CV DAZZLE

CV Dazzle is an online platform that explores how fashion can be used as camouflage from face-detection technology, the first step in automated face recognition. It was developed as its creators master’s thesis at the Interactive Telecommunications Program at NYU. The aim of this ongoing research project is to create a growing catalog of designs and techniques that can be employed as camouflage against face detection. CV Dazzle project is an ongoing collaboration between hair stylists, makeup artists, and fashion designers. It was founded by Adam Harvey, an artist whose work explores the impacts of surveillance technologies.