Seven Chinese girlfriends had a dream of growing old together, surrounded by the comfort and support of each other’s company. Rather than waiting for someone else to make their dream a reality, they took matters into their own hands and decided to build their own retirement home from scratch. The women, all in their 60s, purchased a piece of land in the countryside of China … [Read more...] about 7 Women Constructed Their Dream Retirement Home to Spend Their Final Days Together
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Portraits of Rescued Farm Animals Who Were Allowed to Grow Old
Isa Leshko, a photographer, is frightened of growing old. She was “forced to confront her own death” after caring for her mother with Alzheimer’s disease, but she planned to do it in an unexpected way. Leshko began touring farm sanctuaries around the United States to photograph the elderly animals who lived there. However, over the course of nearly a decade, the project’s aim … [Read more...] about Portraits of Rescued Farm Animals Who Were Allowed to Grow Old