The Art of the Beard

What began as the annual tradition of "No Shave November" has become the quest for the perfect beard. A collection of some of the best beards from the present day to the beginning of The Beard.

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That's what you get I guess

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I'm back bitches!

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Hello tumblr, how I have missed you

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Side BURNS!

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I wouldn't fuck with this guy

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The six pistols are scary, but without the moustache, who would take him seriously?

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I want to get pampered like that someday

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Lee Jeffries is an accountant from Manchester by profession but for the past few years he’s traveled around the world photographing people he encounters on the streets, particularly the homeless.

He spends time getting to know each of his subjects before shooting them, which is evident in his work. The breath taking portraits seem to suggest details of each individuals life, taking a hard unflinching look at their personal condition.

Jeffries was just announced as the 2011 Digital Camera Photographer of the Year and you can read more about him at the Independent.

So many stories to be told by the lines in these faces. Such great photography.

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I'm green with envy over this guy's beard.

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Abraham Lincoln by Smithsonian Institution on Flickr.

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Old men look the best with beards.

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(by may the circle remain unbroken)

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Refugee from civilization, Wendell Beckwith fled a world-ranging career as a consulting engineer 17 years ago to design a life with nature.

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Me! This is me on January 1st, with exactly two months of beard growth following no shave November.

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My Father. He has had this beard/moustache all my life. It is quite nice

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thefirstwaltz:

Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany.