Atlas of female beauty (26 photos)

Bucharest-based photographer Micaela Noroc has been traveling the world in search of female beauty for three years. You might think her photographs feature professional models, but they're not. They're ordinary women whom Micaela meets on bustling city streets or in remote villages and persuades to pose for her project, "The Atlas of Beauty," which has now covered 37 countries.





"Today I can confidently say that beauty is everywhere, and it doesn't depend on makeup or clothing sizes. Beauty is in the ability to be yourself," says Micaela.



Sarah (San Francisco, USA)

Stranger from Bogota (Colombia)



Beauty from Havana (Cuba)



Tibet (China)



Maria Jose (San Pedro de Atacama, Chile)



Cindy (Mexico City, Mexico)



Girl from Maramures (Romania)



Valerie (Harlem, New York, USA)



Claudia (Cuba, Havana)



Maria (Bogota, Colombia)



Claudia (near Sydney, Australia)



Andrea (Cali, Colombia)



Cassandra (Woodville, New Zealand)



Ana (Havana, Cuba)



Isabel (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)



Luanna (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)



Ramina (Shiraz, Iran)



Melina (Shiraz, Iran)



Yunk (Sumatra, Indonesia)



Kalla (Colca Canyon, Peru)



Putri (Jakarta, Indonesia)



Alejandra (Mancora, Peru)



Luna (El Paso, Chile)



Sayaka (Tokyo, Japan)



Christina