18 Elderly Share their Insecurities Before It’s “Too Late.” {What I Be Project}--Photos

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1. “I am not my mortality.”
In the face of death, where do you begin reflecting on life?

Steve Rosenfield, What I Be Project founder, has proven time and again that no topic is off limits. The project often focuses on younger people and their insecurities. So when the Salem Lutheran Home for assisted living called him to photograph their elderly before it was “too late,” he jumped at the chance.

“I didn’t know if people were going to be totally with it,” said Steve. “Literally. I didn’t know if they’d be present with me or off in another world.”

Part of Steve’s process for the What I Be Project includes interviewing each participant to establish their insecurity and what they want to display on their skin. In this instance, he spent about 20-30 minutes with each of the 18 individuals photographed. Their ages ranged from 71 up to 100.

90 years old at the time of image capture, Ellen (above) was the oldest participant in the project before the Salem Lutheran Home images were released.

Steve shares that “these people have so much history behind their lives. World War II. Growing up and getting married to someone who is black when you’re white during the civil rights movement.”

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