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5 responses to “More “Active Seniors””

1. If you did not label each of the photos, above, as depicting “senior activity,” what WOULD you call it? Can a “beach fun” photo depict a “senior citizen” without being solely about a senior citizen? Can we just be people, doing stuff? Maybe that group photo is about thumbprints, not old folks! Examine your assumptions!

   Labels = filtered focus = assumptions. Either we recast the image of “senior” or chuck out the label altogether. Words themselves might be the problem.

   Reply to Weena

2. As a senior graphic designer, I was recently hired to collaborate on a book of exercise for seniors. I searched through hundreds (and more) of stock images and was shocked to find so many silly, embarrassing photos — some of the very ones pictured here. That “thumbs up” image appears to be a favorite of young photographers! It took extensive research, but I finally pulled together an excellent collection of photos that reflected the strength, dignity, beauty and joy that I see in fellow seniors every day.

   Reply to Nita Alvarez

3. I DIDN’T FIND ANY OF THEM INSULTING,

   AS A MATTER OF FACT, I LIKED THEM.

   Reply to SANDY FARBER

4. It just shows you…like the quote, “ Age only matters if you are a wine”

   Reply to Dion

5. Ha! Don’t get me started ,. A while back I thought hmmm maybe I should check ‘active retirement ‘ communities to see what they’re all about so googled these extensively. And guess what I found? No one dies or divorces in these communities. Yep, every picture depicted happy couples (heterosexual I might add and mostly white). As a widowed woman living single in NYC wirh tons of single friends I thought wow, they all want to exclude the huge population who is not coupled, either never or later in life. At end of search I gave many thanks and blew many kisses to the adult community marketing people for waking me up really fast to their fake life.

   Reply to Judy Capel