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    With Power, Poise And Confidence, These 'Women R Beautiful'

    Ruben Natal-San Miguel likes to photograph people where they live. He calls his pictures "environmental portraits." Dozens are on view in the exhibition "Expanding the Pantheon: Women R Beautiful."
    by Susan Stamberg Jan 28, 2021 4 minutes
    <em>The Stoop Stare Down (Nia & Afiya, Two Generations in Harlem)</em>, Jan. 26, 2020, 3:30 p.m., 42 degrees

    "Mister! Mister!" she yelled. "Take my photo!"

    A demand, not a request. Mama had spotted the three cameras hanging from straps around Ruben Natal-San Miguel's neck as he walked around her Bronx neighborhood. Her demand intrigued him.

    "I said 'absolutely.' "

    Natal-San Miguel likes to photograph people where they live. He calls his pictures "environmental portraits." No formal poses. Just a pause, in front of his camera.

    Mama stopped by a red truck and crossed her arms. He liked the reflection of a tree on the truck's side.

    "And I just took the photo."

    Click.

    It became his best-known picture.

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