Part of my work is printing women's faces who are 40 plus. I have been using the face of a very old friend (pardon the pun) Margaret who is in her seventies. When talking to Margaret, you feel that you are talking to someone much younger, she just has that sparkle of life about her, and it is this that I am trying to portray in my work.
Have you given a thought to the way older people are treated in our society, we have stereotyped them as worthless. Have you thought of for example a fifty year old trying to find employment, it is almost impossible. Look around and see how older people are treated in the street, or in the supermarket queue, yes they are slower than younger people, but they certainly do not deserve to be treated as if they are stupid and invisible, as sometimes is the case. They have a lot to offer if you have the patience,
Ola