Every year since 1975, American photographer Nicholas Nixon (b. 1947) has taken a portrait of his wife Bebe and her three sisters. The requirements for this unusual, long-term artistic project are extremely simple: The four women reunite for a group portrait, with the only constants being the order in which they appear left to right and the size of the negative. The sisters are usually portrayed within a narrow frame, often shown standing and from the chest up – more rarely seated or in full view – and looking directly into the camera. Over a period of 40 years a singular series has developed, one that asserts the reality of the photograph just as much as it expresses the passage of time, a transience marked by the changing relationships among the sisters.
On the occasion of the project’s 40th anniversary, the series’ 40 photographs will be on view, along with a monograph.
Also, this exhibition is presented in France at Musée du Temps of Besançon until May 10th, 2015.
EXHIBITIONS
The Brown Sisters, 40 years
Nicholas Nixon
From March 20th to July 5th, 2015
Pinakothek der Moderne
Barer Straße 40
80333 München
Germany
T +49.(0)89.23805-360
http://www.pinakothek.de
The Brown Sisters, 40 years
Nicholas Nixon
From February 21st to May 10th, 2015
Musée du Temps
96 Grande rue
25000 Besançon
France
T +33 03.81.87.81.50
http://www.mdt.besancon.fr
