(Un)known faces

Can you guess who a person in a photo is?

Professional photographers often shoot in the burst mode - that is, taking multiple pictures of the same scene - be it because of the scene constantly changing or just because you want to avoid the person with their eyes closed.

This is a very usual thing in concert photography - with energetic musicians performing, your scene is changing every second. Of course, in this burst of images, you always get some "rubbish" images where the person in front of the lens has a strange look on the face, goes out of the frame or has his face hidden behind his hand, instrument or something else.

So, what started as a "mistake", very soon continued to be my ongoing photographic project, where I deliberately try to get the image of a performer with their face hidden. Funny thing is that even without his/her face shown, viewer can sometimes distinguish the person in the photograph, because of their stage outfit, hairstyle, tattoo(s) or just a pose typical for that artist, where some of them are known worldwide and others "just" on a local base.

I am probably one of the few concert photographers that don't start to swear when someone or something comes in between him and the artist but use the opportunity for another "(Un)known face". You can look at this project as a pop quiz ("Guess who's that"), psychology test on what outfit, usual poses and gestures do for an artist ("Feel in the missing face") or just pure fun - it's up to you.

But the real question is: can you guess who a person in a photo is? Click on the thumbnail to find out!

Skin (Skunk Anansie) @ MARS festival, Ljubljana (Slovenia), 2010 Photo: © Saša Huzjak

Wayne Coyne (Flaming Lips) @ T-mobile INmusic festival, Zagreb (Croatia), 2010 Photo: © Saša Huzjak

Jesse Hughes (Eagles Of Death Metal) @ FM4 Frequency festival, Green park, St. Pölten (Austria), 2009 Photo: © Saša Huzjak

Nadeah (Nouvelle Vague) @ Tvornica, Zagreb (Croatia), 2008 Photo: © Saša Huzjak

Almir Hasanbegović (Dubioza kolektiv) @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 2010 Photo: © Saša Huzjak

Mina Špiler (Laibach) @ Narodni dom Maribor, Maribor (Slovenia), 2011 Photo: © Saša Huzjak

Alice Gold @ Orpheum, Graz (Austria), 2010 Photo: © Saša Huzjak

Ben King (Expatriate) @ FM4 Frequency festival, St. Pölten (Austria), 2010 Photo: © Saša Huzjak

Jamiroquai @ T-mobile INmusic festival, Zagreb (Croatia), 2011 Photo: © Saša Huzjak

Blixa Bargeld (ANBB) @ Kino Šiška, Ljubljana (Slovenia), 2010 Photo: © Saša Huzjak

Greta Brinkman (Moby) @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 2011 Photo: © Saša Huzjak

Kenny Wollesen (Sex Mob) @ Jazz klub Satchmo, Maribor (Slovenia), 2011 Photo: © Saša Huzjak

Mark E. Smith (The Fall) @ Terraneo festival, Šibenik (Croatia), 2011 Photo: © Saša Huzjak

Liam Gallagher (Beady Eye) @ FM4 Frequency festival, St. Pölten (Austria), 2011 Photo: © Saša Huzjak

Niko Potočnjak (Seven That Spells) @ Terraneo festival, Šibenik (Croatia), 2011 Photo: © Saša Huzjak

M.I.A. @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 2011 Photo: © Saša Huzjak

Almir Hasanbegović (Dubioza kolektiv) @ T-mobile INmusic festival, Zagreb (Croatia), 2011 Photo: © Saša Huzjak

Davida Suich (The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain) @ Križanke, Ljubljana (Slovenia), 2011 Photo: © Saša Huzjak

(Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra) @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 2011 Photo: © Saša Huzjak

Serj Tankian @ FM4 Frequency festival, St. Pölten (Austria), 2010 Photo: © Saša Huzjak

Neil Tennant (Pet Shop Boys) @ KC Dražen Petrović, Zagreb (Croatia), 2009 Photo: © Saša Huzjak

Ginger Baker (Ginger Baker & Jonas Hellborg Group) @ Narodni dom Maribor, Maribor (Slovenia), 2011 Photo: © Saša Huzjak

Guy Garvey (Elbow) @ FM4 Frequency festival, St. Pölten (Austria), 2011 Photo: © Saša Huzjak

Melée (Werefox) @ Kino Šiška, Ljubljana (Slovenia), 2011 Photo: © Saša Huzjak