Heads
September 17, 2010 by admin
Filed under Hair Loss Books
Product Description
The 184 models collated in this volume range widely in age and come from all walks of life, but share one common feature: they are all bald. The photographs are presented identically, so that the images are refined to the sparest of head shots and allow for an exercise in how we read human faces.
Heads is a photography book with an amazingly simple concept. 200 bald men and women photographed identically, face-on in close-up. The effect is staggering. You could never imagine the shocking differences in head shapes and facial features. You can’t turn two pages of the book without having an immediate emotional response. Four people stare right at you as you turn each page. Each chosen for similarities or interesting pairings. The book is shot in black and white and each subject has a completely neutral expression. Because everything is the same the differences jump out at you with astonishing clarity. You can flip through the book comparing things in ways you could never do in everyday life. Each time you flip through the book you focus on something new. Eyelids, brows, eyes, noses, ears, and foreheads come in shapes you never imagined. Each face has a unique personality. Some almost tell stories about their whole lives even without reading the brief descriptions of who they are and what they do for a living. You will see faces that seem familiar and others that seem utterly alien. Flipping through the book produces a surreal morphing effect. There are just so many ways to look at “Heads” it is a new read every time. It is a great book to leave on the coffee table. I keep mine in the bathroom. Most people describe the book as “a real trip”. Artist types will flip over it. I have never seen another book like it, but like a lot of people, I wish there were others like it showing heads from the side or even the back!
People buy books to feel something, be educated and connect with humanity in new ways. Heads manages to do all these things without speaking a word.
Rating: 5 / 5
I don’t know why I bought this book, and I just can’t seem to put it down. I hope Kayser will do the same treatment with profiles and 3/4 views. What haunting looks
Rating: 5 / 5
This book is one of my favorites. It is a book full of photographs of human heads, with no hair or makeup. I could look at this book for hours! You will never tire of looking at them. Heads are always disguised in public under elaboratley fussed-with hair and a bunch of makeup. This book is oddly satisfying by showing simply a natural human head. They are very beautiful.
Rating: 5 / 5
I got this to help me paint people of different ethnic backgrounds. It is very interesting and I love to look at the people.
Rating: 4 / 5
back in college, “suffering” through hair loss, i found this book, checked it out of the library and took it home to ponder my fate. i finally embraced it and shaved away. its a lot easier these days as the look is more fashionable, but i think everyone could benefit from seeing so many people without such a common differentiator.
Rating: 4 / 5