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FACE MAPPING

PHOTOGRAPHY & VIDEOGRAPHY: MYLES PRITCHARD
CREATIVE DIRECTION: KIM PAYNE
HAIR: RICHI GRISILLO
MAKEUP: MIKELE SIMONE
MODEL: ZOE BLUME / CHADWICKS
WORDS: EMILY ALGAR

According to Apple, the Face ID functionality projects and analyses over 30,000 invisible dots to create an in-depth map of your face. It then marries this to an infrared image before creating a mathematical equation – quite literally a summation of your parts. If the numbers measure up to stored data, you’re in. Simple! And it only took your iPhone 30,000 checkpoints to get you there.

The idea of facial recognition and surveillance in general are nothing new, but they do present a dichotomy of sorts. On one hand it feels like an episode of Black Mirror, where you’re less human more algorithm – a piece of data owned by the government. But on the other it’s a welcomed technological advance. Need to confirm your identity for a $1,000 bank transfer? Just stare down the barrel of the camera.

So if we think of our face as 30,000 tiny individualised pieces, where does that leave us in relation to beauty? Traditional categories like lips, eyes and cheeks barely scrape the surface. In actual fact, it presents us with an opportunity to think (and paint) outside the box. Consider it mathematical makeup: an analytical approach to colour, shape and form. Primary hues of blue, red and yellow clash against monochromatic black and white. And forget soft, diffused shapes. Instead, it’s about geometry and symmetry – anything easily read by a machine. Far-fetched or the future of beauty? We’ll find out soon enough.

BRAVE NEW WORLD OR ALTERNATE UNIVERSE? EITHER WAY, A CELESTIAL MAKEUP LOOK IS SURE TO GARNER ATTENTION – THE GOOD KIND AND THE BAD. A SMATTERING OF SILVER SPARKLES WILL TAKE IT TO GALACTIC LEVELS.

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THEY SAY SURVEILLANCE CAN HELP DETECT PERSONS OF INTEREST BUT WE SAY WHY NOT DO IT YOURSELF WITH THIS LACQUERED BLACK LIP? SUBTLE? NEVER.

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