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Title: Unreflections
Post by: Penthesilea on June 20, 2011, 09:27:14 am
I came across these photos somewhere on the net. I just see that they're marked with theChive, but that is not where I found them.
Anyway, I liked them and wanted to share with you. Some are creepy, some are funny and some touching.


(http://i575.photobucket.com/albums/ss192/Penthesilea09/48f56936.jpg)



(http://i575.photobucket.com/albums/ss192/Penthesilea09/4fa96445.jpg)
Title: Re: Unreflections
Post by: Penthesilea on June 20, 2011, 09:29:05 am


(http://i575.photobucket.com/albums/ss192/Penthesilea09/997cb440.jpg)



Whoa - I'd get a heart attack. :o
(http://i575.photobucket.com/albums/ss192/Penthesilea09/4e7f0bf4.jpg)



I can't quite figure out this one
(http://i575.photobucket.com/albums/ss192/Penthesilea09/db8bc54e.jpg)
Title: Re: Unreflections
Post by: Penthesilea on June 20, 2011, 09:30:35 am


(http://i575.photobucket.com/albums/ss192/Penthesilea09/f6a695c3.jpg)



Creepy
(http://i575.photobucket.com/albums/ss192/Penthesilea09/fce52e42.jpg)



*Like*
(http://i575.photobucket.com/albums/ss192/Penthesilea09/96438726.jpg)
Title: Re: Unreflections
Post by: Penthesilea on June 20, 2011, 09:31:52 am


(http://i575.photobucket.com/albums/ss192/Penthesilea09/e61e0e81.jpg)



(http://i575.photobucket.com/albums/ss192/Penthesilea09/55b99388.jpg)



(http://i575.photobucket.com/albums/ss192/Penthesilea09/24c7e16b.jpg)
Title: Re: Unreflections
Post by: Penthesilea on June 20, 2011, 09:33:33 am


This is a very good one, IMO
(http://i575.photobucket.com/albums/ss192/Penthesilea09/08ca2a00.jpg)





Touching
(http://i575.photobucket.com/albums/ss192/Penthesilea09/7e6639bf.jpg)
Title: Re: Unreflections
Post by: Penthesilea on June 20, 2011, 09:35:37 am


(http://i575.photobucket.com/albums/ss192/Penthesilea09/5df0d010.jpg)





This one reminds me of a guy we've all heard of.
(http://i575.photobucket.com/albums/ss192/Penthesilea09/c3601e7a.jpg)




Title: Re: Unreflections
Post by: Meryl on June 20, 2011, 10:04:17 am
Very cool photos, Chrissi, thanks!  8)
Title: Re: Unreflections
Post by: Front-Ranger on June 20, 2011, 10:41:13 am
They remind me of your series about the windows in Brokeback Mountain!
Title: Re: Unreflections
Post by: Penthesilea on June 21, 2011, 01:01:54 am
They remind me of your series about the windows in Brokeback Mountain!


I'll give those windows a bump, since it's bump week on BM. :)
Title: Re: Unreflections
Post by: CellarDweller on March 08, 2012, 04:30:10 pm
very cool!
Title: Re: Unreflections
Post by: Mandy21 on March 08, 2012, 07:45:34 pm
I can't quite figure out this one
(http://i575.photobucket.com/albums/ss192/Penthesilea09/db8bc54e.jpg)

Chrissie, I think the woman on the left is supposed to be Jennifer Aniston, and the woman on the right is Jessica Simpson.  Is that the part you couldn't figure out, or did you mean that you couldn't figure out what the two women have in common to put them together in the photo?  I can't figure out what they have in common except brown roots and high-profile failed marriages.
Title: Re: Unreflections
Post by: Lynne on March 08, 2012, 11:47:20 pm
What a neat thread, Chrissi - thank you!!  :-*
Title: Re: Unreflections
Post by: Penthesilea on March 09, 2012, 01:29:11 am
Chrissie, I think the woman on the left is supposed to be Jennifer Aniston, and the woman on the right is Jessica Simpson.  Is that the part you couldn't figure out, or did you mean that you couldn't figure out what the two women have in common to put them together in the photo?  I can't figure out what they have in common except brown roots and high-profile failed marriages.


Yes, that was the part I couldn't figure out, now it makes sense. I thought it was the same woman, but photgraphed/photoshopped to look somewhat different. :laugh: But now, when I look more closely, it's two different women.
Thanks for explaining!
Title: Re: Unreflections
Post by: Penthesilea on September 26, 2013, 06:44:58 am
*bump*
for Throwback Thursday. And I have some cool additions to the thread.
Title: Re: Unreflections
Post by: Penthesilea on September 26, 2013, 06:53:42 am
Someone (I think it was Fritz) linked this page on FB and I thought it fits nicely here.



(http://i575.photobucket.com/albums/ss192/Penthesilea09/Sonstige/younger-self-reflected-in-mirror-reflection-tom-hussey-3_zps5fb6280a.jpg)

Tom Hussey, an award-winning lifestyle advertising photographer based in Dallas, Texas, gives us the sense of time travel and the progression of age in his series “Reflections. The series shows individual images of elderly people looking in a mirror at their younger selves.

The campaign, which was posted to Behance in 2009, has since become the third most ‘appreciated’ project on the entire website. The imagery is beautiful and the concept is definitely thought-provoking.

Tom arrived upon the concept for “Reflections” after a conversation with Gardner, an 80-year-old World War II veteran who couldn’t believe how quickly time had passed. Tom reveals:

“He commented that he didn’t understand how he could be 80 years old as he felt he was still a young man. He just didn’t feel it was possible he could be 80 years old.

I started thinking about a milestone age approaching for me, as I was nearing 40. I realized that everyone thinks of themselves at a certain age or time in life. I built a bathroom set and photographed Gardner staring into his bathroom mirror and seeing himself as a 25-year-old young man.”
The conversation inspired Tom to photograph that veteran looking into a bathroom mirror, with a reflection of his younger self staring back. Tom used the resulting image in his portfolio, and years later it was picked up by Novartis as the concept for an advertising campaign for their Alzheimer’s drug (Exelon Patch). The completed campaign was so well received that each image was run full-page in brochures — a first for this pharmaceutical brand. The campaign also ran in the  2010 Communication Arts Photography Annual.


(http://i575.photobucket.com/albums/ss192/Penthesilea09/Sonstige/younger-self-reflected-in-mirror-reflection-tom-hussey-6_zpsa06f314a.jpg)


(http://i575.photobucket.com/albums/ss192/Penthesilea09/Sonstige/younger-self-reflected-in-mirror-reflection-tom-hussey-5_zpsacaaf2c6.jpg)


(http://i575.photobucket.com/albums/ss192/Penthesilea09/Sonstige/E_Tom_Hussey_274_zps5535663d.jpg)

tbc
Title: Re: Unreflections
Post by: Penthesilea on September 26, 2013, 07:00:36 am
To cast the shoot, Hussey and his team found convincing dopplegangers 40 to 50 years younger than the subjects. Firemen, teachers, scientists and nurses confront their older selves in the mirror wearing retro uniforms and sporting rosy cheeks.

“We cast two people for each part — an older “Patient” and then another actor to look like the patient 40 years earlier in their lifetime. The images were all made on location in and around New York City. Each finished ad includes two images — one image showing the older patient in the environment, and a second image showing the reflection of the younger version of the patient. The two images were then combined during the post-production process."


(http://i575.photobucket.com/albums/ss192/Penthesilea09/Sonstige/younger-self-reflected-in-mirror-reflection-tom-hussey-4_zpsdf5a0877.jpg)


(http://i575.photobucket.com/albums/ss192/Penthesilea09/Sonstige/younger-self-reflected-in-mirror-reflection-tom-hussey-1_zps2fd4141c.jpg)


(http://i575.photobucket.com/albums/ss192/Penthesilea09/Sonstige/younger-self-reflected-in-mirror-reflection-tom-hussey-8_zpsbd6ee801.jpg)


(http://i575.photobucket.com/albums/ss192/Penthesilea09/Sonstige/slide_288547_2268947_free-1024x681_zps7e56932c.jpg)


(http://i575.photobucket.com/albums/ss192/Penthesilea09/Sonstige/younger-self-reflected-in-mirror-reflection-tom-hussey-7_zps6b60ddfd.jpg)


(http://i575.photobucket.com/albums/ss192/Penthesilea09/Sonstige/younger-self-reflected-in-mirror-reflection-tom-hussey-2_zps22c070ab.jpg)


(http://i575.photobucket.com/albums/ss192/Penthesilea09/Sonstige/slide_288547_2268945_free-1024x681_zps97e4c8ad.jpg)


“Reflections” channels the separation between body and mind. The results are realistic and poignant, capturing the perplexing relationship we have with our changing bodies over time.


Source: http://www.beautyexists.net/art/photographer-captures-bittersweetness-of-age-with-portraits-looking-at-their-younger-selves/ (http://www.beautyexists.net/art/photographer-captures-bittersweetness-of-age-with-portraits-looking-at-their-younger-selves/)
Title: Re: Unreflections
Post by: Monika on September 26, 2013, 10:21:53 am
Beautiful photos!
But it´s strange that everyone looked like models in their youth  :laugh:
Title: Re: Unreflections
Post by: Mandy21 on September 26, 2013, 01:28:55 pm
Lovely, and profound.  Thanks for sharing, Chrissie!
Title: Re: Unreflections
Post by: Front-Ranger on September 26, 2013, 04:41:42 pm
A great one for Throwback Thursday!
Title: Re: Unreflections
Post by: CellarDweller on September 26, 2013, 06:11:34 pm
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7064/7053785153_4b5aec5877_c.jpg)
Title: Re: Unreflections
Post by: Sason on September 27, 2013, 05:34:44 pm
I had forgotten all about this thread. It was way fun to review it, and I love the beautiful additions, Chrissi!