Nicholas Nixon Maggie Liguori

Nicholas nixon Born in 1947 1970-71 Detroit, Michigan, architectural photographer 1974-present Cambridge, Massachusetts, freelance photographer BA – University of Michigan MFA – University of New Mexico Part-time Professor – Massachusetts College of Art and Design

Inspired Large-format Cameras Walker Evans Edward Weston

Old People and Patients (1987) Nixon’s other works The Brown Sisters (1975-2015) Old People and Patients (1987)

Close far - self Self (02), 2008 Self (36), 2009 Self(24), 2009 Aperature / Shutter Speed : ap low bc depth of field shallow, shutter speed fast – lots of light Natural light / front light – minimal shadows How weston looked at objects differently – nixon is looking at human body differently Self (36), 2009 Self(24), 2009

Self (11), 2008 Self (03), 2008 Self (29), 2009 Self (04), 2008 Texture, black and white, “uncomfortable” images, body isolation, contrast

Self (32), 2009 Self (27), 2009 Self (09), 2008 Self (19), 2008 Large-format cameras used to show great detail – to make negatives (B&W) Fill the frame

References Nicholas Nixon|MoMa. The Museum of Modern Art. N.p, n.d. Web. 05 Mar. 2017. Nixon, Nicholas. “Forty Portraits in Forty Years.” The New York Times. The New York Times, 03 Oct. 2014. Web. 06 Mar. 2017. “Nicholas Nixon.” Fraenkel Gallery. N.p., n.d. Web. 06 Mar. 2017. 2005 National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. “National Gallery of Art – Nicholas Nixon: The Brown Sisters, Thirty Years.” N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Mar. 2017. “Nicholas Nixon Catalogue.” Nicholas Nixon Catalogue. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Mar. 2017. Utterlinden, Nora. “Close Far.” GUP. N.p., Sept. 2013. Web. 05 Mar. 2017. https://www.moma.org/artists/4315?=undefined&page=2&direction=fwd https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/10/03/magazine/01-brown-sisters-forty-years.html?_r=0 https://fraenkelgallery.com/artists/nicholas-nixon https://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/nixoninfo.shtm http://www.artnet.com/awc/nicholas-nixon.html http://www.gupmagazine.com/books/nicholas-nixon/close-far