Nicholas Nixon (Detroit (Michigan), 1947) is an American photographer.
Nixon is famous for his portraits and photo documentaries. He uses a technical camera with an image size of 8x10 inches, always photographing in black and white.
biographyNixon studied English at the University of Michigan, where he graduated in 1969. He obtained a degree as Master of Fine Arts at the University of New Mexico in 1974.
The first exhibition of Nixon took place in 1976 in the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. The curator of the exhibition was John Szarkowski. The early work of Nixon is seen as part of the New Topographics flow. Work
Nixon is influenced to use large format cameras through the pictures of Edward Weston and Walker Evans. Most professional photographers no longer use these cameras, and have passed on better portable small-screen cameras. Nixon prefers the larger format because it allows contact prints directly from the negatives. This preserves the clarity and integrity of the image.
Nixon began in 1975 with one of his most famous projects, entitled The Brown Sisters. This series of photographs consists of annual portraits of four sisters. The oldest of them is Nixon's wife. The sisters are always in the same order, but are dressed differently from year to year, their hairpower changes to taste and fashion, and there is of course aging for now for 33 years in 2010. The series is exhibited in the Dutch Photo Museum in Rotterdam in 2010.
Another well-known series of Nixon is People With AIDS, which he started in 1987. This series is sometimes seen as incarnating and full of compassion, but was also convicted because the series would be cruel and exploitative. This led to demonstrations at the opening of the exhibition of these photos. The Action Up Action Group! (abbreviation of AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) objected to the exhibition because it showed only the suffering of the AIDS patients, none of whom were "vibrant and sexy" in this group.
Other subjects of Nixon are people in nursing homes, schoolchildren, the city of Boston, the blind, and home life with his wife Bebe and their children, Samuel and Clementine Nixon.
Since 1975, Nixon has been part-time lecturer at Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Books Externe link
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