How The Sun Ages You

Over the course of a year, I was able to photograph people from all over the world, to watch, in ultraviolet, how skin ages. What’s striking is how early the effects of overexposure to UV can be seen. These UV freckles are mostly not visible to the naked eye, until they become really dark, at which point they show through even the outer skin. They’re like dead pixels, a sign that the skin’s ability to handle UV has become overwhelmed, and that the underlying collagen is taking damage. That’s not to say th