An encounter, not a ranking.
A hundred different experiences sit side by side. The project asks us to widen our idea of who can embody power, and how.
COPENHAGEN, 2023 / THE BEGINNING
A city square.
A hundred women.
An open question.
What happens when we stop treating power as something we can recognise at a glance?
Eight views of the exhibition ↓
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THE IDEA
Look beyond
the first impression.
100Portraits began as Molly Marina’s first socio-art project: a meeting between portrait photography, personal testimony and questions about gender, diversity and power. One hundred women shared something of themselves. The invitation to the viewer was equally personal: look again.
The photographs draw on the dramatic light and shadow of old Hollywood. But a face is only the beginning. Words, photographic variations, colours, symbols and selected songs bring different parts of each story into the room.
ART IN THE CITY
A hundred stories.
In everyone’s way.
No ticket. No white walls. In the everyday movement of Copenhagen, a portrait could interrupt a journey and begin a conversation.
Rådhuspladsen · København · 2023 / From the project’s photographic archive
From the studio to the square.
In October 2023, handmade columns over three metres high brought the portraits to Copenhagen’s City Hall Square. Each portrait, quotation and QR code opened a path from the public square to a personal story.
A conversation that continues.
The exhibition was planned for 18 to 28 October. According to the project’s account, vandalism brought it to an end after five days. The digital exhibition keeps the encounters accessible beyond that moment.
100 WOMEN / 100 POINTS OF VIEW
One hundred.
Never interchangeable.
Every face opens a different story. Choose someone you have not met yet.
100women
400photographic interpretations
10months in the making
001 · Aditi Singh
002 · Amalie Lange
003 · Anja Lisborg
004 · Anja Falk Riecke
005 · Anne Fleischer
006 · Anne Søgaard
007 · Anne Birgitte Lindholm
008 · Anne Sophie Vinther Hansen
009 · Anne-Sofie Nielskov
010 · Annica Flade
011 · Ann-Kirstine Simonsen
012 · Ann-Kristine Waldorf
013 · Birgit Falk Riecke
014 · Birgitte Vosper
015 · Bodil Biering
016 · Britt Davidsen
017 · Camilla Legendre
018 · Camilla Møhl
019 · Caroline Rossmeisl
020 · Catalina Ciucu
021 · Cecilia Aurelia Katz
022 · Cecilie Burkal
023 · Charlotte Gøttler
024 · Christina Schärfe Lambach
025 · Clarissa Eva Leon
026 · Dagmara Szkolnicka
027 · Ditte Vigsø
028 · Eline Halborg-Bendtsen
029 · Florence Charamba Christensen
030 · Gitte Madelaire
031 · Gritt Ellesoe
032 · Hanne Kampler
033 · Hilde Seljom
034 · Ivanna Rosendal
035 · Jackie Ameri
036 · Jacqueline Wanja Nyoro
037 · Jeanette Juhl Hansen
038 · Jeanette Knudsen
039 · Jeanette Thielfoldt
040 · Jenny-Margrethe Vej
041 · Johanne Gjerløv
042 · Karen Toftegaard
043 · Katrine Gilberg
044 · Katrine Grathe
045 · Katrine Rosengren Norup
046 · Kirsten Sasady
047 · Kristine Winther
048 · Lea Silving Petersen
049 · Lene Kvist-Madsen
050 · Lene Mikkelsen
051 · Lesya Logvinenko
052 · Louise Witt Sengeløv
053 · Maj Hedtjärn
054 · Malin Marker Persson
055 · Maria Clemmensen
056 · Maria Krüger Torp
057 · Marie Stæhr
058 · Marlene De Voss
059 · Mette Bøgelund
060 · Mette Kuhlen Gullach
061 · Mette Luxhøj
062 · Mia Rask Vendelbjerg
063 · Michela Annfeldt
064 · Mildred Samula
065 · Mirella Hansen
066 · Ninet Richardt
067 · Pernille Dahlgaard
068 · Pernille Sandberg Bech
069 · Phaedria St Hilaire
070 · Pouline Middleton
071 · Rebecca Connée
072 · Rebecca Holmberg Jensen
073 · Regitze Siggaard
074 · Rie Saaby
075 · Rikke Juul Rokkedal Therkildsen
076 · Rikke Maj Thauer
077 · Saila Roitto
078 · Sanne Markwall
079 · Sarah Jakobsen
080 · Sarah Lund Morrison
081 · Sarah Millerton
082 · Silje Arnesen
083 · Sophie Hytteballe
084 · Sruthi Surendran
085 · Stella Alamil
086 · Stina Bavnhøj
087 · Susanne Herman
088 · Susanne Schustin
089 · Tanya Slavova
090 · Telley Melby
091 · Terese Hoffeldt
092 · Thea Larsen
093 · Tina Ilsted
094 · Tina Pårup
095 · Tove Hejbøl
096 · Trine Dyhr Hansen
097 · Trine Glad
098 · Trine Kall Christensen
099 · Xin Yao
100 · Yun LadegaardBEYOND THE PHOTOGRAPH
When portraits
become encounters.
The project also brought people into the same room. These photographs from the Power Women event preserve another part of its life: listening, recognition and conversation.
THE PROJECT IN MOTION
Before the next portrait,
change the way you look.
Faces become stories. Stories become encounters. Step into the world of the exhibition.
Open the exhibition playlist ↗
Loads the original film from Vimeo only when you choose to watch.
THE NEXT CHAPTER
A city-square encounter.
Now in your hands.
Read on the train. Look closer at home. Carry one question into your day. The digital exhibition gives each encounter time to unfold.
100 / CPHONE QUESTIONWhat does power mean to you?♡