Ginger hair portraits show unexpected 'golden thread' connecting Americans
"Then all these people got in touch."Image source, Kieran DoddsImage caption, Nicholas Modaressi says his dad, who grew up in Iran, refuses to get his genetics tested. "I'm Persian," he tells his son Nic, who grew up in Maryland"I was like 'oh wow, of course, the whole world is in the States'," Kieran says. "My mom's side has always been involved with the Muscogee tribe and traditions and I've grown up around it," he said.
- ▪"Then all these people got in touch."Image source, Kieran DoddsImage caption, Nicholas Modaressi says his dad, who grew up in Iran, refuses to get his genetics tested.
- ▪"I'm Persian," he tells his son Nic, who grew up in Maryland"I was like 'oh wow, of course, the whole world is in the States'," Kieran says.
- ▪"My mom's side has always been involved with the Muscogee tribe and traditions and I've grown up around it," he said.
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Ginger hair portraits show unexpected 'golden thread' connecting AmericansImage source, Kieran DoddsImage caption, Rosalie Moore is one of hundreds of ginger-haired subjects Kieran has photographedBySteven BrocklehurstBBC ScotlandPublished1 August 2026Updated 1 minute agoFor Kieran Dodds, photographing people with red hair has become something of an obsession over the past decade.The 45-year-old, from Edinburgh, who is himself a "proud ginger", began taking pictures in his homeland in 2013 as part of a series examining Scottish identity.His interest in the subject soon took him to other ginger hotspots such the Russian city of Perm and Jamaica's Treasure Beach.His 2020 book Gingers spanned the world but after its release he notice there was a "huge gap"."I realised I didn't have any…
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