The women who surround me possess an exceptional strength that seems similar to what one might see in a masculine portrait from the late Gothic period or the Renaissance. But here, portraiture is not about highlighting the subject’s position in the social hierarchy. Instead it serves to underscore, and idealize the radiant strength of contemporary women. This strength is no longer a pose: it is now a reality. A point of view and a single location. A part of the whole. An impression. A small fragment of the essence.