Why are eyes so recognisable? Like on photographs when anonymity is being kept, a black strip blacks out the eyes but the rest of the face is visible. How does this stop the person being recognised just because their eyes are covered?

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Why are eyes so recognisable? Like on photographs when anonymity is being kept, a black strip blacks out the eyes but the rest of the face is visible. How does this stop the person being recognised just because their eyes are covered?

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Anonymous 0 Comments

we’re really visual animals, and really communicative animals, and we’ve evolved to transmit and receive a ton of information through eye contact. We’re just built for it.

That’s probably why we have such stark whites and pupils too – so others can know where we’re looking!

Anonymous 0 Comments

Eye shape, depth and width play a big role on making a face. I learned that in Skyrim character creation.