A female photographer from Romania quit her ordinary job and started a new life. Mihaela Noroc took her camera and began traveling around the globe, photographing hundreds of women surrounded by their culture. Noroc’s project "The Atlas Of Beauty" is about our planet’s diversity shown through portraits of women.
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© Photo : Mihaela Noroc
"Traveling on a very low budget around 37 countries made me integrated in all kinds of environments." A woman poses in Ipanema Beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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"I took pictures with women in many different places from all continents, except Atarctica. I captured beauty in brazilian favelas, rough neighbourhoods of Colombia, in an iranian mosque, on the Tibetan Plateau, in the biggest budhist temple of Myanmar, in the Amazon Rainforest, but also in fancy areas of Oxford, in downtown New York or in the suburbs of Sydney." A Tibetan woman in Xiahe, China, poses for the photographer.
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"Now I can say that beauty is everywhere, and it’s not a matter of cosmetics, money, race or social status, but more about being yourself." In the photo, a Colombian young woman living in Ecuador.
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"Global trends make us look and behave the same, but we are all beautiful because we are different. In the end, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and the beholder is always somebody else." An Indian woman in Japan.
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"I prefer to photograph natural faces, without a lot of make-up, and to capture that moment of sincerity and serenity that is so specific for women." Maori from New Zealand.
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"My goal is to continue and take photos of women from each country of the globe, making “The Atlas Of Beauty” a mirror of our diverse societies and an inspiration for people that try to remain authentic." A young woman from Moldova.
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"I think everybody has to cultivate their own beauty, rather than copying something that doesn't suits. In the end, the original is better than a copy." A young woman posing in Harlem, New York.
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"Maybe in 50 years all women from all around the world will dress and act the same. I hope my project will remain a witness of my era’s cultures and traditions." A woman in Omo Valley, Ethiopia.
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"For now, this is just a dream, but if people around the world will help me, I can continue and complete the Atlas." A Russian woman poses for the photographer.
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"In my previous journey I had dangerous moments, hard days of working, exhausting routes, unfriendly viruses, but I would do it again, with all my passion." In the photo is a woman in Uzbekistan.
