Seeing MS gallery attracts over 600 uploads of photographic interpretations of MS in first week

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GerryHanan-web.jpgIn only its first week, the online gallery of photographic interpretations of multiple sclerosis (MS) symptoms in the powerful new Seeing MS campaign has already received more than 600 images from over 40 countries.

Says Jan Staunton, group manager, Marketing and Communications of MS: “It’s very encouraging to see so many images representing the symptoms of MS being uploaded. To have our community openly discussing MS and the Seeing MS project is a good start to raising awareness”.

Originally the Seeing MS app was only intended to be available in Australia, however requests quickly came in from all over the world. The app has now been downloaded in over 40 countries including the UK, USA, Brazil, Mexico, Canada, China, Argentina, Norway, Malaysia, Indonesia, India, Greece, Spain and Germany.

Gerry Hanan, a US based fashion photographer who has MS is the most recent contributor to the campaign. His self-portrait (pictured) for MS is an interpretation of brain fog, one of his main symptoms.

The Seeing MS project will conclude with an exhibition of the photography at the end of April.

Agency: Grey, Melbourne

Executive Creative Director: Michael Knox

Creative team: Laura Petruccelli, Rohan Cooke

Business Director: Claudia McInerney

Senior Account Manager: Catherine McDonald

Strategy Planning: Alice Atherton, Harry Steinhart

Head of Broadcast: Sandi Gracin

Digital Director:  Teresa Truda

Filter Development: Limehouse Creative

Designer: Claudia di Martino

Film Production: Infinity Squared

Film Director: Aaron McLisky

Film Producer: Morgan Taylor

Editor: Dylan Duclos

Managing Partner/EP: Dave Jansen

Photographers: Sara Orme, Jamie MacFadyen, Andreas Smetana, Matt Hoyle, Toby Burrows, Nicholas Walton-Healey, Juliet Taylor, Garth Oriander, Gerry Hanan and Louis Petruccelli

MS Group Manager: Jan Staunton, MS