40 portraits in 40 years - 4 sisters
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hollydolly
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Yes I saw that on another forum last year..lovely idea isn't it?
AZ Jim
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Seabreeze posted it here June 14, 2013. https://www.seniorforums.com/showthread.php/1152-Sisters-Photographed-Yearly
That one started showing her age early. She must have been the oldest.
That one started showing her age early. She must have been the oldest.
They've added the 2014 portrait. Some are ageing better than others.
AZ Jim
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Yeah that one is really old looking. She can't be much older now than say...63-4?
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I love the idea of it, thanks for sharing Ameriscot, wish I had a portrait like that with my sisters and me. Fantastic. 
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BeBe second from right in the photos, is the wife of Nicholas the photographer...she was 25 in the first photo (1975)
Mimi second left is the youngest and in '75 she was 15...
Laurie far right was 21
..and Heather far left was 23
so...in 1975 ages were..left to right...heather 23 (now 63), Mimi 15, (now 55) Bebe 25 (now65) and Laurie 21 ...(now 61)
Ooops knock a year off each.. because the last photo was 2014....
Mimi second left is the youngest and in '75 she was 15...
Laurie far right was 21
..and Heather far left was 23
so...in 1975 ages were..left to right...heather 23 (now 63), Mimi 15, (now 55) Bebe 25 (now65) and Laurie 21 ...(now 61)
Ooops knock a year off each.. because the last photo was 2014....
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Really terrific article. I really liked the following bit from the article:
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"Throughout this series, we watch these women age, undergoing life’s most humbling experience. While many of us can, when pressed, name things we are grateful to Time for bestowing upon us, the lines bracketing our mouths and the loosening of our skin are not among them. So while a part of the spirit sinks at the slow appearance of these women’s jowls, another part is lifted: They are not undone by it. We detect more sorrow, perhaps, in the eyes, more weight in the once-fresh brows. But the more we study the images, the more we see that aging does not define these women. Even as the images tell us, in no uncertain terms, that this is what it looks like to grow old, this is the irrefutable truth, we also learn: This is what endurance looks like."
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"Throughout this series, we watch these women age, undergoing life’s most humbling experience. While many of us can, when pressed, name things we are grateful to Time for bestowing upon us, the lines bracketing our mouths and the loosening of our skin are not among them. So while a part of the spirit sinks at the slow appearance of these women’s jowls, another part is lifted: They are not undone by it. We detect more sorrow, perhaps, in the eyes, more weight in the once-fresh brows. But the more we study the images, the more we see that aging does not define these women. Even as the images tell us, in no uncertain terms, that this is what it looks like to grow old, this is the irrefutable truth, we also learn: This is what endurance looks like."
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Younger probably. First pic was 1975 and look like late teens/early 20's? In 1975 I was 23 so they are younger than me, and I'm 63.
Oops, just saw Holly's post.
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See my post above Annie
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We're the same in my family...all the girls look different to each other. People are always astonished that we're sisters..
I have 2 brothers and they don't look like each other ..although one of them is the image of my father..