When you see yourself in the mirror every morning, who do you really see?
Photographer Tom Hussey's elderly dad said that he still felt young, like he was in his twenties, and that whenever he looked in the mirror, he didn't recognize the old face that stared back at him.
That inspired Tom to create this photography series titled "Reflections." He said in this piece by Claire O'Neill at NPR's The Picture Show:
"The images evoke a reaction from every person, in pretty much any culture," he says, "because everybody ... has a moment in their life where they think that's how they are. It might be the day you got married, or high school graduation or the time in college."
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So, how do you see yourself, Neatoramanauts? Is the man or woman in the mirror a true reflection of how you see yourself?
I just don't see the resemblance.
I saw a biography of the great cartoonist Chuck Jones and he was asked what it felt like to be in his upper 80's. He said how astonished he was that he didn't feel any different than when he was 18. It was just his old, creeky body that kept reminding him he wasn't! Spot on Chuck.