About the Images Gallery
The Positive Exposure Images Gallery began with Rick Guidotti’s quest for a better understanding of genetic difference — and made a big splash in the world of photography. The first Positive Exposure photos appeared in a LIFE Magazine cover story entitled “Redefining Beauty,” featuring people with albinism.
Since then, Positive Exposure has photographed over 100,000 individuals at conferences, community-based initiatives, and the Gallery on NYC’s Museum Mile. Photographs have featured individuals living with a range of genetic, physical, behavioral, or intellectual difference. Ambassadors hail from everywhere in the United States and over 100 countries.
With each shoot, Positive Exposure seeks to celebrate humanity, inclusivity, and joy.
Explore the New Faces of Genetics over the years.
Note: If you’re interested in a shoot or would like to bring Positive Exposure photography to an event, reach out to us.
Ichthyosis with confetti is a disorder of the skin. Individuals with this condition are born with red, scaly skin all [...]
Harlequin ichthyosis is a severe genetic disorder that affects the skin. Infants with this condition are born prematurely with very [...]
Infantile Hemangioma could be defined as a benign growth and collection of extra blood vessels mainly in the skin.
Joubert syndrome, a rare genetic disorder characterized by partial or complete absence of a certain area of the brain (cerebellar [...]
Klippel-Trenaunay (K-T) Syndrome is characterized by a localized or diffuse capillary malformation that overlies a venous malformation and/or lymphatic malformation [...]
Marfan syndrome is a genetic disorder that affects the body’s connective tissue. Connective tissue holds all the body’s cells, organs [...]
Miller Syndrome (also known as postaxial acrofacial dysostosis) is an extremely rare genetic condition that involves multiple physical anomalies. The [...]
Moebius syndrome is a neurological disorder characterized by weakness or paralysis (palsy) of multiple cranial nerves, most often the 6th [...]
Myotonic Dystrophy is an inherited condition, and the commonest muscular dystrophy of adult life, affecting around 1 in 8000 adults. [...]
X-linked myotubular myopathy is a rare disorder characterized by weakness of the respiratory muscles causing respiratory distress. In addition, infants [...]
Nager Syndrome (also known as acrofacial dysostosis) is a rare genetic condition involving physical anomolies and some level of hearing [...]
Neurofibromatosis (NF) is a genetic disorder of the nervous system which causes tumors to form on the nerves anywhere in [...]
Nevus (pronounced knee-vus), a Latin word meaning "birthmark," or "mole," is a general term for a congenital mark on the [...]
Noonan syndrome (NS) is a variably expressed, multisystem disorder with an estimated prevalence of 1 in 1,000 – 2,500 births. [...]
Pallister-Killian Mosaic Syndrome is a rare chromosomal disorder caused by the presence of four copies of the short arm of [...]
PHACE Syndrome is the uncommon association between large infantile hemangiomas, usually of the face, and birth defects of the brain, [...]
Potocki-Lupski syndrome (PTLS) is a genetic disorder characterized by the presence of an extra copy of a tiny portion of [...]
Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is a variable and complex genetic neurobehavioral disorder resulting from abnormality on the 15th chromosome. It occurs [...]
