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Born in 1799, Mary Anning was a pioneering paleontologist and fossil collector. Her father, Richard Anning, was a cabinet maker and amateur fossil collector. He taught her as well as her brother, Joseph, how to look for and clean fossil specimens — a skill they later relied on to support the family.

Grapheme-Color Synesthesia is a neurological disorder where the affected individual experiences letters, numbers or words as colors. It's a condition present in 2-4% of the population. Photographer Sam Mohan collaborates with designer Param Sahibto in this colorful fashion shoot photographed in Bangalore, India.