The Courier & Advertiser (Fife Edition)
Kieran wants to hear from any Dundee gingers
Photographer wants to feature as many as possible in new waterfront exhibition
A man is calling on the “gingers of Dundee” to come forward and share their life experiences.
Photographer Kieran Dodds, who was born in Dundee but grew up in Stirling, is set to return to the city of his birth and has called for ginger people to make themselves known for an art exhibit.
Kieran has teamed up with the city’s Sharing Not Hoarding – a temporary public art project that uses the hoardings surrounding Plot 10 in Dundee’s waterfront development – and will be snapping and sharing the stories of the ginger contingent in Dundee.
The only qualifying criteria to play a part in the project is to be ginger and a Dundonian.
Kieran added: “I am ginger myself and I was born in Ninewells Hospital but grew up in Stirling.
“Dundee has always been a place I identified with – this is my homecoming exhibit.
“I think that being ginger gives me the right to use the word – I am really trying to reclaim the word.
“People talk about red hair but our hair isn’t red if you think about the actual colour red.
“I put a post up on social media about the project and it went crazy.
“It was shared 650 times in a matter of hours. I wasn’t expecting that kind of response.
“I have literally got hundreds of emails to plough through now.
“So many people have got in touch and want to be a part of it. I am really looking forward to it.”
Kieran went on: “I actually started the series in 2014. It is all about the Scottish identity and the independence of Scotland, although it isn’t a political thing.
“I thought it would be cool to photograph people and get them to speak about the experience of being ginger.
“A lot of people think it is a superficial thing but it’s actually genetic. It is literally in people’s genes.
“I have teamed up with Sharing Not Hoarding and we will be bringing the project to the city.
“Basically I am ginger, I am from Dundee and I want to meet other gingers from the city.”
The project is set to take place on May 5 and 6.
Kieran has asked gingers around the city who want to take part to get in touch with him by emailing hello@kierandodds.co.uk.