Beautiful Portraits of Redheaded People of Color

In the US, about 25% of people have a mutated Melanocortin 1 Receptor (MC1R) gene that causes red hair. Thus, the chance of any two random people having a red-headed child is about 2%, or 1 out of every 64 people.

London-based photographer Michelle Marshall wanted to show that people with red hair aren’t always of Caucasian descent, so she began finding and photographing Afro-Caribbean people with red hair.

Marshall has collected roughly 30 portraits so far for the project, which is simply titled “MC1R.”

You can find more portraits from this series here. You can also find more of Marshall’s photography over on her website.

(via Michelle Marshall via Mashable)

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Image creditsPhotographs by Michelle Marshall and used with permission