1. Nicholas Nixon
Maggie Liguori

2. Nicholas nixon
Born in 1947
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

3. Inspired
Large-format Cameras
Walker Evans
Edward Weston

4. Old People and Patients (1987)
Nixon’s other works
The Brown Sisters ( )
Old People and Patients (1987)

5. 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

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

7. 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

8. References
Nicholas Nixon|MoMa. The Museum of Modern Art. N.p, n.d. Web. 05 Mar
Nixon, Nicholas. “Forty Portraits in Forty Years.” The New York Times. The New York Times, 03 Oct Web. 06 Mar
“Nicholas Nixon.” Fraenkel Gallery. N.p., n.d. Web. 06 Mar
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
“Nicholas Nixon Catalogue.” Nicholas Nixon Catalogue. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Mar
Utterlinden, Nora. “Close Far.” GUP. N.p., Sept Web. 05 Mar