Brock Elbank: Beard

Overview

All hail the almighty face fuzz, the glorious crumb catcher, the big ol' chin curtain. Beards, the noble facial hair adventure many humans embark valiantly upon as soon as their hormones allow. And now, they've got their very own exhibition in Sydney.

Artist Brock Elbank, a former advertising whiz and fashion photographer, is one of the best portrait creators around — and he's got an eye for beards. His most well-known work has become the visual anchor for Beard Season, the highly successful campaign for skin cancer prevention. He's turned this into a series, Beard, which showed at Somerset House in London and is showing this month at Michael Reid Gallery.

See bearded famous faces adorn the gallery walls, including actor John Hurt, Harnaam Kaur (whose polycystic ovaries have caused facial hair growth) and Italian designer Angelo Gallemini.

Image: Brock Elbank, Stefan Bostrom, 2014.

Beard is exhibiting concurrently at Michael Reid Galleries in Berlin and 44 Roslyn Gardens, Elizabeth Bay.