Longing Glances: Photographs from the series "Far from Home"

Abstract

Bes Young holds a BA from Amherst College and an M.F.A. in Photography from the Belfast School of Art. While still a freshman at Amherst, Young took an advanced seminar in ``Psychology of Aging,{''} a course that would propel her to turn her camera towards the lives of older adults. She won a 2010 100 Projects for Peace grant to photograph senior homes in Turkey and the United States, and in 2011, she traveled to Japan with the support of a Henry Luce Scholarship. In 2013, Young was the recipient of the Oxfam Photography Prize for Women for her photographic work in Sri Lanka. She continues to explore memory, identity, narrative, culture and aging in her photography, more of which can be viewed at her website: http:/www.besyoungphotography.com/index/