SOMERTON MAN: FEDOSIMOV. THE NOSE QUESTION RESOLVED

FEDOSIMOV: THE NOSE QUESTION RESOLVED

Above is a clip from an article that proves the point about shadows and how easy it is for the shape of a nose or an ear for that matter to be not as it seems.

In the images 'B' and 'C', we have exactly the same man and yet his nose looks decidedly different purely because of the lighting effects.

Here's the link to the article:
https://academic.oup.com/asj/article/35/5/524/239246

 Two, images of Fedosimov, one light, and one dark.

In the darkened image you can more clearly see the shadow being cast across his nose and mouth in particular.

In the negative image below, you can quite definitely see the 'halo' effect of the shadow.

The shape of this 'Halo' could also be the result of
some kind of facemask. Oxygen mask maybe?

IT'S ALL ABOUT THE LIGHTING

Original

Lightened

An example showing how difficult if not impossible it is to see the
shape of a persons nose from a full-face view.

WHAT DO YOU SEE?

One last matter to consider, colours and shadows can be deceiving, below you can see an example of one optical illusion. You can probably see that there is what looks like a cube in the image with two distinct shades of grey showing within it. If you take either your finger or perhaps a pen and lay it across the paler shade that lies between the two panels, what do you now see in terms of colours?

As you can see it's not straighforward, it is incorrect to say that the original image of the man known as Fedosimov, has a saddle-nose. He simply doesn't.