[post_page_title]2012 – one year earlier[/post_page_title]
Instead of attempting to apply some form of message buried within the images of The Family, Nelson instead wanted to focus on the subject of family at its most basic.
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Through this simplicity and lack of overarching subtext, the artist and his subjects were able to better represent real life. The images are able to depict exactly what changes about a family, as well as what does not change so that everyone who sees the images can focus on the very basic subject of these photographs, the nuclear family.