Monday 30 July 2007

Face Garnish: 30th July

I have collected loads of new found faces. Processing them all is taking a while. You will soon be served a fine banquet of new found faces. Here is the entree!

Molly's Eyes - Found Faces Book

Piggi sent me an email to tell me about Molly's Eyes, his collection of found faces dedicated to his diabetic daughter.



You can see and buy his book here:

Molly's Eyes

These faces are beautifully photographed and capture the situation and environment with great effect.

Monday 9 July 2007

Marilyn Einstein

I noticed this excellent face based optical illusion in this Saturday's Sun Newspaper.

If you look at the picture close it looks like Albert Einstein.



If you look from a distance it looks like Marilyn Monroe!



This illusion created by Aude Oliva and Antonio Torralba of Massachusetts Institute Of Technology and Philippe Schyns from Gasgow Unviersity.

This is an excellent example of the different way that our brains can process visual information. We are looking at exactly the same image, but our brain will work out the best way to process the information. The sharp image of Einstein is dominant in our vision close up, but then the blurred image of Monroe takes dominance at a distance.

I notice that this illusion works as well if you blur your eyes.

French Facecast: 09th July

Im back in London. But here are some more faces from Cannes! Its like a found face webcast live from the streets of Cannes. Wow!