A limited-edition artist’s book that draws back the veil on the world and work of forensic artists and identification specialists, via first-person narratives gathered from eighteen active practitioners around the globe.

How did they get involved in this work? What cases have stuck with them? How do they balance the emotional toll of producing images that are considered the last chance to generate leads in high-stakes cases, namely identifying the missing, the fugitive and the unknown dead? What makes a successful facial depiction? How has doing this work changed their perceptions of life, death and personal safety?