--- product_id: 48918620 title: "The Atlas of Beauty: Women of the World in 500 Portraits" price: "$75.46" currency: USD in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.us/products/48918620-the-atlas-of-beauty-women-of-the-world-in-500 store_origin: US region: United States of America --- # 500 portraits worldwide Rich cultural stories included Authentic, unposed photography The Atlas of Beauty: Women of the World in 500 Portraits **Price:** $75.46 **Availability:** βœ… In Stock ## Summary > 🌟 Discover the world’s beauty, one face at a time. ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Atlas of Beauty: Women of the World in 500 Portraits - **How much does it cost?** $75.46 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.us](https://www.desertcart.us/products/48918620-the-atlas-of-beauty-women-of-the-world-in-500) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - β€’ **Cultural Tapestry:** Dive into vivid narratives that celebrate traditions, fashion, and individuality. - β€’ **Raw & Real Portraits:** Experience spontaneous, unposed images that reveal genuine human stories. - β€’ **Global Diversity Captured:** Explore 500 unique women from 50 countries, showcasing beauty beyond borders. - β€’ **Inspiration for Creatives:** A must-have visual resource for artists, photographers, and storytellers alike. - β€’ **Critically Acclaimed & Loved:** Join thousands who rate it 4.8 stars for its powerful, timeless impact. ## Overview The Atlas of Beauty is a stunning photographic collection featuring 500 portraits of women from 50 countries, captured by Mihaela Noroc. This book celebrates global diversity and authentic beauty through unposed, intimate images paired with compelling stories, making it a treasured resource for art lovers, cultural enthusiasts, and anyone seeking a fresh perspective on beauty. ## Description Photographs and stories of 500 women from around the world, based on the author's hugely popular website. Since 2013 Mihaela Noroc has travelled the world with her backpack and camera taking photos of everyday women to showcase the diversity and beauty all around us. The Atlas of Beauty is a collection of her photographs that celebrates women from fifty countries across the globe and shows that beauty is everywhere, regardless of money, race or social status, and comes in many different sizes and colours. Mihaela's portraits feature women in their native environments, from the desertcart rain forest to markets in India, London city streets and parks in Harlem, creating a mirror of our varied cultures and proving that beauty has no rules. 'Stunning . . . aims to challenge the ideals of beauty dictated by the women's fashion magazine industry' Independent 'A startling and revealing project' Daily Mail 'Scrolling through "The Atlas of Beauty", beauty becomes not a universal standard, but a complicated tapestry' Huffington Post Review: I had been waiting to purchase a copy of this book from when I first noticed it - I have copies of the national geographic portraits and Humans of New York art photo books, I follow the HONY photographer on facebook but I had not heard of the author/photographer of this book until I saw the book in a bookshop short time ago. I am considering finding them online and following them now, this book is really great. The photographs are portrait pictures from around the world, a lot of different ethnicities and contexts, although they all had the feel of being spontaneous and unposed, an instant in time as opposed to the highly stylistic studio productions. Accompanying each of the pictures are names, places, sometimes something of a short statement. Two of the pictures I liked the most where of the Kurdish women fighters, although it was sad to read that one of them would have liked to see the book published but was unsure they would survive their on going armed struggle with ISIS (especially considering subsequent developments, foreshadowed by author's detailing that the US and Turkey had identified the Kurdish Workers Party as a "terrorist organisation"). Personally, I really liked that the book is an arrangement of face on portraits, the eyes are very clear of each of the subjects, looking out from the picture. It is really beautiful and vivid. This is what the best of the National Geographic picture books achieved, including, famously, the Afghan girl, while the incorporation of dialogue and paragraphs providing context resemble the Humans of New York books. This is a great book, for anyone who appreciates the diversity and beauty of humanity and women this would be a perfect book. I recommend it, while the book did portray diversity in terms of ethnic groups, even age and disability, diversity in stature, height, weight, physique are perhaps given less of a profile. For sketch artists, and particularly portrait artists, this would be a good source. It is a picture/photography book but I think there is enough reading too, the accent is obviously going to be on the pictures, as you would expect but the writing is good too. Recommended. Review: Quite possibly my favourite book purchase this year! - I have been following this photographer since summer 2017 via social media. Her journey is amazing, her stories more so, and her vision is a fresh of breath air all captured and presented in this beautiful book! I love the display of individuality and beauty in each women, but deeper than that, the connections and familiarities we can all have even though we may never meet eachother in real life. Traditions, culture, fashion, mannerisms are all captured in this exquisite collection. My two year old daughter loves it and is rather taken on the four mexican fire fighters. That is her favourite photo and one she asks to see on a regular basis. I knew i would love this book, so i rated it 5 stars it is an eternal book my children will grow up seeing. One for anyone who loves art, culture and images of life around the world. Thank you and Well done to Mihaela ## Features - New Store Stock ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | 213,862 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 57 in Street Photography 138 in Portrait Photography 409 in Individual Photographers | | Customer Reviews | 4.8 out of 5 stars 2,066 Reviews | ## Images ![The Atlas of Beauty: Women of the World in 500 Portraits - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91hWyjeQt0L.jpg) ## Available Options This product comes in different **Media Language, Media Format** options. ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I had been waiting to purchase a copy of this book from when I first noticed it *by L***K on 16 November 2019* I have copies of the national geographic portraits and Humans of New York art photo books, I follow the HONY photographer on facebook but I had not heard of the author/photographer of this book until I saw the book in a bookshop short time ago. I am considering finding them online and following them now, this book is really great. The photographs are portrait pictures from around the world, a lot of different ethnicities and contexts, although they all had the feel of being spontaneous and unposed, an instant in time as opposed to the highly stylistic studio productions. Accompanying each of the pictures are names, places, sometimes something of a short statement. Two of the pictures I liked the most where of the Kurdish women fighters, although it was sad to read that one of them would have liked to see the book published but was unsure they would survive their on going armed struggle with ISIS (especially considering subsequent developments, foreshadowed by author's detailing that the US and Turkey had identified the Kurdish Workers Party as a "terrorist organisation"). Personally, I really liked that the book is an arrangement of face on portraits, the eyes are very clear of each of the subjects, looking out from the picture. It is really beautiful and vivid. This is what the best of the National Geographic picture books achieved, including, famously, the Afghan girl, while the incorporation of dialogue and paragraphs providing context resemble the Humans of New York books. This is a great book, for anyone who appreciates the diversity and beauty of humanity and women this would be a perfect book. I recommend it, while the book did portray diversity in terms of ethnic groups, even age and disability, diversity in stature, height, weight, physique are perhaps given less of a profile. For sketch artists, and particularly portrait artists, this would be a good source. It is a picture/photography book but I think there is enough reading too, the accent is obviously going to be on the pictures, as you would expect but the writing is good too. Recommended. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Quite possibly my favourite book purchase this year! *by R***N on 3 November 2017* I have been following this photographer since summer 2017 via social media. Her journey is amazing, her stories more so, and her vision is a fresh of breath air all captured and presented in this beautiful book! I love the display of individuality and beauty in each women, but deeper than that, the connections and familiarities we can all have even though we may never meet eachother in real life. Traditions, culture, fashion, mannerisms are all captured in this exquisite collection. My two year old daughter loves it and is rather taken on the four mexican fire fighters. That is her favourite photo and one she asks to see on a regular basis. I knew i would love this book, so i rated it 5 stars it is an eternal book my children will grow up seeing. One for anyone who loves art, culture and images of life around the world. Thank you and Well done to Mihaela ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A lovely and insightful book. Highly recommended. *by S***H on 6 November 2017* I recently watched Levison's Wood "Walking the Americas" and "Walking the Caucasus" and whilst I enjoy his programmes, I couldn't help but notice the total absence of women he interacts with on these travels. We seem him drinking beer and having a laugh with the blokes but the women in these countries are virtually non-existent. So I was thrilled to get my hands on this lovely book which, aside from having absolutely stunning photography, also includes many of the stories and a brief snippet of the lives of the women in these pages, in some case, eye-opening stories. To call this book a coffee table book is doing it a disservice. I found myself moved by quite a few of the stories. 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