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.

Nicholas Nixon, Elm Street, East Cambridge, 1981
gelatin silver contact print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]

Nicholas Nixon, Boston Common, 1978
gelatin silver contact print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]

Nicholas Nixon, Covington, Kentucky, 1982
gelatin silver contact print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]

Nicholas Nixon, Yazoo City, Mississippi, 1979
gelatin silver contact print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]

Nicholas Nixon, Ashland, Kentucky, 1982
gelatin silver contact print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]

Nicholas Nixon, Brixton, London, 1981
gelatin silver contact print, 8 x 10 inches [20.3 x 25.4 cm]

Nicholas Nixon, Cypress Street, Oakland, California, 1982
gelatin silver contact print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]

Nicholas Nixon, Eloise, Florida, 1982
gelatin silver contact print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]

Nicholas Nixon, Nahant Beach, Lynn, Massachusetts, 1979
gelatin silver contact print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]

Nicholas Nixon, MDC Park Allston, Massachusetts, 1980
gelatin silver contact print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]

Nicholas Nixon, Boston, 1980
gelatin silver contact print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]

Nicholas Nixon, Carson Beach, South Boston, 1978
gelatin silver contact print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]

Nicholas NixonElm Street, East Cambridge
1981
gelatin silver contact print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]

Nicholas NixonBoston Common
1978
gelatin silver contact print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]

Nicholas NixonCovington, Kentucky
1982
gelatin silver contact print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]

Nicholas NixonYazoo City, Mississippi
1979
gelatin silver contact print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]

Nicholas NixonAshland, Kentucky
1982
gelatin silver contact print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]

Nicholas NixonBrixton, London
1981
gelatin silver contact print, 8 x 10 inches [20.3 x 25.4 cm]

Nicholas NixonCypress Street, Oakland, California
1982
gelatin silver contact print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]

Nicholas NixonEloise, Florida
1982
gelatin silver contact print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]

Nicholas NixonNahant Beach, Lynn, Massachusetts
1979
gelatin silver contact print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]

Nicholas NixonMDC Park Allston, Massachusetts
1980
gelatin silver contact print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]

Nicholas NixonBoston
1980
gelatin silver contact print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]

Nicholas NixonCarson Beach, South Boston
1978
gelatin silver contact print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]