
A photographer has shot portraits of more than 130 beautiful redhead women for a book raising awareness of bullying.

Brian Dowling, who is originally from Mississippi but now lives in Berlin, photographed models from 20 countries for Redhead Beauty, which will be available from St Patrick's Day on March 17.

He normally works as an entertainment photographer but decided to take a year off to work on the project.

Photographer Brian Dowling has taken portraits of more than 130 beautiful redheads for a book raising awareness of bullying. This image features Elis from Trillick in Northern Ireland

Mr Dowling, who is from the USA but lives in Berlin, photographed women from 20 countries for 'Redhead Beauty', which will be available from St Patrick's Day on March 17. These models are from Melbourne, Australia

Mr Dowling normally works as an entertainment photographer but decided to take a year off to work on the project. This image features Krissy from Koegen in Germany

Mr Dowling has previously photographed redhead celebrities including Julia Roberts, Emma Stone and Amy Adams. This image shows a model from Italy

He said: 'I have always been attracted to unique people and we can all agree that redheads are the most unique people on Earth'. In this image, a model from Liverpool sits on a street sculpture

The photographer had the idea for Redhead Beauty after talking to a redhead friend of his who had won a beauty pageant. Pictured here is Lisa from Vienna, Austria

Mr Dowling took the portraits across many different countries and locations. This one features model Alina from Odessa in the Ukraine

In this photo, a model called Beata from Warsaw, Poland, looks out from her balcony. Mr Dowling is Taiwanese-American and grew up along the Gulf Coast of Mississippi

Mr Dowling set up Redheads Magazine to showcase some of the images. Pictured is Natasha, a model from London, wearing a white and blue floral dress

The beauty pageant winner who Mr Dowling spoke to told him how she had been bullied at school. Pictured is Breda, from the Netherlands

Mr Dowling said of the conversation: 'She was telling me about a turning point in her life and it was the South Park Ginger episode'. This image shows Jessica, from London

He added: 'While it is common knowledge that bullying is a problem, I will have to admit I was still shocked that someone as kind and beautiful as her had a bullying problem in high school.' Pictured: Laura, from Virginia

Alongside photography, Mr Dowling said he enjoys cycling and travel. Pictured are Carmen from Best, Netherlands;(left) and Alina from Odessa, Ukraine (right)

Mr Dowling came to photography after leaving university, but in 2010 started working for FOX & MTV in Los Angeles. He now contributes to Getty Images. This image shows Benedetta from Verona, Italy, pictured in Sydney

He wanted to respond to bullies by taking photographs of redheads in a 'beautiful, non-sexualised way'. This photo shows Ellie, from London

No stylists or make-up artists were used for these pictures. Although some of the models were professionals, the vast majority were students or young people starting their careers. This image shows Kirstie in Glencoe, Scotland

In this image, Vanessa from South Africa and Bridgete from Bay Area California pose against a pink background. The image was taken in Berlin

In this photo, a woman from Munich in Germany poses in a wintry woodland wearing a long blue dress and a crown of flowers

Many of the images were taken near water, like this one showing a woman called Nastya from Odessa in the Ukraine, wearing a monochrome black dress

Mr Dowling often made use of natural settings from his photographs. In this image, Shannon from Sydney poses in a flowing pink dress in the shade of a tree

Many of Mr Dowling's images were simple portraits focused in on the subject to obscure the background. Pictured are Aoife, from Longford, Ireland;(left) and Ellaine from California (right)

This intriguing image, which shows only a bunch of flowers and the bottom of a dress, invites the viewer to wonder what it represents. It was taken in Bucharest, Romania

These two shoulder length portraits show Russian models Maria, from Moscow,(left) and Daria, from St Petersburg. The first is set against a green background while the other was taken inside

Thayana, from Apucarana in Brazil, poses in a vivid violet top in front of a field of flowers, in one of the many photos Mr Dowling took in natural settings

Chelbie, lies in a field of grass in South Carolina. Mr Dowling travelled all across the world during the making of Redhead Beauty

These two images were taken amid wild Celtic landscapes. On the left is Grace from Malahide, Ireland, and on the right Kirstie, from Old Kilpatrick, Scotland

A model from Berlin leans against a graffiti-covered wall wearing a casual sports top and ripped black jeans

The photographer played with light and dark to create different perspectives. On the left is Masha from St Petersburg. Right is Carmen from Best, Netherlands

Kim gazes at the camera wearing a thick woolen coat in one of the many photographs taken in Germany, this time in Hamburg

There are more than a hundred pictures in the book in total. Pictured: Sophee from Orange County, California, and Ruby from Essex

Mr Dowling based many of his photographs in the wild landscape of the Scottish Highlands. Pictured is Sophie from Stirling

Many of the models wore their hair long for the photos. Pictured is Madelaine from Berlin, (left) and Alina from Kiev in the Ukraine

Grace sits in a field of heather in this stunning photograph taken in Malahide, Ireland. Yeah light purple checkered shirt perfectly blends in with the background