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astridparamita 's review for:
The Atlas of Beauty: Women of the World in 500 Portraits
by Mihaela Noroc
What I love about this book:
The whole idea of this book is just so wonderful. Photographing diverse women all around the world, telling their stories. It is the kind of project I want to support.
There are so many inspiring stories, and not in a way that you'd think you have to go out there and create something. But also in the story of resilience, and accepting who you really are and have a complete and beautiful peace with it (what I admire the most in everyone).
Why it's 4 star instead of 5:
There is one tiny thing that bothered me a bit about this book. While I do understand that anyhow books like this tells the story from the photographer's point of view (and Mihaela Noroc is a wonderful person!). But for a book about beauty, this really feels like it's in the eye of the beholder (in this case, the photographer). For instance, you can really tell that she's fascinated about women with red cheeks and big eyes.
There are also more pictures being taken of women in certain countries than others, which makes me wonder a little if it's because she just hasn't been traveling so much in those regions, or are they not as fascinating than the women in other regions?
I hope there will be an Atlas of Beauty 2, where she would explore more facets of beauty in a more complete view of the world!
The whole idea of this book is just so wonderful. Photographing diverse women all around the world, telling their stories. It is the kind of project I want to support.
There are so many inspiring stories, and not in a way that you'd think you have to go out there and create something. But also in the story of resilience, and accepting who you really are and have a complete and beautiful peace with it (what I admire the most in everyone).
Why it's 4 star instead of 5:
There is one tiny thing that bothered me a bit about this book. While I do understand that anyhow books like this tells the story from the photographer's point of view (and Mihaela Noroc is a wonderful person!). But for a book about beauty, this really feels like it's in the eye of the beholder (in this case, the photographer). For instance, you can really tell that she's fascinated about women with red cheeks and big eyes.
There are also more pictures being taken of women in certain countries than others, which makes me wonder a little if it's because she just hasn't been traveling so much in those regions, or are they not as fascinating than the women in other regions?
I hope there will be an Atlas of Beauty 2, where she would explore more facets of beauty in a more complete view of the world!