The Family BY Zed Nelson

Zed Nelson began this project in the summer of 1991. The wife of a friend was nine months pregnant, and he had an idea – based on time-lapse photography – to photograph them together as a couple, then soon after the birth, and then on the same day every year. Zed planned the photography sessions in a formal, almost scientific way. Each year the picture was made on the same date, against the same backdrop, under the same lighting. This way there are no distractions, only the miracle of growth and the changes of time and ageing. Now, nearly twenty years into the project it is beginning to get really interesting. VIA - instituteartist.com