CONTRIBUTORS
TIM PORTER / Documentary work is a primary focus for Corte Madera-based photographer Tim Porter, who photographed Olympian Nathan Adrian for “Head First” (page 33). “I do a lot of documentary work and, for me, photography is all about the connection between the camera and whoever is in front of it, and since I’m holding the camera this means between that person and me,” Porter says. “Even in a photograph that is arranged, as opposed to spontaneous, I’m drawn to that momentary shared instant of intimacy between subject and image-maker.”
MARIA DE LA O /
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VICKI LARSON / Award-winning Marin Independent Journal writer and book author Vicki Larson wrote the first-person essay “Women, Sex & Aging” (page 50) with the intention to provoke dialogue and change readers’ notions about sexuality after menopause. “I would hope that as a society we would celebrate the fact that being a sexual, sensual woman has no expiration date, and that being postmenopausal is liberating for many women and the people who love them,” she says.
LORI EANES / “I generally shoot with natural light for food photography, but there’s something fun and eye-catching about using strobes to make food saturated and sharp,” says San Francisco-based photographer Lori Eanes, who shot the recipes for “Eat Well, Age Well” (page 36). “It feels fresh, happy, and both modern and retro. It seemed like the perfect way to shoot these healthy summer recipes.”
PENNI GLADSTONE (LARSON); ©TIM PORTER 2018 (PORTER)
Local freelance writer Maria De La O learned a lot about why Marin County is such a great place to age when she wrote “Life Lessons” (page 44), and was especially intrigued by the Buck Institute for Research on Aging’s formidable Novato campus and ambitious research goals. “I learned that the Buck Institute was the first research home of its kind in the world, a hub specifically dedicated to research on aging,” she says.
Illustrator Vanessa Lovegrove took a thoughtful approach to creating the artwork for the “Women, Sex & Aging” feature (page 50) and our cover celebrating aging in Marin. “For the article, I was inspired to subvert the typical expectations of an older woman’s sexuality by placing her as a renaissance figure in a flower, which is imagery often reserved for young women, to say she is still blossoming and beautiful,” Lovegrove says. “I took that approach to vitality in my design for the cover, too — I wanted to highlight the myriad reasons why Marin is a great place to age.”
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