Over the past few days, this photo series of the Brown sisters has been circulating the web and creating quite the buzz! These sisters posed together every year, for forty years. The black and white visuals are simply stunning and each photo was captured by Detroit-born photographer, Nicholas Nixon. Check it out:
1. 1975
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2. 1976
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3. 1977
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4. 1978
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5. 1979
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6. 1980
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7. 1981
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9. 1983
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10. 1984
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11. 1985
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12. 1986
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13. 1987
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14. 1988
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15. 1989
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16. 1990
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17. 1991
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18. 1992
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19. 1993
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20. 1994
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21. 1995
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22. 1996
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24. 1997
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25. 1998
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26. 1999
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27. 2000
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28. 2001
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29. 2002
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30. 2003
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31. 2004
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32. 2005
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33. 2006
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34. 2007
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35. 2008
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36. 2009
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37. 2010
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38. 2011
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39. 2012
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40. 2013
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This November, all of these photos will be on display at the MoMA (Museum of Modern Art in NYC) to celebrate the release of Nixon’s photo-based book, “The Brown Sisters: Forty Years.” What are your thoughts on all these photos?