Some have been “moo’d” at like they were cows or called Dalmatians. Others have been teased or picked on, some depigmented themselves to speed up the process and many started to embrace themselves. Some experienced this autoimmune disease as a young child, others grew into it.

This is all because of something called vitiligo. It is a skin condition in which the pigment is lost from areas of the skin, causing whitish patches often with no clear cause. It doesn’t discriminate with age, race or gender. The purpose of this portrait series is to spread awareness, allow others to see what people with this skin condition have gone through and to exude confidence into the individuals who have not accepted themselves completely.