The Atlas of Beauty is a project done by Mihaela Noroc, a photographer. She had traveled to many countries and collected pictures of women from around the world. These pictures collected had been published in a book of 352 pages. The book which contains 500 portraits of women from about 50 countries had been released on 26th September 2017. She had been traveling for many years with her backpack and camera in clicking these photos and finally, her work is out
She had clicks pictures of different women of different ages and sizes. Mihaela had said that beauty lies in your differences and that it’s about being yourself, natural and authentic. Also had said that it is not about trends or race or social status. She had also said that she had noticed while traveling that women are under a lot of pressure to look and behave in a certain way. She ad said that in some countries they are under pressure to look beautiful while in some they are under pressure to be modest. And had said that every woman should feel free to express their feeling than being under pressure of any marketing campaigns or trends or social norms.
It is said that the actual beauty comes from inside, inspiring serenity and humanity. And that if our outside is natural and authentic our inside would be more visible. Had said that we need to learn to be ourselves and that in order to do that we need to let others be themselves.
Noroc had said that in Iran she was welcomed well as a westerner by the people and that the women even loved to be photographed. And had said that outside the Western world it was one of the countries where she was rarely refused a photograph. Noroc had said that she hopes her book will get into many homes around the world convincing many people that diversity is a treasure and that it’s not a trigger for conflicts and hate. She had said that we are very different but are a part of the same family. The book is out for pre-order on Amazon and for international retailers check her website.