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Dec 12, 2017 · The Brown sisters, Truro, Massachusetts, 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 ...
The Extraordinary Portraits of the Brown Sisters. 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 casually and gazing impassively into the camera.
Documentary photography. Spouse. Bebe Brown. Children. 2. Nicholas Nixon (born October 27, 1947) is an American photographer, known for his work in portraiture and documentary photography, and for using the 8×10 inch view camera .
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. He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1969 with a bachelor’s degree in American literature.
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Oct 3, 2014 · Forty Portraits in Forty Years. The Brown sisters have been photographed every year since 1975. The latest image in the series is published here for the first time. Nicholas Nixon was visiting his ...
In the summer of 1974, Nicholas Nixon made a portrait of his wife, Bebe Brown, with her three sisters. Unsatisfied with the result, Nixon made another attempt the following summer, during the next family gathering.
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In 1975, Nicholas Nixon made a photograph of his wife, Bebe, with her three sisters at a Brown family gathering, which became the starting point for one of the most remarkable portrait series of our time.
