School

In the mid to late nineties, both Larry Fink and Nicholas Nixon published photos of grade school classrooms/students.

Larry Fink Cleveland School of the Arts 1998

Larry Fink Cleveland High School of the Arts 1995

Nicholas Nixon, from School 1998

Nicholas Nixon, from School 1998

Nixon spent nearly a year photographing at various schools, including Perkins School for the Blind and the Tobin School, among several others. This collection of photos was published in the book School in 1998 (coauthored by Robert Coles), and has become some of Nixon's most famous work.

Fink's photos were taken over the course of several years, and are often overlooked in favor of his more theatrical works.