Pictures of People
1988
£30.00
First edition of Pictures of People by Nicholas Nixon. First impression. Medium format softback in near fine condition. Some age related toning and minor shelf wear to the covers only.
About
PICTURES OF PEOPLE is divided into five sections representing the five major series Nixon has produced since 1977: photographs of groups of people outdoors (1977-82); portraits of the elderly (1983-85); nude studies of Nixon's family (1980-88); annual portraits of the photographer's wife and her three sisters (1975-88); and excerpts from work-in-progress on portraits of people with AIDS (since 1987).
In his essay, Peter Galassi observes that Nixon's work is free of irony and sentimental cliche - "His pictures persuade us that we see individuals, not symptoms of a problem, or, worse, heroes of the solution. This achievement arises from Nixon's talent for pictorial invention, his sureness of craft, and above all his frankness of purpose, without which the other two would matter little."
