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This Project Proves That Beauty Has No Nationality
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This Project Proves That Beauty Has No Nationality

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Beauty knows no nationality, and “The Ethnic Origins of Beauty” proves it. It’s a non-profit, artistic, documentary and research project dedicated to documenting the ethnic diversity of the human race by collecting images of different nationalities.

“To reach the hearts of the wider international and multicultural public, the language of beauty has been chosen,” reads the project’s website. “The objective of this project is to show the real scale of ethnocultural diversity in a full, systematic and creative way; to illustrate each and every distinctive ethnicity, however small it is, and whatever its official status.”

The author behind the project is Natalia Ivanova, a Russian photographer and photojournalist. So far she’s managed to gathered almost 100 photo and video portraits representing over 50 ethnic groups from 15 different countries across 4 continents, which is pretty impressive considering that the project only began in 2012. It was first officially presented at an exhibition devoted to International Women’s Day in March 2014 at its Parisian headquarters, and the project has also received the acknowledgment of UNESCO.

More info: The Ethnic Origins of Beauty | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube (h/t: brightside)

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    James Gasson
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    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Beauty has no nationality, but apparently it does have an age, weight, gender and perfect skin.

    Daria B
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    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not sure... With all respect to the author and the good intentions, I don't see exactly how this is different from any Miss Universe contest...

    Randy Allos
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    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's not, but nowadays on boredpanda beauty and aesthetics don't seem to be enough, apparently people feel the need to always attach a social/environmental or some kind of politically correct agenda to their art to get more clicks...

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    James Gasson
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Beauty has no nationality, but apparently it does have an age, weight, gender and perfect skin.

    Daria B
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not sure... With all respect to the author and the good intentions, I don't see exactly how this is different from any Miss Universe contest...

    Randy Allos
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's not, but nowadays on boredpanda beauty and aesthetics don't seem to be enough, apparently people feel the need to always attach a social/environmental or some kind of politically correct agenda to their art to get more clicks...

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