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Photographer Travels Around The World To Capture The Incredible Beauty Of Red Hair, Photographs More Than 37 Redheads
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While redheads have become synonymous with Ireland and Scotland, American photographer Brian Dowling who now lives in Berlin(Germany), photographed over 130 redheads from 20 different countries for his project “Redhead Beauty”.
Red hair is the rarest hair color in the world and is caused by a gene mutation know as MC1R which affects about 1% of the world population. This gene mutation can also affect a person’s tolerance to pain, sunlight, and their hairs’ ability to gray. Red hair will instead turn blonde or pure white when you age.
Brian started this portrait project which spanned three summers to show the real beauty of red hair and wanted to help break down stereotypes people often have of redheads with his photographs. His art book “Redhead Beauty” is available on Kickstarter.
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An Early Morning With Alina From Kiev, Ukraine
Madeline From Washington State, Usa
Kirstie In The Scottish Highlands Of Glencoe
Carmen From Best, Netherlands
Krissy From Stuttgart, Germany
Alisha From Odessa, Ukraine In The Black Sea
Ellie From London, England
Elias In Belfast, Northern Ireland
Maria From Moscow, Russia
Gracie From Howth, Ireland
Alina From Odessa, Ukraine
Aoife From Longford, Ireland
Ruby From Essex, England
Elainna From Modesto, California
Model Nastya Pindeeva Overlooking The Black Sea In Ukraine
Tara In Liverpool, England
Beata Overlooking Downtown Warsaw
Everywhere there is a city and country. :p Here is not. U don't know where is Warsaw? :D
Kim From Hamburg, Germany
Masha Under The Trees In St Petersburg, Russia
A Model In A Snowy Park In Munich, Germany
I love that deep color! she is beautiful. I wish i had ginger hair and green eyes
Shannon From Sydney, Australia
Natasha's Freckles From London, Uk
Sophee From California, Usa
Sophie From Stirling, England
Daria From St. Petersberg, Russia
Finally! At least one girl with natural color of eyelashes and eyebrows!
Kirstie Overlooking The Scottish Highlands Of Glencoe
Italian Redhead Benedette Watching The Sunset In Sydney
Vanessa From South Africa And Bridget From San Fransico, Usa
Judith From Breda, Netherlands
Lisa From Vienna, Austria
Thayana From Apucarana, Brazil
A Model Poses At The East Side Gallery In Berlin, Germany
Jessica From London, England
The Freckled Legs Of A Girl From Budapest
Two Models From Melbourne, Australia
Do all red heads have long hair??And are they all young ? None that are short hair or older or not so skinny??
Ismee From Texel, Netherlands
I was looking forward to seeing these, now that I have I'm disappointed. They are all thin young woman. I'm a middle aged redhead with 6 red headed sons. I wish the pictures represented a broader range of readheads.
Sadly, Mr. Dowling thinks only females can have red hair and be beautiful.
I was thinking the same thing! I have an adorably stunning red haired son.
Why tf would you get bothered by his taste?
It just could be because he is a normal heterosexual male and finds women far more pleasing and alluring. Just a guess of course.
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Hello Darkness, I think you complain too much. I donated to the photographer's Kickstarter project ONLY because the book features exclusively beautiful women. Perhaps you are upset that Hooters restaurants only have female waiting staff.
i love all these pictures they capture the beauty of the girls, their hair and the countries they are from. And no offense but maybe you shouldn't hop to judgement. maybe it's a series. redheaded women then redheaded men, redheaded children and then everyone together maybe it has a deeper message
Great point, 'females are beautiful with red hair' but 'men with ginger hair have no souls' seems like. Really winds me up...
most men don't regard other men as beautiful, given the photographer is male, the outcome is somewhat predictable.
Was thinking the same!!
Sadly, these comments are why we can't have nice things. His photo series, his rules. Why can SJWs only destroy and not create?
This is the opposite of sjw. This is men not being able to stand when they aren't included in something and being totally surprised that the world they live in which puts women's value on their looks, is putting value in women's looks. Over men's. What a shock who tf would have seen that coming.
I agree not very diverse collection. I would have been happy to be a part of this project 😁
And I'm all real natural auburn red
It is his camera and his personal taste. Don't like it? Make your own art.
Marie Stanford - he would be right.
@mireia Dos maybe stop thinking and do some research.
Did you just assume these peoples' gender???? #triggered
Women are mainly used as models because humans view females as beautiful because of a psychological effect from how humans evolved.
I'm sorry, but which one of these girls are not white?
Maybe Mr, Dowling has other purpose and the one that is wrong here is the article writer.
We can only go by what the article writer has written.
I don't think redheads come in any color other than white. If any of you have ever seen a natural Asian redhead I will be very surprised.
Be surprised, Me. Google 'Mongolian Redheads.' 27f29dffab...25f16f.jpg
Oh wow, i didn't know that was possible. I guess you learn something new every day.
There are African redheads and Asian redheads as well. https://howtobearedhead.com/9-natural-redheads-from-different-backgrounds-and-ethnicities/
The world is a big wonderfully diverse place. Redheads come in variety of people. I'm disappointed he didn't include the range of beautiful redheads different genders, sizes and ethnicity. His project while pretty is predictable. Think outside the box next time.
https://howtobearedhead.com/9-natural-redheads-from-different-backgrounds-and-ethnicities/
Mongolians have extensive Caucasian ancestry. So do all the people in the second link, or redheads you can find in Northern Africa for example. Gene passing works both ways, but there's little argument over the fact red hair is originally a Caucasian feature. To call them "African" and "Asian" in the context of this conversation is a little deceiving, and for most of the ones in the second link actually denying half of their identities.
It's rare but they're out there. I went to school with a girl who was of African descent. Both parents are black...her skin was dark brown and had a gorgeous burnt orange hue to it. She had freckles, red hair, brow and lashes. She was gorgeous.
So the photographer trolled through modelling agency photographs for redheads so he could create an "arty" Page Three feature? Lame. Very, very lame.
Why would you expect anything at all? Are you addicted to misery? It's a private project.
Its actually not lame in any way. Redheads are becoming to get more common these days which is nice to see because their hair colour is so different to everyone else's. I actually have the same hair colour as these beautiful women and I try to embrace it as much as I can even though I get bullied because of my hair colour but I couldn't care less. So it's lot lame at all it's embracing all men and women that are red heads.
Aunt Messy, the photographer is not obligated to act like a social justice warrior. And let me repeat that most of these gorgeous young ladies are not models. Some of them are on Instagram, and you can confirm that they are not models. We live in a free society. If I were the photographer, I would have only chosen beautiful young women for a book, just like he did. In fact, that's the only reason why I donated $10 to his Kickstarter campaign.
Aunt Messy, no. The photographer visited different countries and he took the pictures himself. Almost none of these beautiful young women are professional models.
Did you read the captions? Or do you believe that there are no fat, thin, infant, male, or preadolescent redheads? These are models.
I think the inclusion of some average-looking redheaded people would have been more significant
Um, they all look the same. All tall, thin, with diamond face shape. Where are the short chubby red heads? Also they are all White. There are African Americans and Latinos who are red heads.
And Mongolians.
"they all look the same". No they don't. Your personal resentments make you blind and insulting.
They all look incredibly different. Careful what you say about people all looking the same.
I thought the same thing - and it's not because "all young, beautiful, tall, thin, white women with red hair" look the same - it's because the photographer clearly has a look that he likes so hence most of these women look the same (with a few exceptions like #22).
Veautiful! I never understood why some of my ginger friends hate the color. They are all blonde or brunette now. I love my red hair! <3
well, that's his personal selection and he has a right to it:) he doesn't have to picture men or whole spectrum of red headed humans. Why won't we be alright with it? It's not a scientific reserch or a project that's meant to be 'objective'
Because the article writer asked us "What do you think?" that's a pretty open question and people are doing just that.
Of course he has the right to do it. Just like we have the right to criticize it as predictable and unimaginative.
I agree this is his artistic view and keep in mind it is just 1 book, and 1 persons view. If we long for more, then we should run with it and make our own book. I like the book, and the subject matter. We are free to improve or expand on what he has started♡ yay Gingers
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Then he should name the project accordingly, no? The title implies differsity of redheads. Instead all we get are pictures of thin, young, white women. There is a fetization of red haired women; it's not an art project.
A fetish? How? Because it's his preference? A fetish suggests sexual perversion. What are you trying to say? I tend to find certain men attractive and not others...Does that make me a fetishist?
My husband has beautiful red hair.
People raving about lack of diversity but only 37 of 130+ photos are featured here. Who's to say all images are of "thin, white, young women"? I doubt the photographer would seek out only those who fit this description. And maybe if he does only find females of this particular image beautiful, who are we to judge?
Because all we've been shown are these 37. We have no idea if the other ones are the same or different.
All the photos HERE are of thin, white women; who look virtually interchangeable.
Beautiful photographs of gorgeous women! It would be cool to see some photographs of men, too :)
Stirling, England? The guy should burn for the heresy
He missed Bulgaria. I'm a redhead. :D
And you're pretty, also. :)
He missed me in Az lol
I am slightly jealous (not in a bad way, though!) or their hair color. For as long as I can remember, I wanted natural red hair. I also have a weakness for red-haired men. It's just such a beautiful hair color.
that's a very nice comment. I am a natural redhead, and so is my adorable husband
I'm a redhead from Scotland. Stirling...is not in England it is in Scotland. And where are all the men? Other than those two point the pictures are beautiful =)
Apparently redheads who aren't female, thin, and white can't be beautiful. As a redhead, I was really excited before looking, then very disappointed. This should have been titled "Conventionally attractive women who happen to have red hair."
Completely agree. The people defending it are men who are turned on by all these hot women.
I'am a natural red hair. I'm Puerto Rican my sister and 6 nieces and nephews are red hair. We have curly hair straight hair, with freckles and with out. We are not beutiful or thin, we are petite. We are Puerto Rican. .not Europeans.
The title should read "Photographer Travels Around The World To Capture The Incredible Beauty Of Red Hair HOT WOMEN"
*photographer goes to a handful of places to photograph hot red-haired female models.
Well besides the person who wrote this does not know how to count there aren't even 50 pictures ket alone 130. Why are people being so negative I understand you may want some diversity but he can take pictures of what he wants. If you don't like it take your own or don't look.
I admire them each and every one. Natural redheads are special, only 2% of the population.
Very beautiful photos Lemogan
These beautiful photos are meant to be and serve well as a promotion of the Photographers art book. It is also a benefit to many people who have red hair and to people who just feel different.
Not only white women have Redhair ya know
But they all have a white momma down the ancestry line.
VERY VERY BEAUTIFUL!
Some really nice photos.... I was expecting a universal narrative (with the headshot profiles) but it turned into the photographers portfolio...... nice, none the less.
Have you seen that any of them have any wrinkle? There can be beautiful gingers but Photoshop can do miracles too
I cannot pick one....they are all beautiful
Me from Scranton Pennsylvania
I love USA
love the photos but would love to see more diversity (there are some beautiful redheads that are older too).
More articles about intelligent, creative and inspiring people please! This obsession with looks is really getting annoying! God damn
Beautiful women all of them.
You have skipped me! ☺
Sure! He's on a "photography trip" to Asia and Africa to photography red-heads! Try telling that to your wife or gf.
They are all beautiful, i myself am a red head.
Such beautiful ladies.
Why can't you people just enjoy the article? Do you really have to spoil it for everyone with your negative and demeaning comments? My opinion, the young ladies photographed are displaying their beauty. Nothing more nothing less! Well done to these young ladies.
I think apple is considering making a new redhead emoji, to add to its "diverse collection". If they do, I will use it every. Single. Day.
I would have been perfect for this, jerry curl redhead. Natural. Call me.
These comments are full of sour grapes.
Are there no red heads from the China, Middle East and Africa. I also noticed that no POC were represented but many have red hair. Maybe this can be updated to include a more complete picture of the beauty that is red hair.
D Bailey love
All these women are stunning.
Did he forget Diovana? https://www.instagram.com/diokonigsreuter/
Kissed by fire.
Haven't viewed the post as yet because im too excited and I need to have sufficient time to savour all this goodness. I hope there are guys on this list, also. I am literally losing my mind right now, cause the only thing sexier than a redhead, is a geeky redhead with freckles and green eyes.
Mr. Dowling thank you sooo much for putting these beauties together for us. Please disregard all the negative comments from people who obviously just don’t get what you have accomplished here. Thanks again and my favorite is Carmen from Best, Netherlands. Unreal beauty
Great article, I like redheads
Stirling is in Scotland btw.😉
if you wanna see girls, boys, men and women with red hair in nature - check out my personal project - gingers in the woods :) http://www.herz-flimmern.com/de/fotografie/gingers-in-the-woods/ or search for #gingersinthewoods :)
Love them all.
so much different types of beauty but my personal preference is for Maria from Moscow and Elianna from Cali...
Some of you on this thread really over think an artcle.
Miss Treecy McNeil Une belle chanteuse rousse du Québec!!! https://www.treecymcneil.com/
Miss Treecy McNeil from Québec... Une belle chanteuse rousse! https://www.treecymcneil.com/
Have a lot of Redheads in my family. Although I am a natural blonde. Most all my neices have red hair, and one daughter of mine does. My Sisters have red hair and they are all beautiful.
why are there not any pics of anyone older?
Stirling is in SCOTLAND
and where the hell are africans and asians ?
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Beautiful ladies all. However, where's the men? My grandson has the thickest, most amazing red hair and beautiful blue eyes. Will wait for your masculine installment.
Half of these ladies are coloring their hair... and where is a DANISH woman?
Some of those young (YOUNG) ladies are colouring their hair. Just sayin'.
I loved and need one girl redhair now.. =/
'Where are all the men'?' Agree :)
Jayz so much negativity directed towards the photographer and 'thin white redheads'. Redheads are naturally thin and white just like myself except I'm not quite so beautiful as the women here. Plenty of racist anti-red hostility here to. The Brits tried to destroy the royal gene here in Ireland but we're all still here :) Goin nowhere.
Where is the Maltese redhead?
I could hardly tell one, from the other...
Number 11 is one of the most beautiful woman I've seen. And the freckles on number 22 are perfect, so lovely!
To be honest I'd be much more interested in seeing ginger men than women.
L❤VE IT
He missed my three redheads!
I get that he is an artist and he can photograph what he pleases, but I would much rather see "ordinary" redheads than girls that look like models. no diversity in this at all - you can't really say they are "from around the world"...
WTF. Is it MANDATORY to find fault with every effing post and belittle yourselves in the process? Here I'll show you. How about..oh I don't know....These were some very beautiful pictures of redheads! Nicely done. Thank you. That's a nice post. WHY do there have to be men redheads included? What is WRONG with them being white..MOST REDHEADS ARE AND IF I'M WRONG ABOUT THAT ..WHO THE HELL CARES!! Quit taking offense where none was intended you bratpack self centered jerks! And No!! I don't know the photographer never heard of him/her. Can you not just say something nice ONCE..unbelievable.you like them enough to look at each one!! Grow UP internet!! Great pics btw.
You do... your's is just the same specific point of view of those who accept the narrow world they were cultivated to see; and never notice how narrow it is until told that it's extremely by those not included. It's also a very self serving point of view at the expense of negating the majority of 'others' in the real world. That's why you are noticing people aren't pretending your view is the only one worth representing. Until your narrow point of view expands and is honest about the real world, people will be pointing out this problem with Eurocentricim that inspires bigotry and false notions of White superiority. No more silence. Let's be open about how this type of limited perspective is a lie and how much it hurts.
Wow, i love to see that there is only one type of redhead in the world. I must not be beautiful as a redhead, because I don't look exactly like that. Thanks a lot, fetish man, for showing off the red headed models of the world, and filtering out everyone else.
Name of photographer?
All long haired girls in their 20's.. no babies, chilren or males. Basically he photographed the same young lady 130 times.
Beautiful girls with beautiful red hair ...but Stirling is in Scotland "NOT" England (No 24) get your fact right before publishing
Stirling is in Scotland ffs!