Strand 1
Diverse images of medical conditions
About Strand 1
Medical conditions can look different depending on a person’s skin tone. In many healthcare resources the majority of pictures are of people with light skin tones. This means people with darker skin experience greater chance of misdiagnosis than people with lighter skin. To help, we want to take pictures of medical conditions on a range of skin tones and create a digital collection of photographs. These pictures will be helpful for teaching and identifying conditions in all skin tones, leading to faster diagnosis, and better experiences of healthcare.
To do this, we are running pop up photography sessions in community centres, religious spaces, GP surgeries and health centres in Bristol.
We need your help
As a member of the community, your involvement is key to making this project a success.
We are looking to photograph the following medical conditions on people with darker skin tones:
Amputations
Athletes Foot
Baby Acne
Basal cell carcinoma
Bruising
Burns
Cellulitis
Chickenpox
Cochlear Implants (hearing aids)
Cold sores
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
Cradle Cap
Deep Vein Thrombosis
Dermatitis
Eczema
Erythema Toxicum
Hand, Foot and Mouth
Heat Rash
Impetigo
Jaundice
Kaposi Sarcoma
Keloid Scarring
Klippel-Feil syndrome
Kyphosis
Lordosis
Lupus
Lyme Disease
Mastitis
Measles
Melanoma
Meningitis Rash
Merkel-cell-carcinoma
Milia
Molluscum
Nappy Rash
Necrotising Fasciitis
Peripheral Vascular Disease
Pityriasis
Pressure Sores
Psoriasis
Psoriatic Arthritis
Raynaud Syndrome
Rheumatoid Arthritis (hands and feet)
Ringworm
Rubella
Scabies
Scarlet Fever
Scars
Scleroderma
Scoliosis
Shingles
Slapped Cheek Syndrome
Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Stroke
Stye
Swelling
Thrush
Ulcers
Venous Eczema
Verruca
Warts
Wounds