Heterochromia, the variety of iris, is a rare ailment that affects about 1% of people. However, ailment is not quite a word, because it is associated negatively, and eyes cut in different colors are fascinating!
Heterochromia can be hereditary, associated with a genetic defect, or acquired. This is congenital from a gene mutation that is responsible for the distribution of the dye - melanin. How it unfolds in our iris depends on the color of our eyes. The variety of iris is very different. Apparently it is now when one eye is different in color than the other. But heterochromia can also be sectoral - when the fragment of the iris is of a different color, it is dominant.
For me, heterochromia is beautiful and always caused me fascination. As a portrait photographer, I decided to create a series of photos with people who have colorful iris. #varicoloreds is a series of portraits in which you'll see fantastic people who can show you not only colorful personality, but also colorful iris. Each one of them is completely different, and creating these photos is a wonderful adventure for me.
After months of work on this project I decided to show you this never published pictures.
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Julia - unusually warm and energetic person. She came to me on her way from her sister to home. We sped together definitely too little time. She’s sister also has heterochromia.
Julia - we met on festival in Wroclaw. I ask her for photoshoot because she’s red and has freckles. During the photoshoot it turned out, that she has a partial heterochromia too!
Artur - car mechanic based in Wroclaw. As he says, has one eye his mother’s and one his father’s. He feels ashamed when somebody tells him that he has beautiful eyes.
Dorota - likable accountant from around Gdansk. On a daily basis difference in color of her eyes is very subtle - on photos you can see it clearly.
Magda - she used to hate her heterochromia. People asked her „does it hurt?” With her brown eye she see warmer colors, than the green one.
Maja - smile of this girl from Torun is contagious. We took this pictures outside, in Torun’s old town, during my trip to Gdansk. Thanks to her I learned that, people from Torun are lovely!
Paulina - nursery from Wroclaw. When she thinks about „her” children, she smiles beautifully. Colors of her iris she inherited from her grandfather.
Sandra - a manager from Gdynia. It was close for us not to see, because of her work stuff. But we did it!
