at book.people bookstore,
i picked up this issue of foam magazine.
this particular edition: portrait?



questioning the portrait by marcel feil

"people are reader of faces. we are readers of faces. we do it wherever and whenever we see a fellow human being. quickly and usually unconsciously we register the facial expressions of the people around us and evaluate what these tell us and how this information can help us determine how we should behave in order to react adequately to a certain situation. throughout evolution humans, socially curious animals by definition, have become accustomed, or better still, programmed, to register the limitless palette of facial expressions, to recognize them and to react to them. it was often a question of survival. are the intentions good or evil, is he a friend or foe, a strong or weak member of the race? it is a process of assessment that take places instinctively and is seldom unidirectional. nine times out of ten looking also means being looked at. through the awareness of the presence of another and through the searching looks that constantly dart back and forth, the human face has developed into an extraordinary rich and complex instrument whose functions range from the organic to the emotional. the possibilities of the face may even go beyond anything words can express..."