Nicholas Nixon: People
Photographing with an 8×10-inch view camera, the artist engaged strangers to create humanist portraits in the shared public spaces of parks, beaches, front porches, and stoops.
![Children gathered around a window looking out or standing next to the building outside](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/NN-02-070-1125x900.jpg)
Nicholas Nixon, Elm Street, East Cambridge, 1981
gelatin silver contact print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]
![Black-and-white photograph of four children reclining on stone steps in the sun](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/02-027-1129x900.jpg)
Nicholas Nixon, Boston Common, 1978
gelatin silver contact print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]
![Black-and-white photograph of young children peering out of an open doorway and window with a boy leaning on the outer wall](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Nicholas_Nixon_People_0062.jpg)
Nicholas Nixon, Covington, Kentucky, 1982
gelatin silver contact print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]
![Black-and-white photograph of a seated young shirtless man with his arm around a standing young girl in a light-colored dress on a porch](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Nicholas_Nixon_People_012.jpg)
Nicholas Nixon, Yazoo City, Mississippi, 1979
gelatin silver contact print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]
![Black-and-white photograph of six children and a man seated around a couch on a porch](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Nicholas_Nixon_People_007.jpg)
Nicholas Nixon, Ashland, Kentucky, 1982
gelatin silver contact print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]
![Black-and-white photograph of a group of children gathered near a brick wall](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/02-068-1136x900.jpg)
Nicholas Nixon, Brixton, London, 1981
gelatin silver contact print, 8 x 10 inches [20.3 x 25.4 cm]
![Black-and-white photograph of six children gathered on the stoop of two apartments](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/02-092-1131x900.jpg)
Nicholas Nixon, Cypress Street, Oakland, California, 1982
gelatin silver contact print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]
![Black-and-white photograph of a young woman leaning on a doorframe on a porch surrounded by several other seated people](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2000/03/NN-02-088-1130x900.jpg)
Nicholas Nixon, Eloise, Florida, 1982
gelatin silver contact print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]
![Black-and-white photograph of three young adults reclining on blankets on a beach](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Nicholas_Nixon_People_0051.jpg)
Nicholas Nixon, Nahant Beach, Lynn, Massachusetts, 1979
gelatin silver contact print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]
![Black-and-white photograph of a man standing with his hands on his hips on a picnic blanket over a woman putting up her hair](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/02-061-1142x900.jpg)
Nicholas Nixon, MDC Park Allston, Massachusetts, 1980
gelatin silver contact print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]
![Black-and-white photograph of a man and a woman lying on a blanket next to a riverbank](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/02-051-1141x900.jpg)
Nicholas Nixon, Boston, 1980
gelatin silver contact print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]
![Black-and-white photograph of two young men in swimming shorts standing over a young woman sunbathing in a bathing suit lying down with her eyes closed](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Nicholas_Nixon_People_010.jpg)
Nicholas Nixon, Carson Beach, South Boston, 1978
gelatin silver contact print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]
![Children gathered around a window looking out or standing next to the building outside](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/NN-02-070.jpg?fit=675%2C540&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Nicholas NixonElm Street, East Cambridge
1981
gelatin silver contact print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]
![Black-and-white photograph of four children reclining on stone steps in the sun](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/02-027.jpg?fit=675%2C538&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Nicholas NixonBoston Common
1978
gelatin silver contact print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]
![Black-and-white photograph of young children peering out of an open doorway and window with a boy leaning on the outer wall](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Nicholas_Nixon_People_0062.jpg?fit=675%2C536&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Nicholas NixonCovington, Kentucky
1982
gelatin silver contact print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]
![Black-and-white photograph of a seated young shirtless man with his arm around a standing young girl in a light-colored dress on a porch](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Nicholas_Nixon_People_012.jpg?fit=675%2C543&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Nicholas NixonYazoo City, Mississippi
1979
gelatin silver contact print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]
![Black-and-white photograph of six children and a man seated around a couch on a porch](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Nicholas_Nixon_People_007.jpg?fit=675%2C531&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Nicholas NixonAshland, Kentucky
1982
gelatin silver contact print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]
![Black-and-white photograph of a group of children gathered near a brick wall](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/02-068.jpg?fit=675%2C535&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Nicholas NixonBrixton, London
1981
gelatin silver contact print, 8 x 10 inches [20.3 x 25.4 cm]
![Black-and-white photograph of six children gathered on the stoop of two apartments](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/02-092.jpg?fit=675%2C537&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Nicholas NixonCypress Street, Oakland, California
1982
gelatin silver contact print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]
![Black-and-white photograph of a young woman leaning on a doorframe on a porch surrounded by several other seated people](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2000/03/NN-02-088.jpg?fit=675%2C538&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Nicholas NixonEloise, Florida
1982
gelatin silver contact print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]
![Black-and-white photograph of three young adults reclining on blankets on a beach](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Nicholas_Nixon_People_0051.jpg?fit=675%2C541&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Nicholas NixonNahant Beach, Lynn, Massachusetts
1979
gelatin silver contact print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]
![Black-and-white photograph of a man standing with his hands on his hips on a picnic blanket over a woman putting up her hair](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/02-061.jpg?fit=675%2C532&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Nicholas NixonMDC Park Allston, Massachusetts
1980
gelatin silver contact print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]
![Black-and-white photograph of a man and a woman lying on a blanket next to a riverbank](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/02-051.jpg?fit=675%2C533&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Nicholas NixonBoston
1980
gelatin silver contact print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]
![Black-and-white photograph of two young men in swimming shorts standing over a young woman sunbathing in a bathing suit lying down with her eyes closed](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Nicholas_Nixon_People_010.jpg?fit=675%2C542&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Nicholas NixonCarson Beach, South Boston
1978
gelatin silver contact print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]