<a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stephaniecorne.com%2F" target="_blank" target="_blank">Artist Stephanie Corne </a>took portraits of people with the skin condition vitiligo while attending the 2013 World Vitiligo Day conference in Detroit. " I'm drawn to people suffering from social exclusion, and art can be a healing tool," Corne said. Pictured, Kimberly Boyld.
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Artist Stephanie Corne took portraits of people with the skin condition vitiligo while attending the 2013 World Vitiligo Day conference in Detroit. " I'm drawn to people suffering from social exclusion, and art can be a healing tool," Corne said. Pictured, Kimberly Boyld.
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Lee Thomas, pictured, said vitiligo challenged his personal identity as an African-American man. Darkness is a sign of strength, he said, and it was a process to acknowledge that he didn't lose his identity. "Color has nothing to do with the integrity of who I am," Thomas said.
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Lee Thomas, pictured, said vitiligo challenged his personal identity as an African-American man. Darkness is a sign of strength, he said, and it was a process to acknowledge that he didn't lose his identity. "Color has nothing to do with the integrity of who I am," Thomas said.
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Corne worked with photographer Bartek Stadnicki on these portraits. She would ask the subject to pose in front of the abstract background she painted, then would paint on the person in response to the backdrop and pose. Pictured, Betty Walker.
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Corne worked with photographer Bartek Stadnicki on these portraits. She would ask the subject to pose in front of the abstract background she painted, then would paint on the person in response to the backdrop and pose. Pictured, Betty Walker.
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Corne said she saw a variety of emotions in her subjects' poses. Some looked confused, but most appeared to embrace their appearance. Pictured, Jessie Terrell.
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Corne said she saw a variety of emotions in her subjects' poses. Some looked confused, but most appeared to embrace their appearance. Pictured, Jessie Terrell.
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Corne also takes portraits of people who don't have vitiligo, but she thinks the skin condition matches her goal of visualizing feelings. "It's how I feel emotions, how that skin condition happens in such a random matter," she said. Pictured, Nicolas Bridgeforth.
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Corne also takes portraits of people who don't have vitiligo, but she thinks the skin condition matches her goal of visualizing feelings. "It's how I feel emotions, how that skin condition happens in such a random matter," she said. Pictured, Nicolas Bridgeforth.
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The skin of a person with vitiligo changes throughout his or her life, as do our emotions, Corne said. Pictured, Keith McCord.
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The skin of a person with vitiligo changes throughout his or her life, as do our emotions, Corne said. Pictured, Keith McCord.
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"(We need) to be reminded that we are the same," Corne said. "There's only one human race." Pictured, Stephen Taylor.
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"(We need) to be reminded that we are the same," Corne said. "There's only one human race." Pictured, Stephen Taylor.
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Corne views her vitiligo portraits as a "celebration of uniqueness and validation of their feelings." Pictured, Marjorie Hall.
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Corne views her vitiligo portraits as a "celebration of uniqueness and validation of their feelings." Pictured, Marjorie Hall.
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Vitiligo affects roughly 100 million people worldwide, according to the <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fvrfoundation.org%2F" target="_blank" target="_blank">Vitiligo Research Foundation</a>. Pictured, Teri Martin.
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Vitiligo affects roughly 100 million people worldwide, according to the Vitiligo Research Foundation. Pictured, Teri Martin.
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Corne's work will be on display at the Vienna Art Fair this fall. Pictured, Ogo Maduewesi.
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Corne's work will be on display at the Vienna Art Fair this fall. Pictured, Ogo Maduewesi.
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