About Us
Lori Nix and Kathleen Gerber have collaborated on dioramas and miniatures for over twenty years; their work has primarily been the subject matter for their fine art photography. Their images of faux landscapes and gritty urban interiors have gained wide acclaim in both the U.S. and Europe, and Nix is a 2014 Guggenheim Fellow in photography. Their photographic work was showcased in National Geographic Magazine (April 2017) and American Craft (Dec 2017/Jan 2018).
They have created miniature sets and props for advertising. Clients include Cadbury, Tic Tac, Pepsi, Mini Cooper, Oreo, and Honey, among others. They have provided models for films - Piercing and Lyme Life. Nix + Gerber also created the sets, props, and underwater puppets for the animated short, The Sea is Blue, and miniature set and puppets for short film, Veral.
The duo has illustrated stories for numerous magazines including The New Yorker, New York Times Magazine (cover March 8, 2020),Time Magazine (cover July 7/July 14 2014), Field and Stream, O Magazine, Wired, and New York Magazine. Their photos of miniature dioramas have graced numerous book covers including work by Dave Eggers and Marge Piercy, and album covers for Fountains of Wayne and The Dig.