i am a MoSaic
i am a MoSaic is a collection of images portraying Connecticut's many faces of multiple sclerosis. It is a collaboration between photographer Mike Marques and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Connecticut Chapter.
Mike started working with the CTMS chapter in 2009 on various marketing campaigns. While attending a fundraising event, he came across a book published by the national chapter with black and white portraits of people across the country diagnosed with MS. Not one person from Connecticut was represented. Mike approached the the CT chapter about creating a body of work on the local level.
For close to three years, Mike traveled around the state photographing residents living life as fully as possible in the face of MS. Close to 50 residents of all ages, races, genders, and abilities were photographed.