Reproduced from The Times, 8th of October 2002.

“De Lotbinière refused to be cast down by his condition and his portrait by Mark Gilbert proved inspirational.” Henry de Lotbinière, who passed away on October 1st 2002, was a great friend of Saving Faces.

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The Saving Faces Art Project by Mark Gilbert was hosted at the the Leeds City Art Gallery and the Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter. Read a review below.

“Gilberts powerful portraits allow us to experience something of what the patients themselves may feel. They capture more than just the form of the patients faces—the intensity of the face damaged by trauma, or unveiled during the surgical process, and the changing emotions and character of the patients. Many of the “post-op” images demonstrate the importance of surgery and the positive impact it can have.”

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The Saving Faces Art Project by Mark Gilbert featured in the Health Service Journal.

“When Constance was told she had cancer of the mouth she thought she would be terribly disfigured…until a leading surgeon performed his miracle”

TO LOOK at Constance Searle today you would never guess that half her face has been re-built in an astonishing 12-hour operation. Surgeon Iain Hutchison removed a slice of bone five inches long and one inch thick from her shoulder blade and crafted it into a jawbone. He then used it to replace the left hand side of Constance’s cancer-ravaged face from her ear to her chin.”It is absolutely brilliant,” says Constance, 65, from Rainham, Essex.

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The Saving Faces Art Project by Mark Gilbert featured in The Lancet.

The Saving Faces Art Project by Mark Gilbert was hosted at the Glasgow School of Art. Read the reviews below.