Colossium Magazine August Issue_2018 | Page 12

T oday, in the modeling, fash- ion and art industry, freckles are worn as makeup accessory. Extremely dark skin is seen as a priceless jewel. Vitiligo is adored as a muse for creation, and of course some of the heavenly conceptualized pictures I have seen are those of people living with albinism. Arts created out of these subjects are of- ten just up on social media for the likes and shares. They are just to position the artist in a space of a woke creative, being disruptive and creating outside the box [if they ever admit there’s any]. It seems okay for a while until everyone jumps on the wave to create similar pieces of art of the same subject from different point of view. People living with albinism are just shown love with likes and exaggerated comments on your favorite Instagram photog- rapher’s timeline. And it is no brainer, most of this carefully selected muse wear makeup until they are at a point where the