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Dec 12, 2017 · In July of 1975, Nicholas Nixon took his first photograph of his wife, Bebe (née Brown), and her three sisters, Heather, Mimi, and Laurie.
Jan 9, 2023 · Nixon’s showcase, titled “The Brown Sisters,” was a temporal assemblage of 45 horizontally placed portraits featuring his wife Bebe, alongside her four sisters — Heather, Mimi and Laurie. Nicholas Nixon was born in Detroit in 1947.
- Cecilia Duran
Jan 7, 2015 · Nixon always arranges the Brown sisters in the same order, with Mimi (the youngest) and Bebe (the oldest) flanked by middle sisters Heather (on the left) and Laurie (on the right).
- Malcolm Gay
Oct 3, 2014 · Who are these sisters? We’re never told (though we know their names: from left, Heather, Mimi, Bebe and Laurie; Bebe, of the penetrating gaze, is Nixon’s wife).
Jan 2, 2015 · The family photography special: Nicholas Nixon’s The Brown Sisters: Forty Years. In 1975, the American photographer Nicholas Nixon took a portrait of his wife, Bebe, and her three sisters. He...
Nov 23, 2014 · This year marks the 40th anniversary of Nicholas Nixon’s The Brown Sisters, a photo series that documents his wife, Bebe, and her three sisters, Heather, Mimi, and Laurie, with one portrait taken every year. The project began in August, 1974, when, apparently on a whim, Nixon shot a group portrait of the sisters.
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Nov 22, 2014 · 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).
