Good Morning all…Please look closely at the photos and see what the subject of the picture is seeing in the mirror…The reflection stirred my curiosity almost instantly! and I said “I get it”!
Since the sub-title of Me and My Captain is: Retirement: A new Journey…one day at a time! I thought this series of pictures are more than appropriate, no matter what your age! This is really a beautiful series, and great photos… And so true!
Photographer Tom Hussey created a series of pictures that will speak to you, no matter your age, race, beliefs or occupation. The Reflection photos illustrate just how much we change in our lives and how it seems to happen all at once, no matter how many years actually go by. These will grip your soul, they did mine. Reflection gives insight into the former lives of these senior citizens.
Tom spoke to a veteran right before his 80th birthday. His quotes inspired him to create the series.
“I can’t believe I’m going to be 80,” he told Hussey. “I feel like I just came back from the war. I look in the mirror and I see this old guy.” …
“It’s a universal condition — at some point in your life, you look in the mirror and say, ‘Wait a minute, how did I get this old?’” said Tom
“The idea for doing these images was a person looking in the mirror and seeing what they remember.”
“When you look in the mirror every day, you recognize yourself, but when you go back and look at a photo of yourself 20 years ago you say, ‘Wow, I really have changed.”
“You get to some milestone — age 20, 40, or 80 — and you can’t believe that much time has gone by.”
Take time to appreciate every day, because these years will be gone before you know it!!
Me
Hello,
I really love this article. It’s you writing this article? Can I share this? Thank you.
Best regards,
Grace
Hi Grace,
Please feel free to share…Tom Hussey, photographer initiated the pictures…The quotes are from a veteran that Mr. Hussey had visited with at the time.
I added a few comments here and there.
thanks for stopping by.
Me
Oh, Kari, I get it, too. Where did the time go?
Sandy, I don’t know where the time has gone….I certainly think I look pretty much the same, My daughter, Brenda, commented not to long ago, that she saw some pictures of me at a relative’s house and she said “Mom, I know this is going to sound terrible…but I did not recognize you!” (I was probably about 19 years old at the time) She sent me the pics and I didn’t see what her problem was….maybe I am a little fuller in the face and I Have a few laugh lines… but golly! that was about the only difference I saw! Silly girl!! She might need to check her glasses’ prescription Love ya Sis! Mom 🙂