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Tony Robertson thinks we need to reevaluate the way we look at beauty as a society.
"As we get a middle-aged spread, we don't feature in magazines. We don't feature in ads for products," he said.
"It's an important part of our culture... [the question of] how do men affirm each other's beauty, particularly as we age?"
Tony was one of 16 older Brisbane residents to take part in Old is Beautiful, a workshop and photo shoot that aims to challenge ageist stereotypes by exploring the question, 'What makes older people beautiful?'
An initiative of Celebrate Ageing Ltd, the campaign was brought to Queensland for the first time this year by advocacy service ADA Australia.
While he thinks it is important to reframe the narrative about male beauty, to Tony, beauty is not primarily about how we look but rather what we see, experience and perceive.