My eye recently got pulled towards "Reflections". A photo series by Tom Hussey, where he portrays the elderly as they reflect on their younger selves in the mirror. This is a wonderfully done series that gives you pause to think, about the passage of time and the lives we are living.
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absolutely beautiful!!!
I wish I had a mirror like that!
Love... Especially the last one. <3
I often look at photos of a younger Me..it is a thoughtful moment. Sometimes very happy and others wondering at how much I seem to have lost and in other ways gained. An interesting project..
Love this idea, and done so beautifully.
I love this......nicely done!
Will simply repeat one that was perfectly written, thoughtful & beautifully done---if we live long enough, we will be there one way or another.
Love to ask the elderly where they lived as a child and what their Mother/Father did for a living. Sometimes produces some amazing stories. Look into the eyes. They don't wrinkle. Same eyes that looked up at their parents with as a 5 year old.
Thoughtful, brilliant, poignant.
Some of the best images & concept that I have ever seen.
Beautifully done and very moving. Interesting choices in models and careers shown.
It's been happening to me. And in your mind's eye.
Thank you for these stunning & thought provoking photographs. Summersunshine
Beautifully done ! Deeply emotionally gripping. Thank you!
This is beautiful.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and these Ladies and Gentlemen are beyond Beauty.Thank You and Very Well Done.
Wonderful! Fabulous! This is one of the finest uses of the photographic medium I've ever seen.
Nice, although I'm really not crazy about the fact that the men all are looking at themselves as the young professionals they once were, while most of the women are just reflecting on how beautiful they used to be. Only one woman had a professional version of herself reflected back. When I'm 80 years old, reflecting back, the person I want to see isn't just some pretty face, but a capable, strong woman who made something with her life.
Nice, Professional.....
Beautifully true perspicuity in self perspective of human nature! I work with the elderly in several settings also hospice and I always try to see people as they see themselves.
Love this...reminds me of my Grandparents.
Amazing idea! Totally want to try this concept.
wonderfully done we sometimes forget that the Elderly use to be us that why I hate it when young people treat the elderly like their stupid or calling them honey and sweetie it's so demeaning
great job on this one! very interesting.
Poetic. I have a basketful of adjectives I'm tempted to use here but for me, poetic says it perfectly. Thank you for sharing.
Beautiful, thought-provoking, reflective... Simply delightful, thank you!
Wow! Beautiful work!
I'm always surprised when I see my reflection now - who the hell is that middle aged woman? My Dad heard me and said the same thing (he is 84 now) oddly enough when i think of him it is when he is young and vice a verse I suppose.
So, so true as we get older. Inside, we still feel like the youth we once were....I'm always shocked when I see myself in a mirror while out and about. These are a wonderful 'reflection' of how we feel. Thank you!
Hi, i am speechless. Simply beautiful and so touching.
beautifully lit, and emotionally poignant. congrats and thank you!
Absolutely the most precious things I have seen. People forget we are not born old. We were vital in the world once.
How/where can I have one of these made for my dad? He's 70 yrs old now and a picture of him looking at himself in his Navy uniform 50 yrs ago would be a gift I'm sure he'd love. Any guidance would be very much appreciated!! Thank you!!
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Great series. Even still, it makes me a little sad. I guess thinking about one's mortality tends to do that. - Noah
Oh yes it is wonderfully done, very moving actually...
OFTEN PEOPLE LOOK HAPPIER WHEN THEY'RE OLD. IF IN DECENT SHAPE PHYSICALLY AND AT HOME NOT IN A NURSING HOME OR WHATEVER THE EUPHEMISM IS THESE DAYS.
All that past is what you are.Thanks God for it.
a most stunning series of photographs and so powerful
http://www.polyarchy.org/enough/anthology/poems/kate.html Reminds me so much of Kate's Poem Thank you....a fantastic idea!
I have no pictures of my grandmother as a girl, teenager or young woman. Is there a process to do this so my father can see what his mother looked like when she was young? Susan
I am new here. I am wondering if there's a way to take the picture of my father's mother (my Dad is 90 now), and find out what my Grandma looked like when she was young. This would be for my father, as there are no picture of her as a young woman or girl. Is there a way to do this?
Absolutely love this .. Would it be ok to use some of the images for my thesis book. I will give photo credit!