Nicholas Nixon

Nicholas Nixon: THE BROWN SISTERS. 40 YEARS

Nicholas Nixon: THE BROWN SISTERS. 40 YEARS

Every year since 1975, American photographer Nicholas Nixon (b. 1947) has taken a portrait of his wife Bebe and her three sisters. The requirements for this unusual, long-term artistic project are extremely simple: The four women reunite for a group portrait, with the only constants being the order in which they appear left to right and the size of the…
Nicholas Nixon shoots four sisters every year for 40 years

Nicholas Nixon shoots four sisters every year for 40 years

In August 1974, Nick Nixon made a photograph of his wife, Bebe, and her three sisters. He wasn’t pleased with the result and discarded the negative. In July 1975 he made one that seemed promising enough to keep. At the time, the Brown sisters were 15 (Mimi), 21 (Laurie), 23 (Heather), and 25 (Bebe). The following June, Laurie Brown graduated…