Female Portraits: Looking Back to the Past

Respect

2023

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Technique

Mixed media — photography, digital painting and acrylic. Giclée print on 100% acid-free cotton canvas, finished with conservation-grade UV varnish

Dimensions

201 × 200.5 cm (79.13 × 78.94 in)

Year

2023

Series

Female Portraits: Looking Back to the Past

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The protagonists

The story of Lourdes and Rosa

The canvas presents a compelling portrait of two remarkable women united within the same image, dressed in elegant white garments in a marine setting. The movement of the veils enhances the sensation of being submerged — an environment in which breathing becomes impossible.

“Respect” was the pillar for which Lourdes and Rosa fought with determination, becoming a living testimony that it is possible to overcome the wounds of the past.

Lourdes

A 55-year-old Spanish woman, Lourdes has navigated complex family environments that deeply shaped her life path. For years, she sustained a reality invisible from the outside, inhabiting a space of tension and unspoken silences.

Her story is one of conscious transformation: a moment of choosing to rebuild from dignity. Today, her presence embodies resilience and the ability to transform experience into a form of identity.

Rosa

Spanish, Rosa experienced deeply complex personal circumstances from an early age that shaped her perception of the world and of herself. Her story unfolds within a context where what remains unspoken and inherited carries a silent weight.

Over time, she embarked on a profound process of transformation. Today, her trajectory reflects a conscious reconstruction, where experience becomes knowledge and a way of supporting others. In her, strength emerges through calm, clarity, and permanence.

Production — Respeto, photographic session

Rosa sharing her story · Valencia, 2023

Artistic reference

Inspired by Joaquín Sorolla

Respect was inspired by the painting Walk on the Beach (1909) by Joaquín Sorolla. The composition of two female figures dressed in white walking along the shore, with veils and fabrics moved by the sea breeze, directly dialogues with the luminosity and movement characteristic of the Valencian master.