Cultuur

28 prachtige foto’s van vrouwelijke schoonheid over de hele wereld

Door Jeannette Kras
In 2013 zegde de Roemeense fotograaf Mihaele Nordoc haar baan op om de wereld rond te trekken. In alle landen waar ze kwam, maakte ze foto's van mooie jonge vrouwen. Ze is in meer dan vijftig landen geweest en ontdekte hoe divers vrouwelijke schoonheid is. Ze noemt haar project The Atlas of Beauty. Geniet van 28 prachtige foto's. 1. Moldavië Noroc has spent three years traveling for her "Atlas of Beauty" series. This woman was photographed on the streets of Moldova. 2. Peru "I walk hours every day, in very different environments and I try to find relevant faces and stories for each place," Noroc tells Tech Insider. This woman was in Peru. 3. Ecuador She also finds subjects online. Sometimes she's invited back to their homes. Here, an Ecuadorian woman in her living room. 4. Tadzjikistan   This woman is a market seller from Dushanbe, Tajikistan. 5. Afghanistan Noroc photographed women in the Wakhan Corridor in Afghanistan. "Although they live in a rough and isolated environment, Wakhi people are amazingly welcoming and friendly," Noroc says. 6. Ethiopië So far, Noroc has been to around 50 countries. Here, a woman smiles in Omo Valley, Ethiopia. 7. IJsland She tries to capture each woman in her surroundings. This woman was snapped in Thorunn, Iceland. 8. Turkije "I prefer to photograph natural faces, without a lot of make-up," Noroc says. Here, a woman sits at a tea house in Istanbul, Turkey. 9. Amazonegebied in Ecuador Noroc visited Kichwa, Ecuador in the Amazon Rainforest and took pictures of the women there. 10. Maori in Nieuw-Zeeland "In some countries I approach 10 women and maybe only one accepts," she says. "In other places, everybody accepts." This was in Maori, New Zealand. 11. New York "Usually, in Western countries, I'm never refused [when I ask to take a picture]," Noroc says. This woman poses in Harlem, New York. 12. Kirgizstan  An Uzbek woman in Kyrgyzstan. 13. Nepal Here, a Buddhist nun poses in Kathmandu, Nepal. 14. Mongolië Noroc photographed this woman in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. 15. Indonesië Traveling across the Java Sea in Indonesia. 16. Noord-Korea Going to North Korea was like "stepping [onto] a totally different planet, with different rules," Noroc says. This woman was photographed in Pyongyang, North Korea. 17. Bulgarije This woman was spotted in Sofia, Bulgaria. 18. China Noroc says this woman in Guangzhou, China, was on her way to the hospital with her mother and husband to give birth. 19. Finland A woman standing on a pier in the Baltic Sea, Finland. 20. Chili A painter, in her studio in Valparaiso, Chile. 21. Letland "The internet can make you very popular but also very exposed to different opinions," she says. "Which is not bad, in the end." A blond woman outside a home in Latvia. 22. Australië A mother and her son pose in Australia. 23. Brazilië Noroc hopes to publish an Atlas of Beauty book after another year of traveling. This woman was photographed in Rio de Janeiro. 24. China A Tibetan woman in the Sichuan Province, China. 25. India "[In India] I photographed subjects from very different environments," Noroc tells Tech Insider. "From poor women living in slums to Sonam Kapoor, one of the most popular Indian actresses." Here, an Indian woman poses at a train station. 26. Groot-Brittannië A woman in Oxford, UK. 27. Zuid-Afrika A young woman in Cape Town, South Africa. 28. Cuba A woman poses on the streets of Havana, Cuba.

Bron(nen):   Tech Insider