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Positive Exposure ViewFinder: At the Frontier Between Art and Genetics
Dear Positive Exposure Community,

Wherever Positive Exposure went in 2008, we were received with such amazing enthusiasm. From Africa to Minnesota to New Zealand, Positive Exposure was enthusiastically embraced and each audience or participant made it clear that they felt part of an unbroken chain that stretches around the world, wherever people see the beauty of difference.

We're going to make it easy for you to follow along in 2009.. With this new quarterly newsletter and your participation, we will share with you  just how strong of a movement Positive Exposure is.  Because just as my first photo sessions with people from the genetics community taught me, "this is big."

And it's going to get bigger. Read more about our plans for the coming months.

Have an amazing year,

RICK

In this issue
Recent Galleries
(from top) Albinism in Tanzania, Epidermolysis Bullosa, Alpha 1, PXE, Neurofibromatosis, Tanzania exhibit at Episcopal School

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Interview With a Stylist
Joe, M, and Rick "Style is about personality," says professional stylist Joe Boggess. "You can't help but be stylish."

This hair- and makeup-artist is part of the recipe that makes fashion happen. He also has made magic happen at some of Positive Exposure's early photo shoots. Joe agreed to share his behind the scenes view into the fashion world, Positive Exposure's beginnings, and what it's like to style someone with albinism, the multifaceted singer known as M...Read more or
ASK JOE A QUESTION ABOUT YOUR PERSONAL STYLE.

Share Your Stories and Creativity
from the AMC conferenceWe need your help! There are a lot of you out there living Positive Exposure's principles: finding the beauty and creativity in difference. Tell us about how you project your own unique beauty to the world. Or about someone you know who is using their creativity to give voice to their point of view. Include a photo if you wish. We'll try to excerpt your stories and feature them on our blog or in subsequent issues of this newsletter.

We'd especially like to hear your reflections on a photoshoot with Rick and any ways it may have changed your outlook.
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Leaning On Each Other
schoolboys in TanzaniaThese are uncertain times, but there are also many reasons for hope. Back in November, when President Obama mentioned "people witih disabilities" in his speech on election night, it was a suggestion that our country may be starting to place a new value on difference.

There has never been a better time to broadcast the many faces of genetic diversity. Positive Exposure wants to bring our message of hope and acceptance to as wide an audience as possible.. If you can, help us continue our work. Always remember: together, we show the beauty of difference. DONATE