1963: PROOF THAT ONE MAN'S ANTI-WRINKLE CREAM DOESN'T WORK

1963: PROOF THAT ONE MAN'S ANTI-WRINKLE CREAM DOESN'T WORK
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He's 34 if he's a day, but for sure -- ABSOLUTELY sure!-- his youth doesn't show at ALL!

I took this near Stuttgart, Germany while this guy and I were talking about cosmic stuff like how the world would be in, say, 1970. He paused a moment, kind of looking ahead, I'd say, maybe asking himself if he'd still be around.

It turns out he didn't last much longer, but his photo hasn't faded and his look is just as bright as then, although only in two dimensions. Makes me think of the Oliver Wendell Holmes poem, "The Last Leaf."

Funny: when I took this, I never dreamed the world would make it to Orwell's famous 1984, but it seems to have not only reached that famous year but gone past it in "double-speak," "double-think" and "Big Brother is Watching You."

If my man here had known what was waiting, maybe he wouldn't have been disappointed not to be around.

As for me, I'm happy to be here, even if only in imagination, which is what my life often seems to be.

What about YOU? He's 34 if he's a day, but for sure -- ABSOLUTELY sure!-- his youth doesn't slow at ALL!

I took this near Stuttgart, Germany while this guy and I were talking about cosmic stuff like how the world would be in, say, 1970. He paused a moment, kind of looking ahead, I'd say, maybe asking himself if he'd still be around.

It turns out he didn't last much longer, but his photo hasn't faded and his look is just as bright as then, although only in two dimensions. Makes me think of the Oliver Wendell Holmes poem, "The Last Leaf."

Funny: when I took this, I never dreamed the world would make it to Orwell's famous 1984, but it seems to have not only reached that famous year but gone past it in "double-speak," "double-think" and "Big Brother is Watching You."

If my man here had known what was waiting, maybe he wouldn't have been disappointed not to be around.

As for me, I'm happy to be here, even if only in imagination, which is what my life often seems to be.

What about YOU?