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Aaaand I'm Officially Starting to Use Eye Cream

And smile more in pictures. You will, too, after you see these snapshots of four sisters getting older before your eyes

by Meghan Rabbitt

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There are moments in life when you realize, "Uh-oh, I'm not fresh-faced and 20-nothin' anymore." Like the moment you see a close-up of yourself and can't look away from the crow's feet. Or when you notice the first sun spot has emerged on the top of your hand.

And while I'm game to get older as gracefully (and with as much retinol) as possible, these photos of four sisters -- taken every year for 36 years -- kind of terrified me. To watch what the passage of time does to a lady in the span of 2 minutes inspired some nausea, I'm not going to lie.

The images, taken by the husband of one of the sisters, photographer Nicholas Nixon, are beautiful (if a little horrifying). They're so beautiful, in fact, that the Museum of Modern Art published a book presenting all of the portraits in sequence.

Keep clicking to see them here, then fill me in: What kind of thoughts are you left with after you watch the Brown sisters age before your eyes?

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That was super cool. I loved watching the progression of fashions but their poses and expressions didn't change much. It was also interesting to see how little their hair styles changed from year to year after about 2003.

by elph37 Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at 03:42PM Report as inappropriate

beautiful!! I really enjoyed seeing the progression

by sharon_siqueiros Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at 10:04AM Report as inappropriate

Time marches on...

by WiccanLady Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at 09:27AM Report as inappropriate

Neat,

by EricaC123 Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at 03:44AM Report as inappropriate

this is such a cool project! Unfortunately whether you use eye cream or not, you will age. But taking good care of yourself overall (yeah, including eye cream too) is a must!

by venenumletalis Monday, May 6, 2013 at 03:13PM Report as inappropriate

Really interesting to see how each sister aged over 30+ years! Don't know if this is motivation to use eye cream as much as just SPF all over everyday! Would have liked to see the pictures more side by side to really compare, as opposed to a slide show, waiting for each picture to load.

by HeathRene Monday, May 6, 2013 at 01:41PM Report as inappropriate

what a cool idea!

by sportimonki13 Sunday, May 5, 2013 at 09:36PM Report as inappropriate

Fascinating on so many levels, besides seeing the same four women age year by year... good photography, plus I remember wearing all the same style clothes!

by purple9a Sunday, May 5, 2013 at 06:42PM Report as inappropriate

very interesting

by Chris213 Sunday, May 5, 2013 at 06:50AM Report as inappropriate

These photos are stunning

by LindaDD Saturday, May 4, 2013 at 06:41PM Report as inappropriate