Selective Focus: Elders
![Christine Dean](https://www.perfectduluthday.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Shuffleboard-Christine-Dean.jpg)
Christine Dean, “Shuffleboard”
Last year my folks moved into senior housing. While it must have been traumatic to leave a home of 45 years, to abandon treasures from a lifetime of travels, and to part with thousands of photographs, they’ve created a miniature version of the life they knew, and found friends who were similarly diminished — but not lain low.
I’ve stayed with my parents over several recent visits, and sure the high rise smells “medicinal,” but I feel lucky to have glimpsed the many ways that older people retain their dignities, and I have seen the joy in merely being that so many express while meeting in the dining rooms, or smilingly passing each other in elevators.
I realize this isn’t everyone’s experience of aging, or loss, so in gratitude for the elemental, next week’s theme will be “Simple.” Send your unwatermarked, signature-less images by Wednesday at 11:59 p.m to tim @ perfectduluthday.com — 1000px at their largest dimension — along with title (if any), and URL of your website, Facebook page, Tumblr, Flickr stream, or Instagram.
![Bryan French](https://www.perfectduluthday.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Bryan-French-240x240.jpg)
Bryan French, “If Oberstar can ride…”
![Sharon Mollerus](https://www.perfectduluthday.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Sharon-Mollerus2-240x240.jpg)
Sharon Mollerus,
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![Paul Lundgren](https://www.perfectduluthday.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Fingerprints-paul-240x240.jpg)
Paul Lundgren, “Fingerprints”
![Paul Lundgren](https://www.perfectduluthday.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Lind-Family-Home-paul-240x240.jpg)
Paul Lundgren, “Lind Family Home”
![Tim White](https://www.perfectduluthday.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/bud-and-louise-240x240.jpg)
Tim White, “Louise and Bud”
![Tim White](https://www.perfectduluthday.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Tim-White-elders-240x240.jpg)
Tim White, “Rog and Inez”
![Brian Barber](https://www.perfectduluthday.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/PressConference-6315-240x240.jpg)
Brian Barber, “Press Conference”
![Brian Barber](https://www.perfectduluthday.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Terry-6165-240x240.jpg)
Brian Barber, “Terry”
![Aaron Reichow](https://www.perfectduluthday.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Aaron-elders-240x240.jpg)
Aaron Reichow, untitled
![Aaron Reichow](https://www.perfectduluthday.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Aaron-Reichow-elders-240x240.jpg)
Aaron Reichow, untitled
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