To Beard or not to Beard

April 2022

To Beard or not to Beard, That’s the eternal question.

But how do we illustrate such a thing, you ask?

Well by forcing Guardian Saturday Magazine columnist Tim Dowling to shave off half his beard, of course.

Wont his face look too raw, straight after?

Ok, let’s make him wait 24 hour till the studio shoot, allowing him to freak out his family, tube passengers and basically anyone he met with his radical new look.

Tim was amazingly good humoured about this and was great fun to shoot in the studio. And I was chuffed to be able to make this odd image and gif for good measure.

Here it is on the cover of Lifestyle and Tim’s funny story is here