There are faces that age and others that simply become history.
For decades, Sophia Loren was one of the great sex symbols of European and Hollywood cinema. Her gaze, her curves, and that impossible-to-ignore presence made her one of the most photographed and admired women of her generation.
But her career was always about much more than beauty. She won an Oscar for Two Women, worked with some of the most important directors and actors of her time, and ultimately built a career that made her a key figure in Italian cinema.
Now, at 92, Loren appears in public much less often, but each new image sparks the same kind of reaction: not only because of how she has changed over time, but because she remains instantly recognizable.
Decades have passed since those photos that turned her into a sex symbol, but Sophia Loren still has something time could never take away from her: presence.