‘Stocked with invaluable commentary, techniques, strategies and subjects as diverse as the society in which we live, Face covers all the bases’

– Amateur Photography

‘Beautiful … fascinating … all [the photos] are captivating in some way’

– Professional Photographer

‘Endlessly fascinating … inspiring and reassuring’

– Image

‘Seminal … both enlightening and interesting … This intriguing collection of portraits is inspiring for anyone wanting to explore and experiment with the exciting aspects of modern-day portraiture’

– Amateur Photography

Now in paperback, this groundbreaking publication announces the death of the conventional portrait.

Exploring bold new strategies of representation – computer manipulation, retouching, photomontage, found imagery and methods of veiling and disguising – the artists here present provocative faces to the world that are sometimes alluring, sometimes touching, sometimes frightening, but never less than riveting.

Whether Gillian Wearing’s masked self-portrait, Aziz + Cucher’s neutral façades, Lawick Müller’s composite portrait of a couple, Cindy Sherman’s disquieting disguises or Orlan’s disturbing experiments with cosmetic surgery, these faces demand our attention.