In Johanna Berghorn’s study, her mother and grandmother embrace. They celebrate intimate closeness. A closeness which attains a strong physical presence due to the incongruence of their upper bodies. The grandmother’s direct gaze into the camera draws the beholder into this relationship too. The identity emanating from the image opens an alternative view onto femininity and beauty. Johanna Berghorn depicts her mother and grandmother as tender and sensitive, strong and present simultaneously This photo is the inspiration for a new subject-focused understanding of feminine beauty.