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In 1975, photographer Nicholas Nixon took a picture of his wife, Bebe, and her three sisters. The girls stood in a line—first Heather, 23, then Mimi, 15, Bebe, 25, and Laurie, 21—posing...
Nicholas Nixon: The Brown Sisters. Begun in 1975, this annual portrait series shows the artist’s wife and her three sisters. Seen together, the series is a deeply moving portrait of family, connection, and time. Nicholas Nixon, The Brown Sisters, 1975. gelatin silver contact print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm] Inquire.
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. At the time, Bebe was twenty-five, and the others...
Oct 3, 2014 · Nicholas Nixon was visiting his wife’s family when, “on a whim,” he said, he asked her and her three sisters if he could take their picture.
The museum recently acquired The Brown Sisters, an intimate series of forty photographs that spans four decades and captures the poignancy of family relationships and bonds between siblings. In 1975, Nicholas Nixon, a photographer known for his landscapes, took a photo of his wife Bebe and her three sisters Heather, Mimi, and Laurie during a ...
In 1975, Nixon began his project, The Brown Sisters consisting of a single portrait of his wife, Bebe, and her three sisters each year, consistently posed in the same left to right order. As of 2021, there are forty-seven portraits altogether.
Dec 5, 2014 · The mesmerizing series of 40 annual portraits of the Brown Sisters— currently on view in the Museum lobby and captured in special tri-tone reproductions in a new publication —appears to both suspend and accelerate time as viewers pore over the images of the sisters made between 1975 and 2014.
