Projects

Double Portrait - our body and mental age -

We are getting old - physically decaying. Yet we think we are still young. Inside, we're just the same age as we used to be, it's just that our bodies are out of synch with our age. We have in our mind an image of when we were young. Our spirits are as young as the date printed on the old photos of ourselves, although the photos are fading into black and white memories. Yet they never disappear.

Yasu
A man of 67 years old, forgetting things more often as he gets older.

With his partner's photo
He thinks he is as young as her photo. The photo is Gaynor when she was 16 years old.

Gaynor
A woman of 67 years old, less active physically but remaining mentally very active.

With her partner's photo
She thinks she is as young as his photo. The photo is Yasu when he was in his late 20s.

Ian
A man of 77 years old. The photo is him at 16 at the beginning of his working life.

Sarah
I did not ask her age. Physically she is getting old but she is very active with her local community activities.

Ken.
A man of 77 years old, ex-school headteacher. The photo is him at 30s working as a teacher.

Yoshiko
Age undisclosed. She holds a photo taken for her Coming-of-Age ceremony.

Jerry
Aged 61. He is holding a photo of himself at 11, about to start secondary school.

Yasu
A man of 67 years old, forgetting things more often as he gets older.