In a culture when wrinkles are often feared more than environmental collapse, the act of visibly and proudly aging is a radical performance.
📷 The Shape of Time, Lucía Alonso (
@lucithehuman )
For many women, aging has historically been framed as a process of shrinking, a quiet slip into invisibility as youth fades. But in photographer Lucía Alonso’s series The Shape of Time, life does not diminish with time; it expands, reshapes, and vibrates with new and exciting directions.
This project is a high-fashion tribute to the women of
@avoveiotrabalhar - a Lisbon collective that proves creativity and community are the ultimate antidotes to the “fear of the wrinkle.” Dressed in elaborate sculptural silhouettes and vibrant makeup, these women are more than survivors of time, they are its masterpieces.
To age is to hold a library of memories, a privilege denied to many. The lines on our skin are not flaws to be corrected, but a cartography of love, pain, and resilience. As Lucía notes, we often treat aging as a private burden rather than a public achievement. This series highlights the “relationships and the energy of growing older in community.” 💬 ”I believe there is a real fear around aging, around wrinkles, sometimes it feels like we fear them even more than something as urgent as climate change. That made this project feel necessary. I wanted to create images that shift that perception, and invite a more open, appreciative way of looking.”
We are matter; we shift and reshape just as nature does. To undergo this change is a gift. It’s time we stop measuring women’s value by their proximity to youth and start measuring it by the depth of their presence.
📷 Lucía Alonso Garrido (Spain, 1990) is a photographer and cinematographer based in Lisbon, Portugal. Find more of her work at
@lucithehuman .
