Wise Talk, Wild Women

Overview

Women from 60 to 90 brilliantly depict growing into age with grace, intelligence, and verveWise Talk, Wild Women depicts a number of powerful, unique women who describe life in their later decades as vibrant, challenging, sexy, ever-changing, and ever-evolving. Author Gwen Mazer has chosen to interview women from diverse backgrounds and ethnicities to answer the question of what it means to be a woman in her 60s at the beginning of the 21st century. Photographs by award-winning photographer Christine Alicino brings out each woman's beauty and distinction, providing evidence that the human spirit continues for far more years in vibrancy and power than popular culture lets on.

Author Biography

Gwen Mazer is the owner of Total Image Management, a consulting firm in San Francisco that advises companies and individual clients about the power of personal image as a component of communication. She was a fashion editor and columnist for Harper's Bazaar creating the original Lifestyle pages, creative director for Esprit, and owner of signature boutiques in New York and San Francisco. She has been featured in a wide range of media including the New Yorker, Vogue, the San Francisco Examiner, has appeared on numerous television programs, and has written for various publications. Christine Alicino is an award-winning commercial fine art photographer and educator. She has collaborated on projects with artists for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and produced notable portraits of celebrities including Bill Gates, Nicholas Cage, M. F. K. Fisher, John Adams, Tracy Chapman, and Tom Waits. They both live in San Francisco.