Photographer Recreated Some of History's Iconic Portrait Paintings As Creative Self-Portraits

66-year-old photographer Laura Hofstadter came up with a series of black and white self-portraits emulating classical paintings. The project, titled Stages, was a way of expressing her feelings about growing older in a youth-obsessed society and also as a reflection of her experience battling cancer.

"Although the series was about coming to terms with different stages of life, loss, and aging, the images were conceived with humor and playfulness through her minimal styling and manipulation."

The Scream – Edvard Munch