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  1. AnonymousJanuary 7, 2010 at 2:14 AM

    Who or what is faceless in this image? That is the question.

    The gaze first rests on a background. A line-up of fashion models. Because they're displaying themselves, we naturally look here first.

    But this is all pretence. Although they are all faceless, there is something in front of them, something etched in a simple brown line - this appears to be the outline of a couple...

    There's definitely a contrast between publicity and privacy going on here - the facelessness of the two is different in kind - more spiritual as can be seen with the comparison with the ghostly...

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