Too young for any shit

This photograph was created on the occasion of my birthday, and its message begins with a deliberate contradiction. The phrase written on the cake, Too young for any shit, is a conscious alteration of the familiar expression Too old for that shit. By reversing it, the image questions the invisible rules that begin to govern our lives—especially women’s lives—once we cross the threshold of our thirties.

From a certain age onward, society seems to impose an unspoken script: how we should look, how we should behave, what we should desire, and what we should quietly abandon. Youthful aesthetics, playful tastes, softness, fantasy, or emotional openness are often dismissed as inappropriate, frivolous, or even ridiculous. Aging, we are told, should look serious, controlled, restrained.

This work pushes back against that narrative. The domestic scene—carefully staged, pastel-toned, and deceptively sweet—contains subtle tension. The fallen cake, the knife, the stillness of the cat, and the protagonist’s gaze all suggest a moment of pause rather than celebration. Beneath the surface charm lies a quiet resistance: a refusal to conform to prescribed versions of maturity.

At its core, Too Young for Any Shit speaks about reclaiming agency over desire and identity. For me, growing older does not mean relinquishing certain films, aesthetics, colors, or ways of dressing. On the contrary, the true magic of adulthood is the freedom to finally give myself what I was once denied. To choose joy, nostalgia, and softness not out of immaturity, but out of conviction.

This image is not about refusing to age—it is about refusing to age correctly. It embraces a naïve sensibility as a form of strength, and proposes that maturity is not a destination, but a personal construction. One that allows play, contradiction, and pleasure to coexist with time.

Limited edition fine art prints for collectors and galleries.

Produced on photo rag quality paper, all limited edition prints are signed and numbered by hand by the artist.

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