The universal beauty of family

A new exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, celebrates the family as muse

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Twins at WDIA, Memphis, about 1948
(Image credit: Ernest C. Withers)
Self-portrait with family in SUV, Michigan, 2007
(Image credit: Julie Mack)

Jimmy Paulette and Tabboo! in the bathroom, NYC, 1991
(Image credit: Nan Goldin)

Ethel Shariff in Chicago, 1963
(Image credit: Gordon Parks)

Nayla, Ted, Alexandra, Nick, March 30, 1995, 1995
(Image credit: Elsa Dorfman)

Twins at WDIA, Memphis, about 1948
(Image credit: Ernest C. Withers)

Felix and his Wife, Buffalo, from the series Lower West Side Revisited, 1992
(Image credit: Milton Rogovin)

Thanksgiving, 1992
(Image credit: Tina Barney)

Mr. and Mrs. Steve Mills, Pilgrim Theatre, Boston, 1973
(Image credit: Roswell Angier)

Hutterite Classroom, Gildford, MT, 2005
(Image credit: Christopher Churchill)

Lauren Hansen
Lauren Hansen

Lauren Hansen produces The Week’s podcasts and videos and edits the photo blog, Captured. She also manages the production of the magazine's iPad app. A graduate of Kenyon College and Northwestern University, she previously worked at the BBC and Frontline. She knows a thing or two about pretty pictures and cute puppies, both of which she tweets about @mylaurenhansen.