Grandmothers of America AN ODE TO RADIANCE
By Anna Faller Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, or so the old adage goes. But for Michigan-based photography duo John Hanson and Joey Schultz, beauty lives in the eye of the camera. “I’m a street photographer,” says Schultz. “I find beauty in everybody.” Contemporary culture, however, often disagrees. But what society would have us believe is beautiful — especially in how we conceptualize women — Schultz says “can be reprogrammed in our subconscious.” And that begins with how we see age. “I was once asked what the most powerful image I could take would be,” says Schultz. “Without question, [that image] would be of my grandmothers.
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