The Visibility
Project
Why do we stop telling women's stories just when they become the most interesting?
An editorial portrait and storytelling project exploring what it means to be a woman over 50 now — through the women who are actually living it.
Created and photographed by Kim Conant
In collaboration with Vibrant & Visible
Who Gets to Tell the Story of Life After 50?
The culture around aging is changing. And women themselves are changing it.
We're creating, leading, starting over, questioning what's next, and living lives that are far more interesting and complex than the familiar narratives of aging and loss.
The Visibility Project wants to tell a different story.
One that makes room for women's faces, voices, experiences, and contradictions—not a single definition of life after 50, but the many ways we're living it.
Because women over 50 deserve to be seen, heard, and part of the cultural conversation.
The Visual Narrative
Each woman collaborates with photographer and project creator Kim Conant to create a visual narrative that reflects something real about who she is and the life she is living now.
The portraits may be quiet, bold, joyful, unexpected, polished or imperfect. The goal isn't to create one image of what a woman over 50 looks like.
It's to show how many different ways there are to be one.
Project OverviewThe First Edition
The first edition of The Visibility Project is now underway.
Approximately six women over 50 will be photographed and interviewed during fall 2026. Their portraits and stories will become an ongoing online editorial series and will culminate in an intimate gathering and exhibition in Cambridge this December.
This is the first edition of what we hope will become a growing visual and editorial archive of what life after 50 actually looks like.
The Visibility Project: An Evening in Cambridge
A little wine. A beautiful table. A lot to talk about.
As the evening unfolds, enjoy wine and a delicious selection of small plates from Dear Annie.
On the menu
Prosciutto e melone · Gildas with anchovy, olive & piparra peppers · Marinated olives · Fresh farm crudités with herb tzatziki and garlic hummus · Onion dip with Fox Farm potato chips · New England cheeses with local honey, dried fruits and nuts · Charcuterie with Dijon mustard and cornichons · Toasted sourdough with cultured butter and sea salt.
Good food, thoughtful conversation, and the pleasure of spending an evening with interesting women.
Limited to 25 guests.
Early Bird: $129 (End November 10)
Regular Admission: $149
Thursday, December 3, 2026
Dear Annie · Cambridge, MA
Join us for an intimate evening celebrating the first edition of The Visibility Project.
We'll bring the portraits and stories off the screen and into the room — gathering with the women featured in the project for food, wine, conversation, and a deeper discussion about visibility, aging, and the stories we tell about women's lives after 50.
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The first edition of The Visibility Project is underway.
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