Albino people feel the inferiority complex from the centuries, they have fear of social isolation due to their different appearance.
But, the time has changed and now albinos are more accepted and are becoming an important part of the fashion and art industries. Albinism appearing in many ethnic groups and often grabs the attention of photographers from different countries. Besides their looks, albino people grab people’s attention by being more fragile than those with normal pigmentation levels.
Albinism is a congenital disorder characterized in humans by the complete or partial absence of pigment in the skin, hair, and eyes.
Albinism is associated with a number of vision defects, such as photophobia, nystagmus, and amblyopia. Lack of skin pigmentation makes for more susceptibility to sunburn and skin cancers. In rare cases such as Chédiak–Higashi syndrome, albinism may be associated with deficiencies in the transportation of melanin granules.
This also affects essential granules present in immune cells leading to increased susceptibility to infection.
But, beauty has no rules, and to prove it we have collected photos capturing the unique beauty of albino people from 4 photographers from different parts of the world.
1 Sleepy snowflake: beautiful and fragile
2 Albino people protect their skin from direct sunlight
3 They have sensitive eyes
4 Albinism is closely connected to eye problems
5 Albinos can even become blind
6 In many African countries, albino people are killed because of their skin color
7 In some African countries, an albino child is believed to bring good luck to the family…
8 While in others they are considered a symbol of black witchcraft
9 In some cases, the child could be killed by local magic practitioners
10 If unprotected from the sun, albinos are unlikely to live more than 40 years
11 And they risk being feared for their looks all around the world
12 Different societies can push them out for being different
13 Luckily, the situation is slowly changing
14 Nowadays, albino people are attracting the fashion world
15 Photographers from all over the world are mesmerized by their beauty
16 Albinos are starring in various advertisements and fashion shows
17 Albinos also take part in social photo projects
18 With these photos, they hope to show that regardless of pigmentation, we all deserve to live
19 We all have the right to love
20 And we all want to be happy
