Nicholas Nixon
Tom Patchkiss, Arlington, Mass.

Tom Patchkiss, Arlington, Mass.

© 1987 Nicholas Nixon; courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco

Tom Patchkiss, Arlington, Mass.
Tom Patchkiss, Arlington, Mass.
ArtistAmerican, born 1947
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Tom Patchkiss, Arlington, Mass.
  • from the series People With AIDS
DateJuly 1987
PlaceArlington, Massachusetts, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 11/16 × 9 5/8 in. (19.5 × 24.4 cm)
Sheet: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Nina and Michael Zilkha
Object number2010.195.1
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Department
Photography
Object Type
DescriptionNicholas Nixon began photographing people living with AIDS in the greater Boston area in 1987, when there was a great deal of prejudice, fear, and misunderstanding surrounding HIV/AIDS. Through his revealing, sensitive portraits, Nixon sought to encourage empathy and compassion. When this series was first shown at MoMA in 1988, protesters distributed fliers to museum visitors, reminding them that each of Nixon’s subjects was “a human being whose health has deteriorated not simply due to a virus, but due to government inaction, the inaccessibility of affordable health care, and institutionalized neglect in the forms of heterosexism, racism, and sexism.”
Provenance Research Ongoing Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
In pencil verso lower left: "Tom Patchkiss, Arlington, MASS., July, 1987 20/50"
Signed in pencil verso lower right: "Nicholas Nixon"

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