My Ladies - ICP Imagemakers Personal Vision Project, 2020

 I have always felt like there is a great divide between the young and the old. In spending time with my grandmothers I witnessed their beauty and love but I also witnessed the insecurities they express. Worries about weight and wrinkles filled most conversations, threats of plastic surgery often ended most of the talks. Trying to convince someone that they are beautiful is almost impossible. In thinking of why body confidence in old age was so rare to find I noticed that, similarly to the lack of body confidence with adolescence, the correct representation is not present. In the media beauty is connected with youth but I totally disagree with this. I find the wrinkles and scars that come with age beautiful. They tell stories and tell time. Create beautiful shadows and shapes. With this in mind I am documenting what elderly women do to make themselves feel beautiful. Feel special. Why is beauty neglected in this part of life?