It's vital to normalise the look of our older bodies so we can gently learn to love the changes. I'm proud to be part of the story.
In My Prime model, 2023
Emancipating. Empowering . Affirming.
In My Prime model, 2023
Thank you, body.
In My Prime model, 2023
I’m not ashamed of who I am or how I look. I want to prove to everyone that they are beautiful inside and out.
In My Prime model, 2023
Life is about adapting and interacting with the world.
In My Prime model, 2023
Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.
Eleanor Roosevelt, former US First Lady and rights activist
Each mark, each blemish, each grey hair I display with pride: proud my body has carried me this far, remembering when it could leap high into the air, now learning to use it in different ways. I shall inhabit my body like a badge of honour, giving it the acknowledgement of job well done, cherishing every ageing cell. We don our purple hats, put on red lipstick and spit into the wind. Women of the World.
In My Prime model, 2023
I have always loved a nude ocean swim and embraced my body even with the underpinning shame of its design. Now, I smile at the reflection of my life, of my health, my happiness, my challenges and my naughtiness.
In My Prime model, 2023
Women grow radical with age. One day an army of gray-haired women may quietly take over the earth.
Gloria Steinem, journalist and women’s rights activist
Being in this shoot was liberating and fun.
In My Prime model, 2023
Our concept of the perfect female body originates from perfect young women in the media. We need to realise our bodies do not conform to a norm and acknowledge them for what they are and what they have given us, whatever shape or age. These depictions of older women is a step towards our acceptance.
In My Prime model, 2023
I am amazed at the the lasting sense of confidence I have since doing this project. Shedding clothes should be so simple but is really quite confronting. Older women are still expected to fit the body beautiful norm despite life’s toll on the flesh. I did this to tell myself I am okay as much as say to all women that growing older should not mean that you are less than. Thank you for the opportunity to face a demon!
In My Prime model, 2023
Ageing is not “lost youth” but a new stage of opportunity and strength.
Betty Friedan, author of The Feminine Mystique
I appreciate my body for what it has done and has allowed me to do. I look forward to many more years with it.
In My Prime model, 2023
I am learning to love my body and l want my daughters to see that ageing should not be hidden but embraced.
In My Prime model, 2023
I like to challenge perceptions about how society expects me to be and behave. I am proud of my naked body. I no longer listen to what anyone else says, or wish I looked like someone I am not.
In My Prime model, 2023
I am happy in my own skin.
In My Prime model, 2023
I am my body and my body is me.
In My Prime model, 2023
I had my second knee replacement three weeks before this photo. Nothing can stop me now!
In My Prime model, 2023
I feel my external appearance does not match the youthful, internal me, but stripping down helped me accept that the packaging does not reflect what lies within.
In My Prime model, 2023
As an older woman of transgender experience, being proud of my body is difficult. Having my photo here is helping me be more proud of who I am.
In My Prime model, 2023
I have had hang ups about my body since I was a young teenager. Over the years, partners always seemed to love my body, so at 69, I thought it was time I got over it. I loved posing for Ponch and we had a fantastic conversation about body image while shooting. Tommy, my dog, doesn’t worry about my body either, he loves me!
In My Prime model, 2023
I feel comfortable with my body in my prime. Inner peace and tranquillity.
In My Prime model, 2023
Old age is an excellent time for outrage. My goal is to say or do at least one outrageous thing every week.
Maggie Kuhn, activist and founder of the Gray Panthers
Still amazed I agreed to this! But so happy I did and can celebrate all this old body has done, and will do, as life gets better and better.
In My Prime model, 2023
My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive.
Maya Angelou, author, poet and civil rights activist
It just keeps getter better and more bloody awesome!
In My Prime model, 2023
My body and I have been on quite a ride for many years. There's so much to be thankful for and even more to look forward to. I'm a fortunate woman, in spite of the challenges.
In My Prime model, 2023
Kei a au te mana – I have the power.
In My Prime model, 2023
My body speaks the history of my life. It’s a body of experience, a body of meaning. Open to the world, moving into whatever the future holds.
In My Prime model, 2023
