Just 1-2% of the world’s population have natural red hair, which makes it a very unique trait that can become a fascinating selling feature that stands out in a crowd—or, in some cases, cause bullying for being different. If an uncommon hair color is seen as individuality rather than an oddity, we can live in a more understanding world because after all, the same DNA flows in all of us beyond borders, and here’s a testimony to that.
Over the past seven years, 39-year-old Scottish photographer Kieran Dodds has been traveling the world and capturing different people with one connecting trait—ginger hair. But the project is not just about hair. As Kieran told Bored Panda, it’s about “connecting us across political and cultural boundaries, using a rare golden thread.”
“Look, stare and marvel, that’s the whole point. Find connections across the world. I want people to compare the portraits and delight in our variety even without an apparently homogenous group. We are made of the same stuff but we are uniquely tuned,” he says.
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#1 Clockwise: Steven Mckay, Esther, Rebecca (Mother), Chloe, Lois And Abigail, Scotland
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#2 Alexander Soued, Scotland, Born In 2011
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#3 Sveta Ni, Russia, Born In 1996
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#4 Jordan DeLeon, Jamaica, Born In 2016
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#5 Nixie Connelly, Scotland
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#6 Photographer’s Daughters Izzy & Ada Dodds, Scotland
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#7 Jamie Hallam, Scotland, Born In 2004
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#8 Lucy Fleming, Scotland, Born In 2005
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#9 Marteka Nembhard, Jamaica, Born In 2005
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#10 Photographer Kieran Dodds, Scotland, Born In 1980
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#11 Maya Duncan-Smith, Dundee, Scotland
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#12 Gilad Belkin, Israel, Born In 1988
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#13 Pacey Young, Scotland
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#14 Randy Wong, Jamaica, Born In 1988
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#15 Chris McCabe, Scotland
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