THE BROWN SISTERS, FORTY YEARS

Annually, from 1974, Nicholas Nixon made a group portrait of his wife, Bebe, and her three sisters. Always they appear in the same o rderfrom left to right, Heather, Mimi, Bebe, and Laurieand they would jointly agree on a single image to represent a given year. A lso significant, each portrait is made with an 8 x 10 view camera on a tripod and is captured on a black-and-white film negative. n August 1974, Nick Nixon made a photograph of his wife, Bebe, and her three sisters. He wasnt pleased with the result and discarde d the negative...[Read more]