PEGGY LEVISON NOLAN – BLUEPRINT FOR A GOOD LIFE
2021-05-31Nolan found photography later in life, but she has been inseparable from her cameras ever since. She recalls, “When my youngest was about three, my dad gave me an old Nikon [camera] and said, ‘Make pictures of the grandchildren.’ And I got hooked. I got so hooked I can’t even describe it to you. One roll of film got me.” While Nolan’s more recent work encompasses color photography, for this earlier body of work from the 1980s and 1990s, she worked exclusively with black and white film.
Inspired by the domestic space, Nolan photographed her seven children and aspects of their life as a large, boisterous family. Nolan recounts that over time, her children eventually forgot she was documenting their every move, nap, and relationship. Nolan, steeped in the history of photography, draws on street photography with her candid and organic approach.
Opposite – Untitled (Boys Watching Stella), c. 1992
Exhibition runs through to August 22nd, 2021
The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum
10975 S.W. 17th Street
Miami
FL 33199
