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The Boy With Sapphire Eyes

Here is a comment from the photographer herself (Vanessa Bristow):

To all of you DOUBTING THOMAS’ out there who distrust the originality of this photograph, it is NOT Photoshopped.

I was in the local communal lands looking for my lost Dalmatian dog, and I stopped to ask his mother if she had seen it. While I was talking to her, her son, who was playing with his siblings and friends nearby, caught my eye. I asked her if I could photograph him, and this is the first picture that I took of him – it was possibly his first interaction up close with a white person, and his fascination in me, or in the camera, is plainly evident.

I took a few photos of him at the time, and a few more later on a follow-up. An ophthalmologist friend had this to say about his unusual eyes,

"The picture of the little boy with the blue eyes and dark skin probably represents Ocular Albinism or Nettleship-Falls albinism, or Juvenile uveitis. Both conditions cause the pigment of the iris to be less dense."

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06-05-2012, 11:50 PM
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Re: The Boy With Sapphire Eyes

what a beautiful child...
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Re: The Boy With Sapphire Eyes

Wow, that's really cool.
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Beautiful eyes.
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Re: The Boy With Sapphire Eyes

Its actually really freaky....I could just be super high, but its freaking me out...
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Re: The Boy With Sapphire Eyes

Lovely!!!!
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06-06-2012, 06:30 AM
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Re: The Boy With Sapphire Eyes

I knew a black guy that had the same color eyes.
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Beautiful.
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Re: The Boy With Sapphire Eyes

I want those eyes, the color of them is stunning
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Re: The Boy With Sapphire Eyes

I wish mine matched. Having 2 colours can ruin the effects of eye make up!
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