Ilene Cummings

In 2014 I did this shoot of my dear friend and mentor Ilene Cummings. Now 91, she was in her 80’s at the time. An elegant, beautiful artist and writer, Ilene has tremendous vitality & flair!

An elderly woman with white hair, wearing a shiny metallic gray jacket and black pants, leaning on a black decorative lamppost on a city sidewalk with a brick wall in the background.
Older woman with long white hair smiling, wearing a red patterned kimono, leaning against a large tree outside.
An elderly woman with long, white, curly hair smiling widely, wearing a red leather jacket, a black scarf, a gray top, and large gold spiral earrings, outdoors with green foliage in the background.
An elderly woman with long white hair smiling and posing next to a flowering shrub with white blossoms, wearing a shiny silver jacket.
A smiling elderly woman with white hair, wearing a patterned coat and large earrings, leaning against a tree in outdoors natural setting.
An elderly woman with voluminous white hair and light skin, wearing a red knit sweater with black accents, standing outdoors against a tree trunk background, touching her hair with her left hand and looking at the camera.