The Elderly Reflect on Their Younger Selves (55, 2013, wife)

[no kudzu]

Sometimes I look in the mirror and wonder who is looking back at me. This series of photos is just how I feel. Where is that young woman who used to be in the mirror. Do you ever feel that way?

Reflections: Portraits of the Elderly as They Once Were | Fstoppers

[plmokn]

Very nice.

There was an old Loving Care slogan from 1971 that went something like this "You're not getting older; You're getting better".

[Curmudgeon]

I haven't seen the young man I used to be in the mirror for quite awhile.

The portraits were awesome. But I lack the capacity to fool myself.

[Lowedown]

When I look in the mirror, I just hope it's my lying eyes and not my mother.
Nice pics.

[TuborgP]

How do you feel when your wife now looks like her mother and you are lusting after a MIL look alike? Or just the opposite.

[imcurious]

Love the series. Beautifully done and poignant.

[LibraGirl123]

I saw that on Facebook this morning...thanks for posting! Here's a little more info on the photographer and this series of photos:

Tom Hussey's 'Mirror' Series Captures Elderly Subjects' Reflections Of Their Younger Selves (PHOTOS)

[plmokn]

Originally Posted by TuborgP

How do you feel when your wife now looks like her mother and you are lusting after a MIL look alike?

I think aroused is how I'd feel.

[TuborgP]

Originally Posted by plmokn

I think aroused is how I'd feel.

I mean this seriously so your MIL at a previous age arouses you. I understand that part does it seem strange?

[silibran]

Originally Posted by Curmudgeon

I haven't seen the young man I used to be in the mirror for quite awhile.

The portraits were awesome. But I lack the capacity to fool myself.

I don't think the portraits are meant to mean that the older person "sees" him/herself as they used to be, but merely are remembering how they used to be.

I like them; they are well done. I think the portraits show a lot of empathy with the subjects. They are more for us, the viewer than the person who posed for the pics, IMO. And perhaps they are meant to foster empathy in us.