Nancy Burson is a gifted artist photographer. In this small black and white book of photographs taken with the Diana camera (a camera about as basic and simple as any ever created) she has taken moments in time to honor the faces of children and adults whose faces and sometimes bodies are 'distorted' by genetic defects. Not unlike Diane Arbus who found beauty in beings on the edge of what we all consider normal, Burson approached this project funded by foundations dealing with craniofacial disorders with a keen, kind, compassionate eye. The results are photos, at times blurred due to the simplicity of the camera used, that were taken without prolonged set up plans: these are snapshots hurriedly taken so as not to make the subject uncomfortable.

Nancy Burson (born 1948) is an American artist known for creating the Human Race Machine.

Nancy Burson is best known for her pioneering work in morphing technology, which age enhances the human face. Her Human Race Machine, which allows people to view themselves as a different race, is used worldwide as a diversity tool that provides students with the profound visual experience of being another race. She was responsible for the creation of computer morphing technology, which was later acquired as software used by the FBI and National Center for Missing Children to assist in locating missing children and adults. Her Human Race Machine, which allows people to view themselves as a different race, was featured on Oprah in 2006. Currently there are Human Race Machines touring the U.S. college and University market.