GENETICALLY MODIFIED PEOPLE

I LOVE TO SEE side-by-side, inter-generational comparisons of women in the same family. It's rare to find any of great quality but artist/ photographer Ulric Collette has created quite a few in a series of his called Portraits Génétiques.
     My favorite one is pictured here. It's a 61 year old grandmother and her 12 year old granddaughter. It's so effective because they share so many facial similarities, i.e. face shape, eyes, nose, etc... Because of their similarities, it looks as if it's the same woman with half her face aged or rejuvenated by almost 50 years.
     I encourage you all to take a look at the rest of his work. Surely, you will find something else that you like. He also makes side-by-side comparisons between sisters, brothers, twin siblings, parents and their offspring whether they be male or female. It's a pretty cool project. You can see the rest at http://genetic.ulriccollette.com/.
     You should also take a look at this video posted on Vimeo that features my other favorite pairings:

When Talented Photogs Get Curiously Creative

IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE to find pretty, young women photographers who are just crazy enough and curious enough to visualize their own future.

Case in point, Emily Cromarty of the UK. This gorgeous specimen of a human being decided that she needed to see what she'd look like 25 years down the line. She took her sharp, observant eye and applied her Photoshop skills on one of her self-portraits. The result? A visual treat for those of us fascinated with age progression of the female variety.

Thank you Emily.

Be sure to take a look at her photographic portfolio:

I Shoot People on Flickr

 She's very talented.

FACE OF AGE by Stepan Kozlov

Here's a brilliantly executed series of photographs entitled Face of Age by photographer Stepan Kozlov. He juxtaposed young models with very similar older models to create a very effective age comparison. It looks as if half the face of each subject was zapped with an age-ray gun. I'm really impressed by his match-ups of young and old because they really do look like they are the same person at two different stages of life. He also has aged three men but who gives a shit about that. Right?

High Fashion's High Toll on Amber Valetta's Beauty

Allow me to ask the following question: What if supermodel Amber Valetta had been born, way beyond yesterday, in the year 1899 and modeled throughout those years up to and including the year 2019?
     Would you be curious to see what she'd look like as she aged? Well, W Magazine and talented photographer Steven Klein did the imagining for us and came up with a brilliant "One for the Ages" photo shoot for the September 2011 issue.
     Amber is hot, without a doubt, and I'm convinced that, if she takes good care of herself, she'll age really well into her 60s and and possibly 80s. However, 120 years old? Judging by the photos, I'm not sure I'd want to hook up with her at that stage. Kinda creepy, if you ask me. Gotta admit though, my tastes have always leaned towards the more mature woman and the older I get, the older a woman I am interested in. So, based on that, when I'm 80 or 90, a 120-year-old woman may seem quite fetching to me.

You can read an interview about the shoot on the Forbes Web site:
FORBES: Amber Valletta On Aging Beautifully, Why Digital Photography Has 'Taken Away Our Humanness'

REFLECTIONS

Here are three photos from a series called "Reflections" by photographer Tom Hussey. They feature mature women with their younger selves reflected in the mirror. I think that it's so well done.

70 Years Separates Them Series

Here's an interesting photo project analyzing the differences in visual storytelling between two models, 70 years apart in age, in the exact same scenes. It's pretty cool. You could also pretend that it's the same woman but in different stages of her life. There are 15 photos in total an you can find them here:
70 YEARS SEPARATES THEM

Also, the older model happens to be the photographer's mother. Be sure to check out another photo series in which she is featured as an elderly super heroine:
SUPER MAMIKA

Never Too Old for Boudoir

My girlfriend is insecure about her body. Sure she could maybe lose a couple of kilos but I still love her and I still think she's very sexy as she is right now. I like to think that, as the years go by and she matures, she'll grow more confident and won't be so shy about her body. Hopefully, it will lead to her scheduling a session with a photographer 30 years from now and she'll surprise me with some sexy boudoir photos.

    In searching the net for some new and interesting pics, I stumbled upon the work of a photographer named Mike Lester who specializes in boudoir photography of mature women. Here are some examples of his work:

Check out the rest of Mike's work here.