Nicholas Nixon, born in 1947, is known for the ease and intimacy of his black and white large format photography.  Nixon has photographed porch life in the rural south, schools in and around Boston, cityscapes, sick and dying people, the intimacy of couples, and the ongoing annual portrait of his wife. I am hoping to do a similar project over the Christmas holidays when I go and visit my family in England. I love black and white photographs especially as portraits when they have a lot of detail. I have a young cousin called Dylan who has beautiful curly hair and I can’t wait to photograph him as he has an amazing personality which will hopefully capture in the photographs. I will also visit my Nan who is falling very ill, so it will be nice to capture some photographs of her so that I have them in case anything happens to her. The contrast between young and old will be interesting to compare in the photographs especially with the expressions that they pull. The lighting in his photographs is really complimenting the people in the picture and black and white images make the over all image more flawless.