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WASHINGTON (AP) - Taken individually, the 31 photos of the four Brown sisters don't tell much of a story. But collectively, they are a thought-provoking photographic essay on family, aging and how human relationships develop over time.
It's the work of Nicholas Nixon, a professional photographer who is married to one of the Browns — Bebe. For 31 years, he's chosen one black-and-white shot of the sisters, always in natural light and always in the same left-to-right order — Heather, Mimi, Bebe and Laurie. The photos usually are taken on a lawn or beach.
New York's Museum of Modern Art and Harvard's Fogg Museum mounted exhibits for the first 25 photos. Now the National Gallery of Art is displaying all 31.
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