Betty New - Octogenarian Hiker On Life's Journey / Mariposa Sequoia Grove, Yosemite | 03 October 2007
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I'm Bill Wadman, a New York-based photographer who after completing my first 365 Project, and then a weekly 52 Project, has taken it upon myself to shoot and post one portrait every day of 2007. The photo will have been taken that day, and each day will be a different person. Some will be in the studio, some will be in the wild. Hopefully they will all be interesting.
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samsplanet
That I like. Lots. More please. How's the outdoors Andrea?
Jack
BTW, those tall brown things with greeny yellow bushy things on top are called T-R-E-E-S.
YAAAAAY! Oh, this is so exciting! Happy people come from California.
Mary
Another beautiful portrait Bill. It's so great to see someone in their 80s out happy and hiking around. Activity truly does keep you young. Part of why I plan on photowalking the rest of my life is so that when I'm 80 I can be active and happy like Betty would appear to be.
Thomas Hawk - http://thomashawk.com
I love it! What an inspiration she is! And the photo is killer, too.
Elizabeth - http://hotforsheep.typepad.com
I love it! This is a picture that makes me smile all over -- thank you, Betty & Bill!
nuno
Awesome.
carpeicthus
I wanna look like her when I'm her age. Beautiful!
Jocelyn - http://www.myspace.com/jocelynryder
just to let you know everyday in photography class i check your page for the picture of the day... i love your stuff,very inspiring ecspecially to a highschool senior like myself.... thanks for the pictures and the inspiration that it brings :]
photogeek
Would love to know what was said just before this picture was taken. Great stuff Bill! It's time to plan a trip to Yosemite!
Jim
I love how joyful Betty looks... enraptured even. I hope that if and when I ever get that old I can be that happy.
Diane
She has got to be the coolest octogenarian I've ever encountered in my life. :]
Danielle
Good! I'm smiling. She loves life. I can see it in the image. How nice to see something other than the ugly big city in the background. I'm glad you are getting away from NY for a while.
John Andrews
This is such a super uplifting picture.....she has such a knowing cheeky smile.....I really like this one.....
Steve Dixon
One of your best and one of my favorites - I keep coming back to it every day. I do not know Betty, unfortunately, but this incredible portrait brings out her obvious love of life and spirit of adventure - someone who truly knows it is not the destination, but the journey, that matters most! You make her portrait come to life!
Julie Love
Her picture just instantly put a smile on my face.
Trinh
i love this. just love it.
claire