I know what it feels like to become less visible with age. As a woman growing older, I’m increasingly aware of how society sidelines certain bodies, certain faces—particularly those that don’t conform to youthful ideals or conventional norms. My camera is both a shield and a tool: it allows me to look closely at others who refuse to disappear. I’m drawn to those who assert their presence through style, defiance, vulnerability, or grace.

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These images function like a two-way mirror. While I observe my subjects, they also reflect something essential back to me—and to us. The viewer becomes a participant, no longer invisible behind the lens. In looking, we are also looked at. Who becomes the subject then—the person photographed, or the one gazing? In a time when so many are silenced or sidelined, this work insists on recognition. Each flash-lit face is a declaration: we are here, we are many, and we are looking back.