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On the beauty of ageing.
This one was an emotional one right from the intro call. Pupin Devert responded to my early model call asking to represent age, something I really wanted to do. I’m 37, and I had been thinking a lot about life and death, as you do when a parent dies. I had just come back to London after my Dad’s death, and my thoughts were blurred by grief. I see the grey hair, the weight gain, the wrinkles, all the things women are told are bad, and I have no choice but to accept them. But does it have to be this way?
We wanted to make Pupin immortal, like a statue. Two statues came to mind: Lee Miller as a statue in Jean Cocteau’s Le Sang d’un Poète (The Blood of a Poet), and Sanmartino’s Veiled Christ in the Sansevero Chapel in Naples, lying under a veil and giving the illusion she can become invisible. What if we just immortalised Pupin as she was in that very moment, with the wrinkles, the menopause and the grey hair, but also her wisdom, her experience, her kindness, her pride and her natural beauty? Behind the veil is a performer who has raised a daughter and been a role model for many. She is still taking up space, still living her life unapologetically. You can’t hide us.
Wrinkles and grey hair are a sign we are alive. We are so lucky to have them.
Part of Baignade Interdite, a surrealist photography series shot entirely in a bathtub in North London by Pauline Di Silvestro.
Fine art A3 uncensored print. Limited edition of 5 copies only. £75.
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On the beauty of ageing.
This one was an emotional one right from the intro call. Pupin Devert responded to my early model call asking to represent age, something I really wanted to do. I’m 37, and I had been thinking a lot about life and death, as you do when a parent dies. I had just come back to London after my Dad’s death, and my thoughts were blurred by grief. I see the grey hair, the weight gain, the wrinkles, all the things women are told are bad, and I have no choice but to accept them. But does it have to be this way?
We wanted to make Pupin immortal, like a statue. Two statues came to mind: Lee Miller as a statue in Jean Cocteau’s Le Sang d’un Poète (The Blood of a Poet), and Sanmartino’s Veiled Christ in the Sansevero Chapel in Naples, lying under a veil and giving the illusion she can become invisible. What if we just immortalised Pupin as she was in that very moment, with the wrinkles, the menopause and the grey hair, but also her wisdom, her experience, her kindness, her pride and her natural beauty? Behind the veil is a performer who has raised a daughter and been a role model for many. She is still taking up space, still living her life unapologetically. You can’t hide us.
Wrinkles and grey hair are a sign we are alive. We are so lucky to have them.
Part of Baignade Interdite, a surrealist photography series shot entirely in a bathtub in North London by Pauline Di Silvestro.
Fine art A3 uncensored print. Limited edition of 5 copies only. £75.
Free UK shipping. EU shipping £10.
