Yesterday and today I created two new Winter Women composites, giving me four in all, enough to start a new gallery. To see this "Winter Women together" gallery, CLICK HERE.
As I've been taking photos of unclothed older women to post in my Winter Nudes Portfolio, I have found that, important as it is to show their physical beauty, it is even more essential that I try to capture their inner beauty. This is what fills me with awe. And beyond that, I have felt deeply moved by what has happened between us as we worked. Although each of these women and I have been friends for years, during the photo shoots we have forged a bond that had never been there before, the bond of true sisterhood.
My new gallery celebrates this sisterhood that women of all ages experience when they allow themselves to be stripped of the outer "garments" that define their place in the world, garments like their jobs, families, education, social position, cultural roles, etc. When we trust our sisters enough to remove our clothes in their presence, we also remove much that divides us. We become what we have always been but might not have recognized, we become family.
To create these composites, I've used Photoshop to select, position, resize and present with Glowing Edges, individual women who have posed for the galleries that make up my Winter Nudes Portfolio. I am grateful to each one for trusting me in this work.