Slideshow: Seeing Genes in a New Light

A former fashion photographer who once showed his work on the pages of and is now a speaker at genetics conferences. He's focusing on changing how we perceive beauty. By Michael D. O'Neill.
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Kaelin Ball has a genetic condition called Sturge-Weber syndrome, which can cause a variety of problems, including glaucoma, seizures and a port-wine-colored birthmark across the eyes and top of the face

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Rick Guidotti with his buddy Sebastian at the Proteus Syndrome Conference 2005.
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Rick Guidotti
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Kristina Vinning