Portraits and stories of women 40+ navigating identity, change, and becoming
Still Becoming is a portrait and storytelling project centered on women 40+ and the evolving experience of midlife.
I created this project because I felt there was a lack of honest representation around this stage of life. So many women are carrying decades of lived experience — motherhood, relationships, career changes, loss, reinvention, aging, exhaustion, resilience, self-discovery — yet so much of what we see publicly reduces midlife to either invisibility or cliché.
I wanted to create space for something more real.
Through portraiture and conversation, Still Becoming explores the emotional complexity of becoming older while still evolving. The project is interested in the in-between moments: identity shifts, starting over, letting go, rediscovering self, uncertainty, freedom, grief, confidence, loneliness, growth, and everything that exists at the same time in a woman’s life.
These sessions are relaxed, collaborative, and documentary in spirit. They are not traditional photoshoots focused on perfection or performance. Each session includes conversation, natural portraiture, and optional audio recording for storytelling purposes. Participants do not need modeling experience — only a willingness to show up honestly as themselves.
The goal of Still Becoming is not to present women as “finished,” but to honor the reality that life continues to unfold, change, and deepen at every age.
Because becoming does not end at 40, 50, or beyond.
Details
What sessions are like
- relaxed documentary-style portraits
- conversation-based
- held in your environment whenever possible
- no modeling experience needed
- approximately 60–90 minutes
- no cost to participate
Still Becoming is currently seeking women 40+ interested in participating in portrait and storytelling sessions exploring identity, change, midlife, reinvention, and becoming.
If the project resonates with you and you’d like to learn more, I’d love to hear from you.
If something about this project feels familiar to you, I'd love to hear your story.