10th Grade English Class, Boston Latin School

1996
(American, 1947-)
Image: 46.8 x 58.2 cm (18 7/16 x 22 15/16 in.); Paper: 50.8 x 60.8 cm (20 x 23 15/16 in.); Matted: 76.2 x 81.3 cm (30 x 32 in.)
Location: not on view
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Widely known for portraits of his family, AIDS patients, and the elderly, this image is from a series in which Nicholas Nixon examined the lives of children in three Boston-area settings. Many of these photographs with accompanying essays by Pulitzer Prize–winning child psychiatrist Robert Coles were published in the book School. Here Nixon records a slice of the daily life of pupils at Boston Latin School, a public school where academic excellence and equity of opportunity have existed since its founding in 1635. In this formally composed image, Nixon creates picture planes by arranging the students into two groups. The lively students choose to ignore the camera, continuing instead with their individual activities.
10th Grade English Class, Boston Latin School

10th Grade English Class, Boston Latin School

1996

Nicholas Nixon

(American, 1947-)
America

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