Overview
Another baby boomer turns fifty every seven-and-a-half seconds. At this rate, by 2030, one quarter of the United States' population will be over sixty-five, and by mid-century, the senior citizen population is expected to reach eighty million, outnumbering the population of young people for the first time in history. Aging in America chronicles the immense and unprecedented changes confronting America as advanced age goes mainstream. Photographer Ed Kashi and writer Julie Winokur first began this project as an award-winning story published by The New York Times Magazine. They then began documenting in greater detail a broad range of issues relating to aging, from the upsurge of elderly immigrants following their children to America to a tornado's exacting toll on a rural elderly community. They traveled with the Loners of America, an RV club for mature singles, and delved into a retirement community where Alzheimer's patients work in a child daycare facility. They tracked the campaign of a seventy-six year old running for office for the first time, documented a woman launching her modeling career in her sixties, and celebrated the wedding of an octogenarian couple. ""The reality of aging will force us to come to terms with the fact that longevity doesn't mean eternal youth,"" explains Winokur. ""America is a society in collective denial of aging. We appreciate vintage in wine, not people."" Changing this perception is the intent of Aging in America, the first comprehensive visual account of contemporary senior living in this country.
Full Product Details
Author: Ed Kashi ,
Ed Winokur ,
Doris Roberts ,
Robert Butler
Publisher: powerHouse Books,U.S.
Imprint: powerHouse Books,U.S.
Dimensions:
Width: 23.80cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 30.50cm
Weight: 1.758kg
ISBN: 9781576871935
ISBN 10: 1576871932
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 01 December 2003
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: No Longer Our Product
Availability: Out of stock
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Reviews
Oldness is an adventure. Stepping into the bathtub, hurrying to the phone, or just going down the stairs presents as much risk as traveling camelback in the Gobi.
Author Information
Ed Kashi was born in New York City and received a degree in photojournalism from Syracuse University. Kashi’s first major documentary project, a study of the Protestant community in Northern Ireland, garnered him an NEA grant. His book When The Borders Bleed: The Struggle of the Kurds (Pantheon, 1994) was the result of his cover story for National Geographic. Kashi has received numerous awards, including those from the World Press and Pictures of the Year competitions. The author of Aging in America: The Years Ahead (powerHouse Books, 2003), Kashi has also published his work in National Geographic, The New York Times Magazine, Time, Fortune, Geo, Smithsonian, Newsweek, Natural History, U.S. News & World Report, The Atlantic Monthly, Audubon, Granta, Aperture, and American Photo, among others. Kashi lives in New Jersey.
