The philosopher Emmanuel Levinas speaks of encountering the face of another person as an encounter with the “Infinite.” Can a portrait painting help us to behold the Infinite in the face of the other? When I truly encounter another person, in that meeting of eyes I will see the humanity of this person. What does this require of me? And what do we refuse to see? How much truth can we bear to face?

In Tears of Gold Hannah Rose Thomas gives voice to women who have survived violence in forgotten corners of the world.