Renee Fleming has a strong sense of her own beauty and how she wants to appear in photographs. I was shooting dress rehearsals for Handel’s opera, Rodelinda, and requested a quick portrait session in her dressing room between acts. She was most gracious, but I suspect it is not her favorite image. The glamorous sophisticated sexy blond that is Renee Fleming became a Renaissance painting in the distinct style of da Vinci’s Mona Lisa in my vision. Blame Leonardo!