This is according to University of Tasmania Sociologist Dr Peta Cook, who through a research project is banishing the stereotypes of those aged over 65.

Through the use of digital cameras, 12 seniors living independently within the greater Launceston area are capturing what it means to age.

They are images of simple pleasures, a walk in the sun, a gift to a friend, intimate moments with their wife.

The photographs have formed Images of ageing by older people: an exhibition, on display at LINC Launceston from Saturday and is also part of Seniors Week (October 12 to 18) celebrations.

"I could sit down and just talk to them, but I thought, really to challenge some of the stereotypes and myths that exist around ageing, the best way to do it is to actually give them some cameras, so they could document things that were significant and important to them," Dr Cook said.

"And that was a way that also helped prompt actually talking about things - because if you ask someone what's important to you, sometimes that's a bit hard to talk about it but if people can think out of the square, then it can open up all different types of conversations."

The project has also allowed for a photographic exhibition by only older people.

"If we think about television and we think about older people on television, a lot of them are portrayed in very stereotypical narrow ways, as senile, as annoying, as busy-bodies but when we start to give people cameras to document their own ageing, we start to get very different stories about their ageing process and what they think about ageing," Dr Cook said.

The project, funded through the university and its Institute for the Study of Social Change, began at the start of the year and involves a number of interviews with participants to gather data, which also develops their thought processes about what it means to age.

Dr Cook said she is still keen to hear from two men, over the age of 75, who want to participate in the project, which will eventually culminate in a major exhibition at the university Academy Gallery next year.

Dr Cook will be on hand to discuss the project on Tuesday, October 13, at 1pm and Saturday, October 17, at 10am, at the LINC Launceston.

The exhibition runs until October 17.