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The Atlas of Beauty

The Atlas of Beauty

Women of the World in 500 Portraits

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Summary

Photographs and stories of 500 women from around the world, based on the author's hugely popular website.

Since 2013 Mihaela Noroc has travelled the world with her backpack and camera taking photos of everyday women to showcase the diversity and beauty all around us. The Atlas of Beauty is a collection of her photographs that celebrates women from fifty countries across the globe and shows that beauty is everywhere, regardless of money, race or social status, and comes in many different sizes and colours. Mihaela's portraits feature women in their native environments, from the Amazon rain forest to markets in India, London city streets and parks in Harlem, creating a mirror of our varied cultures and proving that beauty has no rules.

'Stunning . . . aims to challenge the ideals of beauty dictated by the women's fashion magazine industry' Independent

'A startling and revealing project' Daily Mail

'Scrolling through "The Atlas of Beauty", beauty becomes not a universal standard, but a complicated tapestry' Huffington Post

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  • Stunning . . . aims to challenge the ideals of beauty dictated by the women's fashion magazine industry
    Independent

About the author

Mihaela Noroc

Mihaela Noroc is a Romanian photographer who has been travelling the world for more than a decade, using her camera to capture the unique beauty and diversity of women around the globe. The first book that grew out of her travels was The Atlas of Beauty: Women of the World in 500 Portraits.
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