This portrait features my father, a native of a remote Sakha village in northeastern Siberia, reimagined as an old cardinal in the style of Raphael’s Renaissance paintings. The image merges two worlds: the stark resilience of Indigenous Arctic life and the grandeur of European portraiture. With his gaze both serene and commanding, he embodies dignity, endurance, and ancestral wisdom. This photograph pays homage to both our cultural roots and the universal language of art.