Yes... they're all ugly here, is my first thought. But... but... I think Alexandru Vlasin just has a more down-to-earth aesthetic and goes a bit against convention. Notice that he's not really interested in showing grandeur, but the effect of light on his main characters, including himself. And in a deep and aesthetic sense, he is being faithful and honest. I think he's even mocking the proportions of the body and the forms. Maybe it's a message of how life is the way it is and not the way we want to see it.
...oh, Erikah, thank you for this art lesson, regarding the different conceptions of the Salome story, as well as highlighting the fact that many of the great works we love were made because royals and nobles commissioned their portraits... and well, they may not be entirely faithful to the original model. Although if we dig a little deeper we find in the works of these artists the truth, of course. Or moments when they were able to express themselves to their heart's content.

And as for my whole appreciation of Vlasin's work, they are just ideas that came and may even be incongruous.

;)