In 1975, photographer Nicholas Nixon took a picture of his wife, Bebe, and her three sisters. The next year, he did the same – and the year after that, and the year after that. It became an annual tradition: each year, a black-and-white portrait with the women standing in the same order (from left to right: Heather, Mimi, Bebe, and Laurie), gazing intently into the camera. For over 40 years.
The result was a series of photographs that offered a poignant reflection on aging, sisterhood, and the passing of time – and how the movement of years does (and does not) change us. When prints were exhibited in a gallery in Spain, “viewers openly wept.”
See the first 38 photos here.