Computers Can't Recognize These Wild Faces as Faces

Computer vision software has a long way to go. We know it can have trouble recognizing even the simplest of images, so it's little surprise the human face, in all its complexity, is an inevitable stumbling block. But what happens when you intentionally distort a face? In a new project, two artists exploit the technology's shortcomings to produce wonky-looking portraits that test the limits of facial recognition software. Unseen Portraits is the work of Philipp Schmitt and Stephan Bogner, both designers from Germany.