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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 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...
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.
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One photo every year, for over four decades. 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...
Heather Brown McCann, Mimi Brown, Bebe Brown Nixon, Laurie Brown, New Canaan, Conn. Date: 1975. Artist: Nicholas Nixon American, born 1947
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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Acknowledgements to: sister Bebe's photographer husband, Nicholas Nixon; Bebe and her three sisters Heather, Mimi, and Laurie; and The New York Times.
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