Facial hair is everywhere at the moment. Take a look around and you will see many a well-groomed Tash and unruly Beard. But did you know that there was such a thing as the National Beard and Mustache Championships? Yes there is! Earlier this month, the 4th Annual Championship was held in New Orleans and Las Vegas-based photographer Greg Anderson was on-hand to give us a front-row seat as the bizarre spectacle of facial hair paraded in front of his camera lens. The championships involved some 150 contestants from the U.S., U.K., and Canada who competed in 17 different categories. If you want more, here’s a giant gallery of 164 portraits from the event. Here are our favorites…
The old guys are cool – the rest? Freakin’ hipster douches, that’s all.
Hilarious? That’s awesomeness, that’s what it is.
Great portrait lighting, not so sure about the facial fuzz though. :)
Rad, how did he get his hair to stand up like that?! I’ve heard use elmers glue, but I’ve never put it to the test . . .
There seems to be a lot of motion in that photo. I wouldn’t surprised if they were using a fan or something.
Spiffy beard wax!
I would like to see more pictures about burning man
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