photo: © Mihaela Noroc - Cuba
For more than eleven years, the 39-year-old photographer Mihaela Noroc has spent much of her life traveling. On journeys to remote corners of the world, she photographs women and listens to their personal stories. Those encounters form the basis of her internationally acclaimed project The Atlas of Beauty.
To date, Noroc has photographed women in about a hundred countries and in an extraordinary variety of settings. Her images reach a worldwide audience and challenge conventional ideas about beauty. The focus is not outward perfection, but authenticity, identity, and individuality.
Her first book, The Atlas of Beauty: Women of the World in 500 Portraits, was published in 2017. After another seven years of intensive photography all over the world, Noroc now presents The Power of Women: An Atlas of Beauty Book.
In this new book, she portrays five hundred women from about sixty countries, from Afghanistan to Japan and from Peru to the United States. The combination of photography and personal stories shows the many forms women’s strength can take. Noroc creates striking contrasts between image and text that together reflect the richness and diversity of the world.
Her subjects range from mothers and daughters to firefighters, craftswomen, attorneys, students, and artists. Their backgrounds differ, but they share a common message: strength is expressed not only physically, but also through resilience, creativity, empathy, honesty, and courage.
According to Noroc, a woman can be powerful even when she feels vulnerable. With The Power of Women , she invites readers to recognize and embrace their own inner strength. At the intersection of photography and inspiration, the book is both a visually impressive publication and a source of motivation in a constantly changing world.
The Power of Women, An Atlas of Beauty Book - Mihaela Noroc
Pages: 352
Price: € 20.89
Publisher: Particular Books · Language: English. This article refers to the English-language hardcover edition (ISBN 9780241708989, published March 4, 2025).
