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Nicholas Nixon

Title
Nicholas Nixon / coordination, Victoria del Val Hernández ; translation into English, Gérard Goodrow, Josephine Watson.
Author
Nixon, Nicholas, 1947-
Publication
  • Madrid, Spain : Fundación Mapfre ; Heidelberg, Germany : Kehrer Verlag, [2017]
  • ©2017

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Additional Authors
  • Val, Victoria del
  • Goodrow, Gérard A.
  • Watson, Josephine
  • Fundación Mapfre, host institution, publisher, issuing body.
  • Centro Andaluz de la Fotografía (Almería, Spain), host institution.
  • C/O Berlin (Gallery), host institution.
  • Fondation A Stichting, host institution.
  • Kehrer Verlag, publisher.
Description
283 pages : chiefly illustrations, portraits; 30 cm
Summary
This book accompanies a comprehensive retrospective based on around 200 photographs by Nicholas Nixon (b. 1947 in Detroit), who has produced one of the most powerful and personal photographic oeuvres of the past few decades. Nixon expresses himself in a poetic voice that is unmistakable and profoundly original, unaffected by the pressure of contemporary artistic movements and closely connected to reality and life. He returns to the idea of art as an account that can be understood, shared and remembered, establishing a reflexive dialogue and creating a body of work that can trouble us, arouse desires, encourage thought, and transform us. Nixon's photographs can thus be associated with the tradition of documentary photography with a social focus. At the same time, Nixon's work offers a remarkable demonstration of how the traditional tools of photography--a large-format camera, black and white film and contact sheets--can be used to venture into previously unexplored artistic territories. The book offers a chronological survey based on the artist's most important series, concluding with the well-known group of the Brown Sisters that he has created over the past 40 years.
Subject
  • Nixon, Nicholas, 1947- > Exhibitions
  • Nixon, Nicholas, 1947- > Interviews
  • Nixon, Nicholas, 1947-
  • 1900-2099
  • Photography, Artistic > 20th century > Exhibitions
  • Photography, Artistic > 21st century > Exhibitions
  • Black-and-white photography > 20th century > Exhibitions
  • Black-and-white photography > 21st century > Exhibitions
  • Documentary photography > United States > 20th century > Exhibitions
  • Documentary photography > United States > 21st century > Exhibitions
  • Portrait photography > United States > 20th century > Exhibitions
  • Portrait photography > United States > 21st century > Exhibitions
  • Black-and-white photography
  • Documentary photography
  • Photography, Artistic
  • Portrait photography
  • United States
Genre/Form
  • Exhibition catalogs.
  • Interviews.
  • Photobooks.
Note
  • Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at Fundación Mapfre, Madrid, September 14, 2017-January 7, 2018; Centro Andaluz de la Fotografía, Almería, February-April 2018; C/O Berlin, September-December 2018; and at Fondation A Stichting, Brussels, January-April 2019.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (page 19).
Language (note)
  • Text in English, with translations from the Spanish.
Contents
Nicholas Nixon: the Pulse of Time / Carlos Gollonet -- A Conversation with Nicholas Nixon / Carlos Gollonet -- Photographs / Nicholas Nixon -- The Clearest Image / Sebastian Smee -- Chronology / Carlos Martín.
Call Number
JQF 18-493
ISBN
  • 9783868288285
  • 3868288287
OCLC
1002289669
Author
Nixon, Nicholas, 1947- photographer, artist.
Title
Nicholas Nixon / coordination, Victoria del Val Hernández ; translation into English, Gérard Goodrow, Josephine Watson.
Publisher
Madrid, Spain : Fundación Mapfre ; Heidelberg, Germany : Kehrer Verlag, [2017]
Copyright Date
©2017
Type of Content
still image
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page 19).
Event
"Nicholas Nixon" : September 14, 2017-January 7, 2018, Fundación Mapfre, Madrid, Spain.
"Nicholas Nixon" : Feburary-April 2018, Centro Andaluz de la Fotografía, Almería, Spain.
"Nicholas Nixon" : September-December 2018, C/O Berlin, Germany.
"Nicholas Nixon" : January-April 2019, Fondation A. Stichting, Brussels, Belgium.
Language
Text in English, with translations from the Spanish.
Chronological Term
1900-2099
Place of Publication
Spain Madrid Madrid.
Germany Baden-Württemberg Heidelberg.
Added Author
Val, Victoria del, editor.
Nixon, Nicholas, 1947- interviewee.
Goodrow, Gérard A., translator.
Watson, Josephine, translator.
Fundación Mapfre, host institution, publisher, issuing body.
Centro Andaluz de la Fotografía (Almería, Spain), host institution.
C/O Berlin (Gallery), host institution.
Fondation A Stichting, host institution.
Kehrer Verlag, publisher.
Research Call Number
JQF 18-493
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