Define Strength.
Define Beauty.
Define yourself.

#Strengthisbeauty is a mini artistic research project aimed to answer these two general questions: 
-Are there differences in definitions of strength and beauty?
-What factors (external or internal) did subjects identify as having an influence in their conception of their own beauty and strength?

In the early 2010s, I conducted photography sessions seeking to answer these questions from my subjects’ perspectives. 30 cis-women and youth volunteered in the project, which required sharing of some demographic information, their own definitions, and a free portrait session that captured an essence of their quotes. The portraits and quotes shown in these pages are their own encapsulated stories.