Mihaela Noroc presentation

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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 11 years photographing women from 100 different countries with the goal to show “true beauty’ and distaste with how the media has warped our perspectives of beauty. She's written 3 books including the Atlas of beauty in 2017, The power of women in 1999 and Girls of the world in 2023.


I personally love this one a lot. I love the general photography of it but also her highlights and bows she's done her name up despite her condition whatever that may be it hasn't stopped her from anything clearly. I like that it's focused on just her as well. And how bright her eyes are, shining though even though whatever she's been though. 

Another one of my personal favorites but I think I just like sunlight at this point, I like the simplicity of it and the bagginess of the dress I think nowadays it's hard to find such beautiful but simplistic clothing like this. Everything is emphasized on the shape of the body and made to be “aesthetic” and not worn, at least for women. 
This girl reminds me of Billie Ellish, I like that she's in a male dominated field especially considering this is one of the few on her website depicting eurocentric beauty standards. When we think of the concept of "diversity" we think of it as forced and unauthentic but I love that white women and people who matched that standard were still included just not the center of attention. 

I love this one mainly because it reminds me of mom, I also love the head wrap and the egg apron. I love that she's cooking and it looks like for a group of people and how vibrant she looks despite the dull background.  

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