Robert Harding

Faces

It’s hard to beat the sheer impact of a portrait, and our photographers capture the most memorable faces on their travels around the globe. While facial features and style may differ depending on the location, a smile, a thoughtful gaze or a look of curiosity are universally recognisable.
Portrait of a young boy, Atiheu Bay, Nuku Hiva Island, Marquesas Islands archipelago, French Polynesia, South Pacific Islands, Pacific - 724-1260
Polynesian woman, Western Samoa, South Pacific, Pacific Islands - 450-1410
Portrait of a Tibetan nomad woman with turquoise and silver jewellery, at Tongren, Qinghai, China, Asia - 188-5500
Portrait of a Black Yao woman taken in South Yunnan province, China - 817-200808
Portrait of a woman of the Hamer tribe, her hair treated with ochre, water and resin and twisted into tresses known as goscha, Lower Omo Valley, Southern Ethiopia, Africa - 252-11047
Midsummer Day, feast of St, John in Kernave, Lithuania - 817-42866
Kuna Indian woman, San Blas archipielago, Panama - 817-96145
Portrait of an elderly woman of the Ifugao tribe wearing a woven hat decorated with feathers and carved bird at Banaue, Mountain Province, north Luzon, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia - 83-3944
Bhutanese boy in school uniform, Paro, Bhutan, Asia - 772-181
Portrait of Sadhu, Pashupatinath temple, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia - 756-1740
Girl, Beijing, China. - 817-36078
Child, New Delhi, India - 817-181921
Portrait of a punk, Kensington, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe - 508-9132
Rural Indian Girl - 817-1703
Portrait of a colorful Yao girl - 817-200479
Portrait of Eskimo man wearing caribou skin, Spence Bay, Boothia Peninsula, Northwest Territories, Canada, North America - 399-700
Maasai tribe, Sanjo land, Tanzania, East Africa - 817-142720
Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China - 817-36067
Woman at prayer in the temple, Jaisalmer, India - 817-6286
Portrait of a 'Long necked' Padaung tribe girl, Mae Hong Son Province, northern Thailand, Asia - 252-9942
Portrait of an old woman, Jaisalmer, Rajasthan state, India, Asia - 718-832
Fisherman, Groix Island, Brittany, France, Europe - 665-735
Portrait of Chinese Opera (Beijing Opera) actor dressed in costume, Beijing, China, Asia - 834-1755
Tuareg in Feezan, Sahara Desert, Libya - 817-99222
Brazil, Salvador de Bahia, Bahiana woman - 817-200969
Midsummer Day, feast of St, John in Kernave, Lithuania - 817-42865
Masai, Kenya - 817-4914
Portrait of a young girl, Salalah, Oman - 817-128941
Woman, Cordoba, Andalucia, Spain. - 817-36680
Woman in chador, Iran - 817-1796
A pretty Malay woman - 817-197084
Portrait of a man with kefieh, Hama, Syria - 817-1790
Woman in traditional dress, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. - 817-236825
Bedouin wedding, Douz, Oasis of south, Tunisia - 817-141483
Marocan Berber, Morocco - 817-148836
Portrait of a geisha holding a traditional paper fan, Kyoto, Kansai region, Honshu, Japan, Asia - 252-11297
PANAMA San Blas Islands Portrait of a Cuna Indian woman - 797-1150
Geisha woman with traditional white face makeup applying bright red lipstick with a brush, using a mirror, Japan - 1174-4262
A woman made up in traditional geisha style with an elaborate hairstyle and floral hair clips, drawn eyebrows with white face makeup with bright red lips and outlined eyes, Japan - 1174-4246
Tattooed woman of a Chin Tribe Village, Chin State, Myanmar (Burma), Asia - 1109-2437
Nyangatom or Bume man with painted face, Omo river Valley, Ethiopia, Africa - 832-378406
Woman wearing straw hat - 1178-4708
Portrait of a girl of Indian ethnicity at a Hindu Festival in Georgetown, Guyana, South America - 832-369598
The Kathakali character Ottanthullal checking his make up, Perattil, Kerala, India, Asia - 832-368745
Traditionally painted boy from the Arbore tribe, Omo valley, Ethiopia, Africa - 832-370523
Old woman from the Apatani tribe, known for the pieces of wood in their nose to make them ugly, Ziro, Arunachal Pradesh, northeast India, India, Asia - 832-373014
Uniao da Ilha samba school, dancer, Carnaval 2010, Sambodromo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America - 832-368920
Boy disguised as God Shiva with blue face paint, portrait, Hampi, Vijayanagar, Karnataka, southern India, India, Asia - 832-372435
Monk (Sadhu), Amber, Rajasthan, India - 832-369078
Unidos da Tijuca samba school, laughing young woman in costume, Carnaval 2010, Sambodromo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America - 832-368921
The Kathakali character Nakrathundi, Varkala, Kerala, India, Asia - 832-368717
The make-up of the Kathakali character Kathalastri is being applied, Perattil, Kerala, India, Asia - 832-368733
Sadhu, holy man, Pashupatinath, Kathmandu, Nepal - 832-374152
Female Beijing Opera performer, traditional Chinese culture, China, Asia - 832-377536
Two members of the folklore dance troupe "Bessarabskij Souvenir" putting on make-up before a performance at the Black Sea resort of Sergejewka, also known as Serhijivka, Ukraine, Eastern Europe, Europe - 832-372815
Female Beijing Opera performer, traditional Chinese culture, China, Asia - 832-377537
Monk (Sadhu), Amber, Rajasthan, India - 832-369079
Ashaninka girl with painted face, Vilcabamba, Peru - 1173-965
Yellow demon devil mask, portrait, knight festival Kaltenberger Ritterspiele, Kaltenberg, Upper Bavaria, Germany - 832-329320
Samburu people, Samburu National Park, Kenya, Africa. - 817-464991
Painted faces at agricultural show, Lusaka, Zambia - 817-452870
Man in downtown Kampala, Uganda - 817-452843
Portrait old woman wearing a fleece cap with sign Take It Easy Phu Nar-Phu Annapurna Region Nepal - 832-274873
Maori warrior at a tribal gathering in New Zealand - 1161-7883
Tribes of plains indians - Sioux, Dakota, Cree and Dene First Nation People, Wanuskewin Heritage Park, Saskatoon, Canada - 1161-7407
Orthodox monk at St Catherine's Monastery in Sinai Desert in Egypt - 1161-7472
Man dressed in Mongolian Warrior costume at The Great Wall of China, Mutianyu, north of Beijing - 1161-3562
Grandmother and child from Zhuang Minority Group, Ping An, Guilin. China has a one child policy to limit population. - 1161-3458
Woman wearing traditional Indonesian dress, Jakarta, Indonesia. - 1161-2431
Australian Aborigine, New South Wales, Australia - 1161-1434
Man at a Sing Sing tribal gathering, Papua New Guinea, South Pacific - 1161-2623
A holy woman laughing at Pashupatinath Hindu Temple in Nepal - 1161-1308
Traditional tattoos on face of Maori warrior - 1161-2765
A young girl in traditional costume with silver filigree necklace and earrings and a brightly coloured veil, Pakistan - 1161-1167
Two girls wearing swimming goggles - 817-442677
Portrait Of Sadhu In Freak Street, Kathmandu - 817-439927
Boy In Thamel, Kathmandu - 817-439925
Teenager, Hell-Ville, Nosy Be, Madagascar - 817-439947
Khasab woman with tradicional mask. Penindula de Musandam. Oman - 817-436659
Sadhu saying hello, Varanasi, Benares, Uttar Pradesh, India - 817-434609
Fort Dauphin Taolagnaro, Madagascar - 817-432654
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