Hi, I’m Dee (49), and I’ve been working in the fashion industry for 30 years. What began as a lighthearted joke soon blossomed into an international modeling career that launched when I was 16 and continued until I was about 30.
My modeling career took me to places like Paris and French Polynesia, where I worked with photographers for international magazines such as Elle and Cosmopolitan.
After completing a four-year course in photography, I transitioned from being in front of the camera to working behind it. From age 29 to 40, I embarked on a new journey as a fashion and beauty photographer, once again traveling the world in this role. This phase of my career felt like a perfect fit for that chapter of my life, as it allowed me to fully express my creativity and bring my unique vision to life. My work took me from New York and Milan to Tokyo and back, photographing for renowned magazines such as Numero, Vogue Japan, and Harper’s Bazaar.
At 40, I welcomed my son, Finn, and decided to take a “baby sabbatical” after so many years of working and traveling, spending the first four years of Finn’s life at home with him. It was in that third year that AndBloom was born. What began as a personal journey to explore how to embrace this new phase of life in my 40s, following the profound changes that came with having Finn, quickly grew into a successful Instagram platform. Here, I shared my portraits and interviews with women from all over the world.
The pandemic and the rise of Instagram reels inspired me to turn the camera back on myself. Since then, I’ve focused on managing my time to balance both aspects of my creative self—being in front of and behind the lens, as well as incorporating writing, a long-time passion of mine, into AndBloom. My son has always been my primary focus, and with his well-being in mind, I’ve spent six years building this beautiful platform, where I connect women and where, together, we embrace the journey of aging.
My goal is to inspire women worldwide to age unapologetically and to let go of the notion that our dreams have an expiration date after a certain age.
In 2021, my first book, The Art of Aging Unapologetically, was published, and I am currently working on my second book, which will be released in 2025—the year I turn 50.
