From unideal circumstances to the “ideal” facial transplantation candidate
From unideal circumstances to the “ideal” facial transplantation candidate: Lessons from visible difference research on the importance of patient-focused psychological...
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When face transplants fail: Carmen Tarleton and the world’s second retransplant
Image credit: Len Rubenstein In 2007, Carmen Tarleton was attacked in bed by her ex-husband, who broke into the home...
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Perceptions of the Face: Our Online Experience
I recently watched the ‘What’s in a Face?’ panel conversation, which was held as part of the Being Human Festival...
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Drag Face: exploring my identity through masculine performance
Image credit: Stephen Allwright Blog written by Isabel Adomakoh Young As a young woman in the final years of her...
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Future Faces – A Being Human Event
Future Faces is one of four events and activities that AboutFace is running for the Being Human Festival in 2020....
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Reflecting on Reflections
Image: Barry Gibb, ‘idealised self-portrait from the imagination’ I’m not a fan of the mirror, avoiding them rather than seeking...
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Owning My Face
Reading about the current Changing Faces You are not Alone campaign, which tackles the subject of men with visible differences...
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Portrait of an Angry Man – or not?
Part of our Emotions and Ethics series, ‘Portrait of an Angry Man’ is written by Juliet Roberts. Juliet is a...
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Picturing Death: Dealing with Post-Mortem Images
This blog post is part of our Emotions and Ethics series, following the webinar ‘Emotions and Ethics: the use and...
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Why We Should Think About Touch – Using Historical Photographs
Part of our Emotions and Ethics series, today’s blog on using historical photographs is written by Michaela Clark and includes...