelatin silver contact print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]
![Black-and-white three-quarter photographic portrait of an elderly woman](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2005/01/NN-03-008-1129x900.jpg)
Nicholas Nixon, A.I., Boston, 1985
gelatin-silver contact print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]
![Black-and-white photgraph of the back of a person's bald head](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/03-054-727x900.jpg)
Nicholas Nixon, John Royston, Easton, Massachusetts, 2006
gelatin-silver print, 24 x 20 inches (sheet) [61.0 x 50.8 cm]
![Black-and-white photograph of an elderly woman lying in bed raising her open hand to the viewew](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/03-039-729x900.jpg)
Nicholas Nixon, Ruth Burnett, Dorchester, 2005
gelatin silver contact print, 10 x 8 inches (sheet) [25.4 x 20.3 cm]
![Black-and-white photograph of a woman cradling a crying baby's head beneath her chin](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/03-066-729x900.jpg)
Nicholas Nixon, Melissa and Aaron Pires, Boston, 2007
gelatin silver contact print, 10 x 8 inches (sheet) [25.4 x 20.3 cm]
![Black-and-white photograph of a young man in bed embracing an older man on his shoulder with one arm](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2005/01/NN-05-013-1138x900.jpg)
Nicholas Nixon, Dr. Robert Sappenfield with his son Bob, Dorchester, Massachusetts, 1988
gelatin silver contact print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]
![Black-and-white photograph of the bare back of a man with his hand against a windowpane](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2005/01/NN-05-001-1126x900.jpg)
Nicholas Nixon, Tom Moran, East Braintree, Massachusetts, 1987
gelatin silver contact print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]