The photographers of 2015 are ensuring people of all colors, ages, and disorders are showcased as American society slowly morphs into a place where our “imperfections” are highlighted and praised.
Like Michelle Marshall, the photographer who captured Black redheads around the world with the MC1R gene, Angelina d’Auguste wanted her final thesis at the Fashion Institute of Technology to include people who were diagnosed with albinism. Drawing inspiration from Shaun Ross, the first American male model with albinism, d’Auguste directed her attention to the condition for her senior thesis project in order to “captivate people by showing the unseen.”