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Pascal Sacleux, a professional photographer from Rennes and himself also redheaded, held a special open-call photoshoot last Sunday, and invited anyone in the area with red hair to attend. All were welcome: old, young, long hair or short hair, curly or straight.

Sacleux met 124 people at the most recent shoot, building on the 70 from a previous event in Carhaix, and the 90 he shot for an exhibition last year. He is now planning more photoshoots after receiving messages of support from people, including in other regions in France.

Earlier this year, 90 of Sacleux's photos were brought together for an exhibition at Rennes Airport, named 鈥楤rittany: Freckles Rock鈥� (鈥�Bretagne: Ornements de rousseur鈥�).

Sacleux's "mission" is to highlight the qualities of redheads, educate people as to their discrimination throughout the years, and encourage redheads to accept themselves, too. So far, he has taken photos of 328 people.

Writing , Sacleux is scathing about what he claims is France's lack of acceptance of redheads.

"麻豆传媒映画 have no clue about red hair," he writes. "This prejudice and harassment towards red haired people is really a French thing. The French translation for freckles is 'red stain'."

鈥淭he suspicion of redheads goes back to the Inquisition,鈥� Sacleux continued, speaking to . 鈥淸They used to say] redheads have no soul, they smell bad; they represent the devil. The Egyptians even burned them. We have been seen as having some kind of handicap, when we don鈥檛 have one!鈥�

Some of the local people who attended last week's photoshoot included a woman named Beatrice, redheaded mother of 10-year-old Evan, also with red hair.

鈥淭hey used to call me 鈥榗arrot hair鈥� at school,鈥� she said, speaking to . 鈥淏ut now, people have more respect about these things.鈥�

However, a family of redheads from Douarnenez, who told they were 鈥渧ery proud鈥� of their 鈥渦ncommon hair colour鈥�, stopped short of calling what they had experienced as 鈥渟uffering鈥�.

鈥淲hen I was a child, teasing used to upset me, but it built my character,鈥� said father Marc. 鈥淸But] 鈥榮uffering鈥� is a big word...there are other communities that suffer a lot more than us!鈥�

And yet, as well as the airport exhibition, Sacleux is also planning a book of photos and accounts by redheads, in collaboration with French blogger, 脡lodie Roux-Guyomard, , who was also in attendance at last week's shoot.

鈥淢y blog values red-headedness, and explains the origins of people鈥檚 prejudices, to show just how silly and mean ignorance can be,鈥� she said.

Redheads are 鈥渙ften intensely teased and socially isolated during adolescence," explained Sacleux. 鈥淚 don鈥檛 see this personal project as revenge, but as a mission,鈥� he added. 鈥淚 want to show the state of redheads in France in 2017.鈥�