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Links  https://www.theatlasofbeauty.com/ https://www.instagram.com/mihaela_noroc/ https://www.facebook.com/MihaelaNorocPhoto/ https://www.sheclicks.net/podcast/mihaela-noroc Dark skin for centuries has been perceived by the global beauty standard, set by more developed countries, as a negative thing. I love that she captured the way this skin color hits the light and has many different dimensions. I also love that the head wrap is also a big part of the photo. We have more American versions of these such as the durag or bonet. Both things I've been made fun of by Western culture for wearing as it's depicted as “not classy” or “ghetto” I think that the “Atlas of beauty” had a deeper meaning wether she had the intention or not to de centralize western and Asian beauty standards which coincidentally align with eurocentric ideologies and whiteness as “inherently beautiful”.    Michala Noroc is a Romanian photographer who is most known for her “Atlas of beauty” where she, for ...

The next three are meals I've eaten or put together within the last week this was after the veterans day parade I went to Margins to eat and edit my photos this is a "salmon stacker" which consists of cured salmon, capers, cream cheese, shallots and tomato. I also had a Carmel latte. (alwyas with an extra shot.) What truly is a hardshell taco if not just a folded tostada? This is the question sweeping the nation.  I LOVE ENOKI MUSHROOMS!!!!!  

Nov.6 8:47 pm An up-close photo of ICE agents' faces outside the Portland, Oregon, U.S immigration and customs enforcement building in downtown Portland. This is an unusual occurrence, as the agents go to great lengths to cover their faces, but this was a fairly small protest of maybe 20–35 people. When a protester mentioned, “You guys are very brave to show your full face when we are hunting you.” Oct.18 4:31 pm  This was also the day of the second No Kings Protest toward the ending of the night. A photo of a man among the rubble and tear gas with a full face respirator. All “black bloc" is a guerrilla warfare tactic being utilized in Portland; the concept is that it is harder to pick you out of the crowd if the crowd is all wearing black. In the background, you can see a different person in "black bloc" with a helmet on and a medical red and white badge displayed on the helmet. This group of people came together in full black bloc and made announcements over megaph...

An action photo of a young woman practicing karate. She was so amazing and even did some flips.  The beautiful dancers from the Mexican community of the area. They did an absolutely beautiful dance.  A little kid staring at a woman from the Albany Democrats association.  Miss linn Bentons beauty queen.  The Albany Oregon Democrats association.  Our veterans themselves.  A vendor offering sweets to a young lady.   

This was probably my favorite part of the parade was the cars, they all came as a group and did some small burn outs the children loved the hot wheels.  Santa and Mrs. Clause who was very exited to be here.  The firemen and women who handed out candy.   Love love loved the cheerleaders they had them from every school and group in the area.  These were the youngest cheerleaders, they were so happy to see the camera and hear that it might be in the paper.